25 June 2006

The TAV and the European Community

In the last few weeks I have met with the president of the Mountain Community of the Lower Valle di Susa Antonio Ferrentino, the president of the Observatory Mario Virano and the European Commissioner Loyola De Palacio to talk about the TAV in Val di Susa.
I believe this work to be important, but I consider to be legitimate the requests of the people of the valley to be part of the decision-making process. To start off with a “no” to the TAV that is “a priori” and ideological cannot obviously be part of a true discussion and the evaluation of the different possibilities must be considered with objectivity by all.

The TAV is considered to be a priority by the Government and by the European Community and the European Community will provide 1,000,000,000 Euro to get the work started. It is important to point out that this money is provided by Europe specifically for the High Speed project. Thus it will be given to Italy only if the project goes ahead. The lack of funds for road works to be carried out by ANAS is another matter. Money for this must be found through financial activity as soon as possible so that the work is not held up indefinitely.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Economy