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The 10 planned interventions aim at improving safety and hospitality in theatre and movie theatre spaces, as well as optimising the performance and functionality of the rooms through eco-efficiency and the reduction of energy consumption. 

The funded projects involve eight theatres and two movie theatres owned by Roma Capitale, including Teatro Argentina, Teatro Costanzi (Rome Opera Theatre Foundation), Teatro Quarticciolo, Teatro Torlonia, Teatro India (room A and room B), Teatro Tor Bella Monaca (room A and room B), Teatro del Lido di Ostia, Globe Theatre, Casa del Cinema and Cinema Aquila.

More specifically, the project actions will focus on:

• the restoration of materials in compliance with the regulations;
• the elimination of hazards deriving from damaged parts;
• the creation and/or revision of electrical and special systems, integrated with energy consumption efficiency control systems;
• the revision or replacement of heating/air conditioning systems, to improve the overall management of theatres and movie theatres.

These interventions will improve the audience experience, ensuring a safer, more comfortable and energy-efficient environment in theatres and movie theatres.

The “Un tetto con cura” project aims to provide long-term temporary assistance, up to 24 months, through the provision of accommodation in flats located in small groups in the area. This solution is aimed at individuals, small groups or families in situations of extreme hardship, who cannot immediately access public housing and who require continuous support. An individualised project, aimed at activating the personal resources of the individual or the family unit, will foster paths to autonomy and capacity-building.

Projects will focus on several aspects, including:

• individual paths to overcome the emergency situation;
• accompaniment and coordination with territorial services for long-term planning;
• cooperation with other institutions, such as prison facilities, justice services and the judiciary.

In view of the Jubilee 2025, Roma Capitale is organising maintenance and improvement works on both main and local roads in order to facilitate the movement of pilgrims and tourists throughout the city. This programme involves all 15 municipalities of Rome, each responsible for the resurfacing of the roads under its jurisdiction, with a special focus on connecting axes. The investment will be equally distributed among the municipalities and interventions will be allocated through a centralised tender to ensure uniformity and consistency. The maintenance will include resurfacing the bituminous conglomerate paving, cleaning the drains for rainwater disposal, restoring road markings and maintaining the areas adjacent to the roads.

In October 2023, the Sports Arena on Viale Tiziano was finally partially reopened to the public, allowing for the attendance of 2,000 spectators. This reopening aims to allow the Roman Serie A basketball and volleyball teams to begin the championship, while the final works on the structures of the upper circle continue at the same time. The works, supported by a supplementary contract worth 1.5 million euro approved by the Gualtieri Council, are scheduled for completion by March 2024.

Initially, the PalaTiziano underwent restructuring works with 3.1 million euro financing from the Raggi Council in 2021. However, the contract that ended during the Gualtieri Council did not guarantee the complete restoration of the facility, meaning it was still unusable by the city.

The decision-making process to supplement the necessary works was formalised through a resolution endorsed by the director, prot.EA/193 dated 16 December 2022. This resolution approved the executive plan to complete the essential maintenance works, in order to ensure the reopening of the Palatiziano and its use by the Roman professional basketball and volleyball teams in categories A1, A2 and B elite. In the years prior, these teams were forced to play games at other sites.

With a capacity of around 3,500 seats, the sports facility will, according to the planning of the Capitoline Administration, be available for other sports once more, including contact sports. The aim is to initiate virtuous cycles that promote major events and offer investment opportunities for companies interested in promoting not only sport, but also wider events.

The interventions aimed at restoring the pavements and securing the pedestrian crossing along Via Cassia Antica. Specifically, pedestrians barriers were installed at the intersection with Via Pareto in order to prevent irregular parking of vehicles. Furthermore, the pavement in Via Cassia 427, previously covered with mud and spontaneous vegetation, has been restored. The works involved a road section of approximately 3 km in length, extending from Piazzale di Ponte Milvio to the intersection with Via Oriolo Romano.

A new public park was built, characterised by the creation of an inclusive play area equipped with play structure and slide, swing, spring games. In addition, a multi-purpose park, a basketball court and flowerbeds with fragrant essences were included, as well as the planting of new trees.

The districts of Magliana, Marconi and Piana del Sole will be the subject of a series of specific and widespread interventions for the redevelopment and safety of public spaces (squares, public green areas and road sections near schools). The goal is to enhance and improve the usability of these places of aggregation within the built fabric.

Squares and green areas

The quality of squares and green areas has been improved with new flooring, measures aimed at increasing accessibility, the integration of furnishing elements – including inclusive children’s games –, the planting of trees, the insertion and enhancement of lighting (from a photovoltaic source). The interventions have also made the spaces more recognisable and safe throughout the day. Here are the details of the works:

• Largo Santa Silvia: repair and extraordinary maintenance of the play equipment present;
• Piazza Piero Puricelli: new lighting, new games and redevelopment of the Madonnina basement;
• Piazza Fabrizio De Andrè: new picnic tables;
• Fausto Catani Garden in via Greve: new trees, removal of barriers, improvement of the access ramp, new pergola and new fitness space;
• Giardino Lauro Maria Caterina Bassi (via Blaserna): new flooring, basketball court with spaces dedicated to sports in the open area;
• Green area of Piana del Sole (via Fresonara): construction of a new recreational area;
• Playground in via Pian due Torri: insertion of new inclusive games and anti-trauma flooring, remaking of the basketball court and perimeter network on the bike path, insertion of new furnishings (baskets and picnic table);
• Piazza Augusto Righi: reorganization/redesign of paved spaces and flowerbeds with the insertion of spaces for motorbike parking;

Crossings near schools

The movement of adults and children at the entrance and exit of schools has been facilitated by the creation of raised pedestrian crossings that ensure absolute priority to pedestrians, eliminating any dangerous conditions with respect to vehicular traffic. Here are the points subject to intervention:

• Via Blaserna at the Mondo Enchanted infant school;
• Via Brunacci at the Aquilone blu Nursery;
• Via Giuseppe Belluzzo at Il Ciclamino Nursery;
• Via Ignazio Ribotti at the Benucci Infant School;

The project involves a series of extraordinary road maintenance interventions in the Monteverde Vecchio district.

Here are the details of the work that will be carried out:

• securing Via Giambattista Marino
• reorganization of spaces dedicated to vehicular manoeuvres
• removal of architectural barriers through the construction of pedestrian slides
• reconstruction of roads and sidewalks
• replacement of gullies covers

The intervention involves the extraordinary maintenance of the left quay of the Tiber in the section from Ponte Fabricio to Ponte Testaccio. This stretch of embankment, approximately 2 kilometers long, will undergo a special cleaning process that will also remove the river silt deposited after the river floods. Over the years, due to lack of maintenance, bushes and reeds have grown spontaneously on the layer of silt, to the extent that the original pavement of flagstones is no longer visible today. Furthermore, all scattered waste within the vegetation will be removed through separate collection, and informal settlements in the construction area will be cleared.

The NRRP aims to promote the creation of cycle networks in 40 Italian cities, through interventions of maintenance and/or new construction, for tourist/recreational (tourist cycle paths) and urban (urban cycle paths) purposes. 

Thus, Roma Capitale has set itself the goal of implementing a multi-year programme to promote the use of bicycles as structural means of transport for systematic travel.

This programme will improve accessibility and safety for cyclists in the city, by encouraging greater use of bicycles for daily travel.