WRITTEN QUESTION P-2785/01 by Adriana Poli Bortone (UEN) to the Commission. Naming places after the Twin Towers.
Date: 2001-10-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Commission, powers of the institutions (EU), terrorism

C 40 E/248

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

14.2.2002

the work has barely started, it is causing great inconvenience for road users, with unexpected, badly sign-
posted detours onto improvised single-lane roads, creating the conditions for serious and even fatal
accidents.

Can the Commission ascertain:

1. whether an environmental impact procedure has been carried out for the projects in question;

2. whether the records of this procedure indicate any concern for the devastating impact of the works,

which divert heavy traffic onto a temporary single-lane road;

3. whether at the planning stage the investigating authorities ever assessed the possibility of bringing the
road up to motorway standard by simply doubling the width of the existing road, without destroying
the existing carriageway, which has substantially increased the cost of the infrastructure for the local
authority? In other words, has the possibility of building the motorway on two separate carriageways,
only one of which would be newly built, the other being created from the four existing lanes, been
considered;

4. whether any Community funding was granted for this modernisation work? If so, does the
that an inquiry should be opened to ascertain why the existing

Commission not consider
infrastructure was destroyed;

5. with regard to the sections still at the planning stage, in particular beyond Oristano/Macomer and in
the vicinity of the Olbia junction, whether the Italian Government and ANAS (National Roads
feasibility of coordinated road-rail planning, allocating a
Authority) have assessed the technical
proportion of the new motorway carriageway to a completely new railway line, which could be built
at practically no extra cost and environmental impact, since they are already included in the cost of
the motorway (2).

(1) The Sardar-Villanovaforru section, from km 47 to km 58 (cid:129) ITL 50 billion; the Mogoro section, from km 58 to km
65 (cid:129) ITL 58 million; the Uras stretch, from km 65 to km 69,5, first and second sections (cid:129) ITL 39 and 35 billion;
the Uras-Macomer stretch, second section, from km 75 to km 79 (cid:129) ITL 34 billion.

(2) Except for a 100 km section between Cagliari and Oristano, the Sardinian railways (belonging to the Italian State

Railways network) currently have commercial speeds of less than 70 km per hour!

Answer given by Mr Barnier on behalf of the Commission

(31 October 2001)

The Commission is collecting the information it needs to answer the question. It will communicate its
findings as soon as possible.

(2002/C 40 E/272)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2785/01

by Adriana Poli Bortone (UEN) to the Commission

(1 October 2001)

Subject: Naming places after the Twin Towers

On 11 September the world was shaken by an event whose horror could never have been imagined. The
EU recognises the primary and fundamental value of
the
Commission request that Member States name a site, streets or squares in their cities after the Twin Towers
to ensure that people in Europe continue to reject terrorism and defend the right to life?

life, which everyone must respect. Will

Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission

(18 October 2001)

The matter in question does not come within its jurisdiction of the Commission.