According to Massimo Colomban, councilor for the Subsidiaries of Rome; interviewed by Messaggero: “in Atac the number of employees is at least 10-15 percent higher, if productivity is taken into account, compared to similar companies in other Italian cities”.
Then saying that he will be the next to leave the office, he continued saying: "Of course, I will resign on 30 September". “Soon - he says - I will present the reorganization plan of the investee companies of Roma Capitale. You will all be invited to examine it. It will be the completion of the work I have done. Even if it is clear: completion is not the correct word, it is not that thirty investee companies are restructured, with all the problems that exist, in a year ”. “I said it almost immediately - he continues -, it will take between three and five years to improve the situation. Assuming that the conditions exist to do so. And I must say that the conditions have not yet been fulfilled ”. “Rome - he explains - is penalized by a relationship between income and things to manage, which is three times more expensive than in Milan. In other words, triple the resources would be needed ”. “Unfortunately - he observes - a government proposal that says or proposes is unpopular: let's increase resources or give Rome an annual ceiling similar to that of all the capitals of the world. An initiative of this type would be very unpopular, there is nothing to be done. Anyone who proposed it would hear the answer: Until yesterday Rome wasted money and now do we want to give it more resources? This is a bit of the message that has passed over these thirty-forty years ”.