The Great Mess Of Scooters

Tender assigned, appeals to the Tar, last-minute exclusions and a thousand bureaucratic messes Scooters in the city are still a dream that remains in the drawer of the municipal councilor for traffic.

A thousand electric vehicles that would allow easy, fast and cheap travel, useful not only for Cagliari residents, especially the younger ones, but also for tourists who will soon invade the capital (Easter and Sant'Efisio are around the corner) The four winners of the contract bite the brake, they are ready to start: the investment is important as are the expenses they are forced to bear in this period of inactivity.

Disregarded announcements In July of last year it seemed that the service could finally go live But no.

The tender expired in January 2022 and commissioner Alessio Mereu announced his departure the following month He hadn't reckoned with the obstacles and requests for clarification presented by his offices.

Thus the scooters of the four winning companies of the three-year contract, two from Cagliari (Freedom fast mobility and Zoom) and two external ones (Link your city and Bird rides), remained in the warehouses, also because the fifth classified (the first of the excluded) he had filed an appeal with the Tar, which however would not have suspended the proceedings In July the new announcement: we start in August, just in time to save at least part of the summer season.

Nothing done: «We have to carry out all legitimacy checks to check that all the requested documentation is the one actually produced», they had let it be known from via Sonnino New stop for a procedure that was proving to be very thorny.

Between meetings, requests, certified emails and clarifications, we arrive at last week, when something new comes home to roost The Cagliari-based company Zoom is not in possession of the scooters that it allegedly claimed to have in the documents presented for the tender.

A "detail" that reverses the scenario: Zoom is excluded and Bit enters its place, first of the unclassified, which at this point has no more interest in proceeding with the appeal to the Administrative Court To continue reading or if you are already a subscriber.

• Access premium articles • Browse the newspaper from all devices Assigned tender, appeals to Tar, last-minute exclusions and a thousand bureaucratic messes Scooters in the city are still a dream that remains in the drawer of the municipal councilor for traffic.

A thousand electric vehicles that would allow easy, fast and cheap travel, useful not only for Cagliari residents, especially the younger ones, but also for tourists who will soon invade the capital (Easter and Sant'Efisio are around the corner) The four winners of the contract bite the brake, they are ready to start: the investment is important as are the expenses they are forced to bear in this period of inactivity.

Disregarded announcements In July of last year it seemed that the service could finally go live But no.

The tender expired in January 2022 and commissioner Alessio Mereu announced his departure the following month He hadn't reckoned with the obstacles and requests for clarification presented by his offices.

Thus the scooters of the four winning companies of the three-year contract, two from Cagliari (Freedom fast mobility and Zoom) and two external ones (Link your city and Bird rides), remained in the warehouses, also because the fifth classified (the first of the excluded) he had filed an appeal with the Tar, which however would not have suspended the proceedings In July the new announcement: we start in August, just in time to save at least part of the summer season.

Nothing done: "We have to carry out all the legitimacy checks to check that all the requested documentation is the one actually produced", they had announced from via Sonnino New stop for a procedure that was proving to be very thorny.

Between meetings, requests, pec and clarifications we arrive at last week, when a novelty comes home to roost The Cagliari-based company Zoom is not in possession of the scooters that it allegedly claimed to have in the documents presented for the tender.

A "detail" that reverses the scenario: Zoom is excluded and Bit enters its place, first of the unclassified, which at this point has no more interest in proceeding with the appeal to the Administrative Court The games seem done but no one, given the precedents, wants to claim victory too quickly.

Also because there is still one obstacle to overcome: the racks Each company has its own parking area, different from the others.

This means that the scooter of company X cannot be parked in the spaces of company Y That's not all, the stalls to be built in the historic center require the authorization of the Superintendence.

Authorization which, to date, has not yet been requested Uncertainties Andrea Ranieri is the head of the Cagliari company Freedom fast mobility.

“It's been 14 months and we're still stuck Let me be clear, we are ready to leave at any time also because the costs are becoming uncontainable in the face of a failure to collect 100,000 euros per month.

Not to mention the repercussions on the workplace: at least seven employees would work with each winning company» Councilor Mereu: "The award was provisional, pending verification of the documents.

" Now, the final snag «If the companies respond quickly to our requests, we are ready to sign the agreement.

The scooter service could start within the first week of April ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.