TAV will go ahead says Salvini

(ANSA) - Rome, February 22 - 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.