On the
third anniversary of the collapse of Ponte Morandi, the preparatory work for the construction of the "14.08.2018 Memorial" in memory of the 43 victims
began with a bucket hit on a small building to be demolished
.
At the ceremony, in addition to the mayor of Genoa Marco Bucci, the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti, the Ministers of Infrastructure Enrico Giovannini and Justice Marta Cartabia, a representative of the families of the victims of the Ponte Morandi collapse, the architect Stefano Boeri, designer of the memorial . It was he who presented the project to the authorities: "A year and a half ago we visited this space, it was the families of the victims who wanted it to be built here, where there was pile 9 (the one that gave way to trigger the collapse of the viaduct, ed) - he said - the strength of the rubble was already an invitation to build it here ". The structure will be obtained, in part,from a former shed that housed vehicles of the Amiu municipal waste management system in the area of pier 9 of the old Ponte Morandi and under one of the decks of the new viaduct. In the main shed there are still some rubble of the bridge, the finds in view of the trial, and it is for this reason that the release from seizure by the prosecutor will first need to be released for the start of the actual construction site. Also present at the "first pickaxe" were the former chief prosecutor of Genoa Francesco Cozzi and the commissioner Vincenzo Ciarambino and the prefect Franceschelli.former chief prosecutor of Genoa Francesco Cozzi and the commissioner Vincenzo Ciarambino and the prefect Franceschelli.former chief prosecutor of Genoa Francesco Cozzi and the commissioner Vincenzo Ciarambino and the prefect Franceschelli.
With the celebration of Mass in the Basilica of Certosa, celebrated by Archbishop Marco Tasca, the ceremonies of the third anniversary of the collapse of Ponte Morandi began, which
on 14 August 2018 caused 43 victims and led to the displacement of 619 people and the demolition of four civil buildings. .
In church the ministers of Justice and Infrastructure Marta Cartabia and Enrico Giovannini, with the mayor Marco Bucci, the president of the Region Giovanni Toti, relatives of the victims, common citizens.
At 11:36 am, the moment of the collapse of the viaduct, there will be a minute of silence and at the same time on the walkway that since last night has been named "August 14, 2018, in memory of the 43 victims of the collapse of the Morandi bridge", ordinary citizens and displaced persons will launch in the Polcevera stream, 43 white roses, the launch will be accompanied by the tolling of a Tibetan bell, as happens on the 14th of each month.
For the tragedy of the Morandi bridge, the public prosecutor of Genoa indicted 59 people, including the former managers of Aspi and the former subsidiary Spea in charge of maintenance, and the same companies. The charges, for various reasons, are of willful collapse, attack on transport safety, road homicide, multiple manslaughter, forgery, omission of official acts and willful removal of safety devices in the workplace.
