The final event took place at Aeroporto Milano Malpensa and celebrated the successful completion of 13 certified parking areas with 1.350 spaces for trucks. This project was co-finances by Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding.
The Pass4Core Project
The Project “Parking Areas implementing Safety and Security FOR (4) CORE network corridors in ITALY (PASS4CORE-ITA)” is co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility – Transport with the aim of developing a national network of Safe and Secure Parking Areas for heavy goods vehicles along the primary road network in Italy.
RAM S.p.A. participates in the project as implementing body of the Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport – Central Committee of the Italian Register of Road Hauliers, with other 12 beneficiaries among which motorways operators, rail road terminals and other private operators, engaged in the realization of 1.350 truck parking places, and in the upgrade of more than 300.000 square meters on 13 dedicated areas obtaining the certification of “Safe and Secure Truck Parking Area” according to European Standards.
In this framework, RAM S.p.A. has coordinated the development of the network and created a digital platform for the management of information exchange aimed directly to haulage operators and professional drivers.
The project has an overall budget of over EUR 27 million and ran until completion earlier this year. Now all the newly created parking areas and the dedicated digital platform should be operational.
The Event
Several key stakeholders attended at the event and presenters for the final event included Matteo Gasparato, President of Consorzio ZAI, Armando Brunini, CEO of SEA S.p.A., Roberto Grassi, President of Confindustria Varese, Alberto Milotti, Marketing & Development Manager of Consorzio ZAI, Tea Krizan, Project officer CINEA, Paolo Dallanoce, SEA Cargo Manager, Lorenzo Pighi, Country Sales Manager of DEKRA, Ilaria De Biasi, Head of Department for European Project A22, Davide Bordoni, Director of RAM S.p.A., Attilio Fontana, President of the Lombardy Region, Carlo Secchi, European Transport Corridor Coordinator, Edoardo Rixi, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport and Dirk Penasse, General Manager of ESPORG.
“Developing certified parking areas like those in the Pass4Core project are key to having a secure network across Europe. ESPORG is happy to support the successful collaboration of such a project and encourage other stakeholders to take note of the best practices exemplified in the certified truck parking areas in Italy,” says Dirk Penasse, General Manager of ESPORG. “We still have a long way to go to fill the gaps and establish secure parking areas all over Europe, but this is heartening step in the right direction.”
The Pass4Core project is the precursor and foundation for the Pass4Core2 project, which is currently ongoing but has completed and certified several parking areas already. Congratulations to all those involved in such a wonderful initiative! To learn more about the Pass4Core2 project, please visit the EU Funding & Tenders portal:https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/how-to-participate/org-details/953626983/project/101079728/program/43251567/details.
