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June 30, 2011
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- Approved the new alignment of high-speed rail line Trieste-Divača
- Path to 21 km, of which 12 in the Italian territory. Estimated cost: 1.3 billion euros
 Today in Trieste the Italian-Slovenian Intergovernmental Commission has approved the feasibility study of the new high-speed rail connection Trieste-Divača. "It is - said the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteoli - a new path more linear and less impact on the environment. Now you can quickly start the design of a work widely regarded as strategic. " The Minister stated that the approved version, called "Corridor High", is worth about 1.3 billion euros, the lowest cost compared to all other design assumptions examined.
- The new route runs for 12 kilometers in Italian territory and about nine miles in the Slovenian. On the railway trains can reach 250 km / h.The planning of the project involves the completion of the design (preliminary and final) by the end of 2015, when the first construction can begin work.
- Satisfaction was expressed for approval by the Councillor for Traffic and Transportation in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Riccardo Riccardi. "The Region - said - is strongly committed to the Trieste-Divača, one of the key parts of the Priority Project 6, from France to Budapest and the border-Ukrainian Magyar, is finally launched, give effective response to the need to put the Friuli Venezia Giulia in the middle of Europe. "
- "The action of the regional administration - said the councilor Riccardi - see today realize a very important result. We have succeeded in recent years to change a tortuous path, that of 2008, environmentally impactful - considered the first clause of the passage under the Rosandra Valley - and far too long to ensure a fast connection between the two countries. The solution of 2008 included 36 km of track with a very high slope (also of 17 per thousand) and an average speed of 160 km / hour.The present feasibility study instead of the path reduces to 21 kilometers, including 12 in the province of Trieste, with a lower speed interconnections, and more free tracts, and a slope of 12.5 per thousand. The line is now so much better suited to serve our port system and to encourage public and private investment. Among the solutions proposed, then, that found between Italy and Slovenia is the least expensive, a responsible choice to cut costs. " "The Region - added - has not lost a penny of EU resources and time they have met deadlines set by the EU."
- "I want to thank the Minister of Transport Matteoli and officials of his department - said Riccardi - to have understood and acted upon once again to our efforts was a team effort, involving the institutions of the province of Trieste and Slovenian authorities, able to certainly bear fruit.The EEIG, the European Economic Interest Group will be established as soon as possible, and all proponents, the task now will have to explain the best route and the validity of this region will do its part by continuing to interlocutors, as has always done so far, with the realities of the territory to incorporate opinions and observations in order to provide all technical information considered useful for the development of the preliminary draft in the coming months. "
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