TAV cost/benefit analysis to France

(ANSA) - Rome, February 5 - The transport ministry said Tuesday an Italian government-commissioned cost/benefit analysis on the high-speed rail (TAV) line between Turin and Lyon was handed to French Ambassador to Italy Christian Masset as agreed by French and Italian transport ministers Elisabeth Borne and Danilo Toninelli, ahead of its validation and publication by the Italian government.
    The ministry said this was the starting point for dialogue between the two executives.
    "A bilateral meeting will shortly be set up," the ministry said.
    According to leaks by Toninelli's 5-Star Movement (M5S), the analysis is expected to come out against the project.