In Agrigento, Sicily, drainage ditches were filled with asphalt during hastily repaired roads. To find them later, we had to use a metal detector and tear up new surfaces. The cause was hurried repairs ahead of President Serio Mattarella’s visit.
In Agrigento, Sicily, a well was flooded as asphalt was hastily laid on a road full of potholes. To find them, workers had to use metal detectors. The road was repaired just before the arrival of Italian President Sergio Mattarella.
Italy. Manhole filled with asphalt
The president arrived in Agrigento, this year’s Italian cultural capital, on Saturday.
A few days before the official start of the visit and the celebration of this event, Italian media highlighted that Mayor Francesco Micche recommended urgent road repairs and immediately arranged more than 500,000 euros for this purpose. .
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Road construction was carried out quickly and at the last minute, resulting in the road’s drainage ditches also being filled with asphalt, as reported by the daily newspaper La Repubblica.
Two days after the ceremony, workers returned to the road, this time finding a manhole covered in asphalt and removing it. To find them, they examined every centimeter of the surface with a metal detector. These sights were forever remembered by residents in movies and photos found online. Then they began removing asphalt to get to the manhole grating.
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Local authorities explained that the work was foreseeable given that it was done in a hurry.
Reporters have noted that there have been previous controversies at Agrigento. Road signs with linguistic errors were placed on the streets.
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