Three months after the collapse of a building, Naumachia Street in Catania is still closed to traffic.

The residents of San Cristoforo, particularly those living near via Naumachia, are exasperated. For three months, the road has been blocked, completely closed to traffic, specifically in the section between via Santissima Trinità and via Abate Ferrara. This is due to the collapse that occurred on December 16 of last year, involving part of a dilapidated building.

Since then, some people living in that stretch of road have been forced to find a makeshift home, and all residents in the area must seek alternative routes to get home. This includes those who walk, as there has not even been a passage provided for pedestrians. Concerns are rising considering that in the I Municipality there are some roads that, closed for decades, have become real dumping grounds. Hence the requests to the administration from municipal councilor Florinda Panzarella, an independent affiliated with the Five Star Movement.

Together with the residents, Panzarella is asking the municipal administration to promptly modify the barrier of debris currently present on via Naumachia to allow for pedestrian passage. This is to ensure that residents can easily access their homes. Additionally, it is requested that action be taken regarding the traffic plan for the surrounding roads to limit the inconveniences to the population. The administration has also been asked to communicate to citizens the timeline for the requested interventions to carry out the clearing of the road from debris, the safety measures for the area, and the full reopening of via Naumachia.

"It is unacceptable" - states councilor Florinda Panzarella - "that such an important and vital road for the entire populous neighborhood of San Cristoforo has been blocked for all these months without any intervention. We are tired of seeing our working-class neighborhoods treated as second-class neighborhoods. We know very well that if this collapse had occurred on a more prestigious street, where the influential residents of Catania live, where the offices of the most well-known professionals are located, the municipal administration would have intervened immediately. Working-class neighborhoods are the soul of our city, they deserve respect, care, and attention. The residents of these neighborhoods are not children of a lesser god but have the same rights and the same dignity as any other resident of Catania."