Big Projects
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Lugano is a City that is living an extraordinarily dynamic moment and it has been able to increase its inhabitants (over 57’000) and its territory (31.2 km2). At The moment the city is in the process of defining projects which will shape its future development; these regard architectural projects, urban projects and projects to improve the mobility. In the next few years, these interventions will define the face and character of the city.
These big projects will be an opportunity for relaunching the City economically. In particular we have:
- The AlpTransit project which will bring Southern Europe sensibly closer to northern Europe in the next years
- The new FFS giving new prestige to the area of Besso
- The restructuring of the Lungolago walkway
- The renovation of the mouth of the Cassarate river
- The new cultural centre LAC (Lugano Arte e Cultura)
- The urban redevelopment of Pian Scairolo
- The creation of the new quarter of Cornaredo
- The building of a new exhibition area and the reconstruction of the northern side of Campo Marzio
- The enlarging of the University Campus
- The completion of the Vedeggio-Cassarate tunnel
- The improvement of the road network and conditions in the Lugano area
- The public transportation plan of the Lugano area (PTL)
- The airport of Agno
All of these projects represent different ways of building the future and offering a vision of the city articulated according to homogenous areas and specialized areas, distributed in a functional way within the territory, intercommunicating, yet each having its identity and strength of its own. All these big projects aim to having a concept of a city which rotates around its historical downtown centre.
