In the capital city of culture 2025 the controversy over the manholes covered by the pouring of bitumen, for the renovation of the roads in view of the inauguration of the event with the presence of the head of state, does not subside. Indeed, he moves to social media, between irony and bewilderment. Meanwhile, in Agrigento we continue to look for metal detectors the hidden manholes, but those reported at the level pose a real security problem for those who pass
A case of city news that exceeds the imagination. The echo of the news, however, is at least national given that the city of Agrigento has been chosen as the “Italian capital of culture 2025”. Just close to the inauguration event, which also saw the intervention of the President of the Republic, the urgent and extraordinary works for the Refurbishment of the road surface of the city were carried out almost in record times. In just two days, in fact, some roads have been asphalted, from the area of the stadium to the Pirandello theater. The restored trait was renamed with hilarity on social networks as “presidential itinerary”, since asphalted on the occasion of the transit of the car of the President of the Republic. The haste, however, played a bad joke, with the pouring of bitumen that also covered the manholes and closets. Immediate or almost i ceremony disservices concludedwhen it was discovered that To find the manholes, georeference “should have been”: that is, to attribute geographical coordinates to a raster or vector image.
The hunt for the manhole
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To clarify the lapidary images and videos that go crazy on social networks, with the Operators with Metal Detector engaged in a real “manhole hunt”. A tiring search, meter after metro, to re -humble i manholes and closets who had not been “georeferenziati”. Chiusini are the points of the water network with the manual opening shutters that allow the passage of water to the systems. The works had a cost of 510 thousand euros of regional funds but breaking the asphalt to “free” the manholes, dangerous holes have come to createup to five centimeters high. Citizens reported him on social media. These holes are a danger to people and for the transit of two and four wheels. Fortunately, the situation is returning to normal and, after various stresses, the manholes have been sealed and placed at the level, so as to avoid further critical issues also in view of the next rains.
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