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Lenzino Bridge in Marsaglia, the central section collapses and has literally collapsed, as can be seen in Photo, on the banks of the Trebbia. There are no victims or missing persons. Fortunately, when the collapse occurred, no one was passing through that stretch of road.
The collapse occurred in the early afternoon of October 3. The failure occurred in the section of the viaduct over the Trebbia river on the SS 45 which is now interrupted. The bridge crosses the Trebbia between the municipalities of Corte Brugnatella and Cerignale.
Second some witnesses the collapse happened suddenly and a few seconds before a couple would have passed aboard a vehicle. The Trebbia River had risen in the morning due to night rains, but had not reached a level to suggest such a destructive effect. Anas has launched a technical investigation to investigate the causes of the failure. Technicians are on site for necessary investigations.
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The Province immediately alerted Anas (owner of the infrastructure) they sent their technicians to the site. The firefighters even arrived at the scene as well as the health workers of the Red Cross, the carabinieri with the commander of the company Bobbio Antonino Barbera, a police patrol, local police and forest carabinieri.
The viaduct had undergone renovations a few years ago. Now the upper part of the Trebbia Valley is isolated due to the interruption of the artery and to reach the inhabited centers it is necessary to make a very wide circuit.
The Mayor of Corte Brugnatella Mauro Guarnieri He points out that the bridge was monitored regularly: “The last verifications were carried out only 5-6 months ago, the technicians came to do the drilling and told us that it was statically fine. This situation causes serious damage to the local economy, we have companies that use the State and now they will have to go around much broader. We hope that the works are carried out quickly and that God sends us a good one ”.
“We always raise a lot of alarms. Unfortunately we have to wait for situations like this – intervenes. Bobbio’s first citizen, Roberto Pasquali -. I think Anas has to take matters into her own hands – she’s doing an excellent job at Statale 45, with the expansion of the road site. The important thing, however, is to take care of infrastructures like this one, because they are really at risk. Along the 45 of viaducts like this there are several. The situation in Alta Valtrebbia is dramatic: it is isolated. There are alternative but not very practicable routes for commercial transport. We will have to find a quick solution, so as not to penalize the economy too much ”.
Maximum collaboration of the province of Piacenza, alternative roads prepared by the authorities – Although it is not the province of the province, the Via Garibaldi body was immediately activated to collaborate with technicians and security forces to ensure maximum collaboration and identify alternative routes in order to minimize inconvenience to users, derived from the collapse. from the Lenzino bridge in the upper Trebbia valley.
An official note from Palazzo Garibaldi says so.
‘It is another blow for all our territory – comments the president Patrizia Barbieri. I am in close contact with the Prefect, Anas and the mayors of the territory to closely follow the evolution of the situation and I express my closeness to them ”.
The Province was immediately available to collaborate and support Anas in the placement of the signage of the alternative route that implies the transit through the provincial highway 73 Lago (between Marsaglia and Ponte Lenzino) to Pieve Montarsolo, and then continue towards Pratolungo until the highway . provincial 186 (in the province of Pavia), towards Statale 45. Then you can cross the bridge over the river Trebbia on provincial road 24 to Statale 45 in Ponte Organasco.
In the video below the situation of the Trebbia. swollen from the rains in Marsaglia a few hours before the bridge collapse.
POLITICAL REACTIONS
Foti (Fdi) announces a question to Minister De Micheli: “Now a precise investigation”
In an urgent question to Minister De Micheli, the parliamentarian from Piacenza, Tommaso Foti, highlights how “the collapse of the Lenzino Bridge, which by the modalities in which it occurred suggests a collapse of the structure, surprises – and not a little – only that Enough think that the works for its ordination date from a few years ago and allowed Anas, also thanks to the contribution of more than 100,000 euros from the province of Piacenza for conducting preliminary research and studies to identify the optimal methods to carry out “intervention, to raise the maximum limit of traffic allowed for heavy vehicles to 44 tons, compared to the 5 allowed before the intervention”.
For the parliamentary member of the Brothers of Italy, “therefore, it is essential that Anas open an accurate investigation into what happened that, just by sheer luck, did not cause victims” and “at the same time it seems necessary that all the procedures of emergency for the restoration of the connection interrupted today in the state highway 45 of Val Trebbia, with the construction of a new viaduct “.
Collapse of Ponte Lenzino, Tarasconi (Pd): «The technology to avoid such events already exists. We must choose to invest in the safety of our roads “
“In 2020, with all the technology possible and imaginable with which every moment of our lives is monitored, we are still here talking of a tragedy touched by a collapsing bridge!” Thus, the regional councilor of the Democratic Party Katia Tarasconi comments on what happened this afternoon in the municipality of Corte Brugnatella or the sudden collapse of the Lenzino bridge over the Trebbia between Marsaglia and Ottone. “We are still here to breathe a sigh of relief in the face of another slaughter that is narrowly missed! And it really could be: it’s Saturday afternoon and a lot of people pass by the Lenzino bridge on “45”, especially on weekends ». And she adds: “We are talking about a state highway, not a suburban lane! It is not acceptable, in the 21st century it is no longer acceptable! And to think that the attention on the safety of the bridges should be at the highest level after what happened in Genoa. But even after what happened in Piacenza in 2009, with the collapse of a whole section of the bridge over the Po, and even then it was a pure miracle that there were no victims. And many others, think of the Barberino bridge in Bobbio, the Folli bridge in Ferriere, etc. ». And she concludes: “It is time to take seriously the safety of those who travel on our roads, and it is all a matter of choosing to invest in this field. There is the right technology to monitor such structures – use it! “
CROLLO PONTE LENZINO (PC), RANCAN (LEGA ER): “STAMPED TRAGEDY, NOW THE REGION IS MAKING CARPET REVIEWS”
“Fortunately we can speak of a tragedy avoided: but it is clear that it cannot always go well, so it is good that the regional council has as soon as possible to carry out exhaustive controls on all the infrastructures at risk in Emilia-Romagna”. Thus, the regional leader of the Lega ER, Matteo Rancan on the collapse of the Lenzino bridge, in the area of Piacenza.
“It is not possible for landslides of this type to occur in 2020, especially in a period of the year like the current one in which the flow of the river Trebbia is absolutely normal. That is why we ask for a structural verification of all the bridges in our region and we expect quick and concrete responses from the regional council and the ministry that include the explanations why the Lenzino bridge did not hold ”, reiterates the leader of the League.
“In this sense, I also remind you that the Barberino bridge has not yet been rebuilt and that Provincial Highway 45, in Val Trebbia, still has serious maintenance problems,” warns Rancan, who concludes by reiterating that “not being able to understand how there is still some committees that continue to take sides against the maintenance of infrastructures ”.
MALOBERTI (LEGA) “COLLAPSE AS A RESULT OF YEARS OF LACK OF MAINTENANCE”
“What has happened – says Giampaolo Maloberti, Rivergaro minority councilor and member of the League – is not shocking, it is the result of years and years of lack of maintenance and the absence of alternative works programming”.
“It is no longer possible to move forward by dint of no, not to any proposal. Where are the committees that until 15 days ago opposed the construction of works that would make the valley safe? It is too easy to continue no, not to bridges, tunnels and dams. So the results are these ”.
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