An eviction order for the 'Sails'
public housing apartment building in Naples' Scampia district
where a terrace collapsed on Monday evening, killing three
people and injuring 12 others, had been issued in 2015 by
then-mayor Luigi de Magistris over its state of decay but never
carried out, a local newspaper reported on Friday, quoting a
document published by Naples' municipal government in October
2015.
A separate document issued a year later denounced the lack of
maintenance of the Sail's terraces and the risk that they might
collapse.
The order signed by de Magistris cited the need to safeguard the
safety of the 159 families, for a total of 600 people, living in
the Vela Celeste, the 'Sky Blue Sail' where the deadly incident
took place, Il Corriere del Mezzogiorno reported.
In Scampia, several other 'Sails' apartment buildings have been
torn down over their state of decay in the crime-ridden
district.
A 'restyling' of the area, which is trying to make a civic
comeback after years of being identified with the Camorra mafia
and drug pushing, has started and the municipal administration
announced in April renovation work on the 'Vela Celeste' to be
funded under the Piano Periferie (suburbs plan) with some 18
million euros
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