TAV funding rules respected says Bulc

(ANSA) - Brussels, April 4 - The Turin-Lyon high-speed rail (TAV) project is so far respecting requisites to get EU funding, European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc said Thursday.
    "Let's hope it continues like this," she said a day after meeting the pro-TAV 'madamin' Turin women business activists.
    Therefore, Bulc said, "Italy can keep the allocated funds, and for the moment I have no reason to doubt that they will keep them".
    The Italian government has put the project on hold amid a disagreement between partners the 5-Star Movement (M5S), which is against it, and the League, which is in favour.
    A government-sponsored costs/benefit analysis says Italy will lose out to the tune of 7-8 billion euros.
    But the League says the report was biased and the project can be cut in size and expense.