introduction | site restoration | maximizing the natural resource | employee involvement in health & safety | sustaining a rural economy | renaturalization of a river area | innovative regional development | operational best practice | conserving natural heritage | working with a fishery association | reducing employee accidents | lowering emissions | developing geo-tourism | health & safety best practice | local community partnership | facilities for local organisations | protection of species - biotopes | decreasing environmental impacts | cooperation with regional authorities
Local Community Partnership
THE ACROPOLIS GOLF PROJECT
BACKGROUND
The site is located in Luisago-Villa Guardia in the suburbs of Como and was used as a quarry of sand and gravel. It later became an illegal tip for dangerous industrial waste.
The area covers an area of 33.000 square metres and is next to the Ex Polo Estrattivo, an old quarry of 380.000 squares metres that had extraction by Consorzio Comense Inerti spa for 14 years.
ACTION
In 1987 the company bought the area and reclaimed the site in collaboration with the Local Health Service and became the promoter of the environmental restoration project by means of land filling with construction and demolition waste.
The restoration process started in 1990 and lasted 3 years. In 1997 the inauguration ceremony of the reconstructed hill took place in presence of the Local Authorities.
After a few years Consorzio Comense Inerti took the decision to transform the area into a golf course. In 2003 the golf course was inaugurated.
Currently the company is working on the enlargement of the project.
RESULTS
The transformation of the former derelict area into an attractive sports area demonstrates what can be achieved through successful cooperation between a public- private partnership.
introduction | site restoration | maximizing the natural resource | employee involvement in health & safety | sustaining a rural economy | renaturalization of a river area | innovative regional development | operational best practice | conserving natural heritage | working with a fishery association | reducing employee accidents | lowering emissions | developing geo-tourism | health & safety best practice | local community partnership | facilities for local organisations | protection of species - biotopes | decreasing environmental impacts | cooperation with regional authorities
