The Rome city council has
expressed an unfavourable opinion of AS Roma's plan to build a
swanky new stadium in the south of the capital, a Lazio regional
government document said Thursday.
"Today the Rome Capital administration delivered its
evaluations of the Roma Stadium project to the Lazio Region,"
the document read.
"The sole Rome Capital opinion on the definitive project for
Roma Stadium is not favourable".
The opinion of the city administration of Rome Mayor
Virginia Raggi said problems concerned road and hydraulic
safety, the lack of parking, traffic and public transport issues
and shortcomings in the project documentation.
In 2014 the club unveiled their plans to build a new
52,000-capacity stadium in the southern Tor di Valle area of
the city.
The much-delayed project includes shops, bars and facilities
for conferences, music and entertainment, including a 500-person
stage in a Roma-themed restaurant and a big amphitheater.
The city council issued a statement later on Thursday
stressing that the stadium project had not got the definitive
red light and that it wanted to "go forward" despite its
reservations.
"There are margins to conclude the procedure positively," it
said.
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