The terrible state of Pace Grasso football ground in Paola is a continuing disgrace. Some time ago there were rumours that an old people's home, a public garden and an underground car park would be built on it; or maybe a bigger health centre, shifting the current one far from the noisy market and the never-ending traffic.

If these plans materialise, then those who live in the vicinity of this rubble-strewn ground will no longer have to face the big rats infesting it. Surely something useful can be built instead. But when?

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