The Great Pompeii Project will be funded by
the European Commission and cost €105 million. Approximately €85
million will be spent on the restoration/conservation of the site.
In
addition, the influx of European Union money is hoped to help stimulate
the economy in an economically depressed area (unemployment rate is
nearly 17 %, while youth unemployment in 2011 was 37 %). Italian Prime
Minister Mario Monti declared that they "...hope to trigger a process
that will assist the local youth who don’t have jobs, but before that
happens, Pompeii must remain standing...”.
An
'anti Camorra Watchdog' has been appointed. “Experience has taught us
that subcontracts and construction works in particular are areas that
attract the interest of organized crime”, said the Italian Interior Ministry official.
Read more on the NYT (article by Elisabetta Povoledo)
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