Talks by the 'service conference' on
a planned new stadium for AS Roma ended with a No Wednesday and
fresh proposals have been urged by June 16. The No was caused by
Rome city council's failure to present an urban planning
adjustment proposal, as well as by the start of a procedure by
the culture ministry aimed at putting cultural-heritage limits
on the planned site in the southern Roman district of Tor di
Valle. Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said recently he
would not, and could not, intervene on Rome's heritage
superintendency's decision to designate the stadium site as an
area to be preserved because of its historical interest.
Franceschini pointed out that by law he could not override
the superintendency's autonomy. The superintendency's ruling is
one of the hurdles facing the multi-billion-euro project.
Initially it was opposed by Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi and her
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) but the M5S dropped its
opposition after the project was radically changed and
downsized.
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