Turin, Oct. 3 (LaPresse) – Thousands of people are taking part in a popular march organized by the No TAV movement from Sant’Ambrogio to Avigliana, in the province of Turin, calling for a halt to the Turin–Lyon high-speed rail project and to plans for the new Avigliana–Orbassano section. A banner reading “Young No TAV” is leading the march. Among those taking part is also Chiara Appendino, former mayor of Turin and now a member of parliament for the Five Star Movement. “Today we are here with the determination of those who have been warning for years about a project that would have caused delays, remained stalled and ultimately been substantially useless,” Appendino said. “The point is that spending three billion euros when there is not even €900 million in funding available, starting another construction site that devastates the area when everything is at a standstill, with zero metres of tunnel excavated in Italy and France expressing doubts, makes no sense. Let’s see whether the project can be reconsidered, but above all, let’s not once again unnecessarily devastate an area and drive up costs by diverting those resources toward citizens’ priorities.”
No TAV, thousands march in the Turin area: Appendino also among participants
Turin, Oct. 3 (LaPresse) – Thousands of people are taking part in a popular march organized by the No TAV movement from Sant’Ambrogio to Avigliana, in the province of Turin, calling for a halt to the Turin–Lyon high-speed rail project and to plans for the new Avigliana–Orbassano section. A banner reading “Young No TAV” is leading the march. Among those taking part is also Chiara Appendino, former mayor of Turin and now a member of parliament for the Five Star Movement. “Today we are here with the determination of those who have been warning for years about a project that would have caused delays, remained stalled and ultimately been substantially useless,” Appendino said. “The point is that spending three billion euros when there is not even €900 million in funding available, starting another construction site that devastates the area when everything is at a standstill, with zero metres of tunnel excavated in Italy and France expressing doubts, makes no sense. Let’s see whether the project can be reconsidered, but above all, let’s not once again unnecessarily devastate an area and drive up costs by diverting those resources toward citizens’ priorities.”