Regional Minister Edoardo Cosenza, who has been made responsible for the strategic coordination of major projects by President Caldoro stated: “The extraordinary team work of Regione Campania, Port Authority of Salerno, Ministry’s task force and the European Union made us achieve an outstanding result: the financial coverage for the European Major Project has reached approximately 98%, keeping the State Aid for the Port Authority to approximately 2 million out of the total 73”.

Mr Cosenza added: “Shortly, tenders will start: in fact, the project has already obtained the National Environmental Impact Assessment. This is a big achievement for Salerno and Regione Campania. After the mission in Brussels at the end of February together with President Caldoro, we expect in a short time to get the go-ahead for the Major Project of the Port of Naples, for a total amount of 156 million €”.