Pompei has awarded the contract to turn a property confiscated from organised crime on via Ponte Izzo into a public urban park called “Il Giardino PerBene.” The project, backed by a reported investment of €1,958,364.24 — about €2 million — will give residents and families a new green space in the city.
According to Metropolis Web, the award followed a telematic tender in which four valid offers were evaluated. The contract includes measures for worker safety, anti-mafia safeguards and mitigation of environmental impact during construction.
What will be built
The redevelopment is intended to convert the former criminal asset into a community green lung. Planned initial works include tree planting and equipped pedestrian paths, creating an accessible public space for daily leisure, walking and family use.
The name chosen by the city, “Il Giardino PerBene,” underlines the intended reversal: a place once tied to organised crime becomes a common good.
A project long in planning
This is not a last-minute initiative. The intervention on the confiscated property in via Ponte Izzo has been part of Pompei’s public investment planning since at least 2022 and was included in the municipality’s PNRR-related programming, as documented in the Comune di Pompei’s 2025–2027 planning document.
That continuity matters for readers: the award marks the move from programming to execution for a project that has remained in the city’s plans through successive planning cycles.
Part of a wider reuse of confiscated properties
The via Ponte Izzo park is not the only confiscated asset Pompei intends to return to public use. The same municipal planning document also identifies a separate confiscated property on via Don G. Carotenuto, known as “Il Palazzo de Creature,” for valorisation and modernisation.
Together, the two projects show a consistent local policy: recovering properties taken from crime and reinvesting them in public and social purposes.
What is still to be announced
Several practical details have not yet been made public in the available sources. The name of the winning temporary business consortium has not been identified, and no construction start date, expected completion date or opening date has been stated.
The total surface area of the park, the complete list of planned facilities beyond trees and pedestrian paths, and a detailed breakdown of the €1,958,364.24 budget have also not been disclosed. The exact legal history of the via Ponte Izzo property and the criminal organisation formerly linked to it have not been detailed.
For residents, the next milestones to watch are the signing and start of works, the construction timetable, and the final design of paths, planting and public amenities.
