VIDEO Santa’s mayor: “We worked hard to rebuild the harbor and now we enjoy the VELAFestival!”
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“It will be a great TAG Heuer VELAFestival, also as a symbolic meaning of rebirth of the port and Santa Margherita.” Only five months have passed since the “tsunami” that devastated the Tigullio region, but Santa Margherita has rolled up its sleeves: with just under a month to go before the start of the 2019 TAG Heuer VELAFestival in Santa Margherita (May 2-5), we interviewed the town’s mayor, Paolo Donadoni, to take stock of the state of the art of the port’s recovery work after last October’s incredible storm surge.
Everything is proceeding according to schedule, the 250,000 executive project for the dock restoration is perfectly adhered to, see you in Santa from May 2 to 5! The mayor will be present on Thursday, May 2 (5 p.m.) at the opening event of the TAG Heuer VELAFestival, “This is how we saved Santa Margherita.” Together with institutions and witnesses of the storm surge that brought Tigullio to its knees, we will tell you about the rebirth of Santa Margherita with photos and videos: a fine example of how, by rolling up our sleeves, “together we win” (we steal the words once again from Donadoni.
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