Take the train to Orio? "Project before the summer of 2019"

The will is not lacking, as evidenced by the words spoken a month ago by President Sacbo Roberto Bruni at the Confindustria badembly held in the north hangar of the airport: the train for Orio is "the most strategic intervention in the medium term". A step forward was made today, Wednesday, November 28: At the headquarters of Sacbo management offices, the management company of Orio al Serio airport, the technical meeting is held between all parties involved in the project of construction of the rail link with the company. ;airport. An investment of about 110 million euros (at least according to the latest estimates) for almost five kilometers of track. "The comparison – reads the press release sent by the company – has deepened the technical aspects related to the features and functionality of the works, highlighting the expected logistical and competitive benefits, as far as the company is concerned. accessibility to the airport and the opportunity to ensure direct relations with the certified high speed network on Milan.

Representatives of the Italian railway network (FS group), the Autostrade company, the municipality and the province of Bergamo, the municipality of Orio al Serio and the consortium Media Pianura Bergamasca participated in the meeting. "Everyone present – we read in the press release – confirmed support for the railway project, recognizing its strategic value for the airport and the benefits for the general mobility of the entire territory, by agreeing on the need to speed up the process, RFI anticipates that the preliminary project can be completed by the summer of 2019 and that the Services Conference will be convened by September 2019 to conclude final project in 2020 ".

At the end of the meeting, Emilio Bellingardi, Director General of SACBO, "expressed his satisfaction for the contribution of all stakeholders, sharing the utility of the project, showing their conviction of the need to proceed to its realization in the best possible. "

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