Lido di Riva Seeks Expansion to Improve Moorings and Boost Revenue
With the overall project for the lakeside zone launched, the Lido di Riva begins at San Nicolò port its attempt to concretely realize the shared intentions of architect Cecchetto.
At San Nicolò, there are about 150 moorings, and another fifty boats are kept ashore. The services offered to customers are certainly not up to modern standards.
In practical terms, this means that the operator could generate higher revenue by making the necessary investments: the market is willing to pay more if better service is provided.
Proposals for improvement and expansion of facilities
The Lido di Riva, suggests President Mauro Malfer, has just begun addressing the issue by creating a preliminary list of actions to undertake and the associated costs.
To expand the offering of moorings — with around a hundred requests remaining unfulfilled due to a lack of sufficient space — the Lido could purchase the adjoining plot of land next to the square, toward Viale Rovereto.
The property formerly known as Camesasca is owned by a company from Bolzano, which has indicated its willingness to sell. A project is needed to explore potential future uses of the available space and the proposed expansion, including possible additional land reclamation, and to study the quality and condition of the support structures for port activities.
Financial resources and institutional collaboration
Once this is done, the Lido, which does not have independent financial resources to face an expenditure that could reach around five billion euros, will start contacting the municipality and the province to seek contributions and explore partnership opportunities, possibly with private investors interested in the project.
Malfer offers two observations: as it currently stands, San Nicolò port is not viable. Measures must be taken at all costs to correct this serious economic imbalance.
Future prospects and development policy
According to the plan, the future of the lakeside area favors, in the easternmost part of the city territory, a recreational-tourism use.
It would be completely absurd for the Lido di Riva to have developed the Cecchetto project as a tool, only to leave it unused in a drawer.
The management’s policy is to proceed sector by sector, considering compatibility, primarily economic.
The purchase of the exhibition buildings at Baltera, and the consequent need to invest another billion euros in urbanizing the surrounding area (starting with better parking facilities than the current makeshift ones), has drained revenues for years and limited maneuvering space, even for necessary interventions.