The completion of the Turin-Lyon
high-speed rail (TAV) link has not been stopped but the project
has merely been "revised with the aim of bringing the project to
completion," Deputy Premier, Interior Minister and League party
leader Matteo Salvini said on Italian TV Friday.
Salvini is in favour of completing the TAV while his
government ally, the 5-Star Movement (M5S) of Deputy Premier and
Labour and Industry Minister Luigi Di Maio is against it.
The M5S is pointing to a cost/benefit analysis commissioned
by the government which has said the project spells a loss of
7-8 billion euros.
"There is no block on the TAV," Salvini said on Mattino 5.
"There is only a revision of the project with the goal of
taking the project to completion.
"I'm doing and I will do everything possible to make sure the
TAV is completed, the project can be revised and money can be
saved, but the train pollutes less and costs less than cars.
"The building work was already stopped and I hope it gets
back up running as soon as possible".
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