Chieti. The province of Chieti has been awarded two important loans from the Pnrr equal to 5.2 million euros for the construction of two new gyms, one in the Pantini-Pudente high school campus, home to the Vasto art school and the other in the vocational school “De Giorgio” of Lanciano, both on areas owned by the province of Chieti.
“Another good news that I welcome with great satisfaction, the result of the great teamwork of the provincial administration which, together with the offices that I thank, has worked to achieve this important result”, said the president of the province of Chieti, Francesco Menna underlining that the two new gymnasiums will be equipped with a regulation field for basketball and volleyball, grandstands and bleachers for spectators, toilets for athletes and spectators and other functional areas for sport and social aggregation.
“In welcoming this news with joy, I would like to underline”, added the councilor with responsibility for school construction, Davide Caporale, “that since our establishment we have paid the utmost attention to the schools within our competence in terms of building safety, healthiness of places and in giving students more suitable and functional spaces. Several interventions have been carried out in this first year of the mandate, not least the funds obtained equal to approximately 160 thousand euros for the placement in nine schools of 270 air purification and sanitization devices to safeguard the health of students from the Covid19 infection , from bacteriological and viral agents and from indoor pollution”.
“The two new gyms”, highlighted the councilor with responsibility for sport and sports facilities, Sergio Furia, “will be at the service not only of the schools, but also of local associations and sports who will thus have more space available for their multiple activities. The objective of the Pnrr tender was to encourage sports activities and correct lifestyles in schools, reducing the existing infrastructural gap in this regard, strengthening sports activities and infrastructures so as to encourage social inclusion and strengthen personal aptitudes. An objective that we will fully achieve with the creation of these two new gyms”.
“Now”, concluded President Menna, “the next step is to quickly start the next phases in order to deliver the new gyms to schools and communities as soon as possible. In the meantime, we will continue our path of attention to schools because investing in the future of our girls and boys and investing in the buildings responsible for their growth and training is equivalent to strengthening the future of our society”.
A brief description of the planned actions follows:
- “Pantini-Pudente” high school gymnasium in Vasto – headquarters of the art school: The project consists in the construction of a new building to be used as a multipurpose gym. The structure will be equipped with a regulatory field for basketball and volleyball, compliant with Coni standards and with the regulations of the respective national federations. The choice of the type of gym took into account the presence of schools, but also the possibility of external use, suitably conforming the spaces and services for the practice of sports and team games also suitable for extracurricular use. For this purpose, spaces have been included for the public, with adequate grandstands, dedicated entrances, separate paths and toilets. Furthermore, the area destined for the Multipurpose Gymnasium has also made it possible to obtain inside it grandstands, changing rooms, toilets for the public, for the athletes and for the race judges, as well as an infirmary and warehouse area. There is also a multifunctional room for press conferences, meetings and a tool room on the ground floor. Since the gymnasium could be available for use by the extra-curricular community, in addition to that of the other schools, independent access was also foreseen for use outside school hours with the possibility of excluding access to the teaching spaces. The complex to be built consists of two architecturally distinct buildings; the play area and the service area. The total amount of the works is equal to 3,106,550 euros of which 2,806,700 euros of PNRR funds and the remainder will be borne by the provincial administration which will provide with its own funds for the arrangement of the external area concerning the vehicular and pedestrian access , the perimeter fence, the lighting system, the water and sewage connections;
- Gymnasium of the professional school “De Giorgio” in Lanciano: The new gymnasium will have a play area large enough to accommodate basketball and volleyball competitions. There will also be an area reserved for the public (stairs arranged on three levels) with 100 seats, which will be accessed from an independent entrance. The gymnasium will be complete with a changing room area, with direct access from the north side of the building and is characterized by a large hallway overlooked by two changing rooms for athletes complete with toilets and showers, two changing rooms for referees also equipped with toilets and showers, a 10 m2 emergency room with attached toilet suitable for use by the disabled. The toilets reserved for the public, disengaged with a secondary entrance to the area reserved for the public, consist of four toilets. The paths of the athletes and the public are physically separated, while there will be two areas with independent parking and access from the neighboring municipal road of via Barrella. The total amount of the works is 2,402,625 euros, totally borne by the PNRR funds of Mission 4 “Education and research” – Component 1 “Enhancement of the offer of educational services: from nursery schools to universities” – Investment 1.3 ” Plan for sports infrastructure in schools”.
