A Gate to Venice
A major facility is about to be erected between the passenger port and the head of the bridge that links Venice to its mainland. It has been designed to be the meeting point and intersection between sea, land and the centre of Venice.
A multi-functional facility
A new multi-functional facility will be erected between Venice and its port (near the Marittima station): it will include offices, shops, a hotel and a large car park to serve the port and Venice.
The facility will serve as interchange to and from the city and the port and will include the People Mover's intermediate station, the monorail that links the island of Tronchetto to Piazzale Rome.
A Gate to Venice - rendering
Some numbers
The project will involve an area of some 40,000 sqm; works will cost EUR 63,235,000, wholly financed through own resources and private investors.
Main specifications:
- 135,000 cu.m. for car parks and associated services;
- 8,500 cu.m. for offices and law enforcement facilities;
- up to 50% of 50,000 cu.m.-25,000 cu.m. for hotel facilities and services;
- up to 40% of 50,000 cu.m.-20,000 cu.m. for offices;
- up to 10% of 50,000 cu.m.-5,000 cu.m. for shops;
- 2,400 car parks per garage.
The project is supervised by APV Investimenti, a company owned by the Venice Port Authority, and is currently in its final phase. Its implementation has been entrusted to a team led by Prof. Mauro Galantino.
