Since last night Venice has its fourth bridge on Canal Grande . 'Looking Forward' said Mayor Massimo Cacciari, who decided to open the work, called the Constitution Bridge, last night at 23:44. Nothing cuts the tape, but many children and so many people had not been disclosed despite official announcements to announce the opening of the architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava. But who knew he had to know, also because ' ordinances governing the circulation, which also prohibit the passage of handcarts for the transport of packages weighing over 20 kilograms, or volume exceeding 1 cubic meter and prohibit 'dirty work with cigarette butts, chewing chewing tobacco or any other waste ', yesterday, had been published on the website of the Municipality. Word of mouth did the rest, so in addition to the masters of the Cignoni who toasted with Prosecco, salami and mortadella, last night for the opening of the bridge, which connects the train station to Piazzale Roma, Saint Lucia, there was a crowd . "The citizens and those who pass through - says the commissioner of Public Works of the old town, Mara Rumiz - realize that this is a great work, very beautiful, that fits perfectly in the context of the city. It 's true, it lacks the gondola, which is' under construction and will be installed in a few time'. In late November, apparently. Not enough, probably, not to mention the many controversies that have accompanied its development. "This is not my intention to hide the problems and the fact that it is 'cost much more' than had been expected - the commissioner said in a statement Rumiz - In 2002 the contract was for € 4,074,906, which become 6,720,237 with available funds for surveys, investigations, monitoring, equipment, jacks, technical charges and taxes, to the current cost of € 7,273,162 (11,276,794 if we understand the available funds). Moreover, much more 'long have been the time for its implementation, given that in 2002 had been provided 456 days of the yard. "Bridge of the Constitution is 94 meters long and it' was created with 156 pieces of stone ' Istria, each one different, to take on the foundations of the bridge, 300 items of glass treads and landings, 90 panels of glass railings, lamps for lighting 200 of the lower arches and 420 tons of steel structure, made of ribs are also different from each other. A true work of contemporary art, the first of a series in town 'has a number of outstanding issues: those of Punta della Dogana with the project by Tadao Ando, the Gallerie dell'Accademia with Tobia Scarpa, the new Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido with 'the 5 +1', the people mover, the new widow to the Museum Stores of Salt under the supervision of Renzo Piano. The next announcement shortly, will deal with 'the new Bridge Academy, whose priorities' will' to be accessible to all.
