2024-08-20 20:03:12
Italy’s Infrastructure and Transport Minister visited the construction site of the main athletes’ village being built for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, less than a year before the site is scheduled to be handed over. The trip follows strong criticism from Paris 2024 organizers over the management of the 2024 Olympic Village.
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one By the end of July 2025 – if the predicted deadline is adhered to – the former industrial wasteland of the Milan area roman gate His new face will be revealed.
The completely reconfigured site covers an area of 18.7 hectares and will consist of six residential buildings that will accommodate approximately 1,330 athletes as part of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Their construction was 90% complete last January.
To complete this system, ongoing work is being undertaken by the team Coima SGR It will also allow the delivery of refurbished buildings, such as the hall that will house the athletes’ restaurant during the Olympic Games, not to mention the greening of adjacent spaces in future buildings designed according to sustainability principles, notably a 40% reduction in CO2 emissions for heating and air conditioning , 60% using renewable energy.
Furthermore, in order to understand the progress of this ambitious project, one of the most important in Italy over the past 20 years, the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport visited the site on Tuesday, August 20, 2024.
Matteo Salvini was then able to maintain some room for maneuver, with workers present recalling that the forecast timetable was three months ahead. However, despite the good indicators, the authorities intend to remain vigilant until the final operations are completed, which will lead to the delivery of the building and the handing over of the keys to the 2026 Olympic Organizing Committee.
As the minister noted on his social networks at the end of the visit:
[C’est] This is a remarkable work of urban regeneration – in an area that was once a symbol of degradation and drug trafficking – that will continue even and especially after the Olympics.
When athletes are welcomed […]In fact, the village will accommodate 1,700 students, making it the largest university accommodation in Italy, and will be surrounded by new shops, offices and 1,000 new apartments, including 300 social homes. All this is done to dedicate 50% of the surface area to green space.
This is the Italy of Yes: concrete, effective and sustainable.
As proud as the Federation is, they believe more than anyone that these Games will bring jobs, growth and development to the nation. full speed!
In the run-up to his visit, Matteo Salvini had already spoken of the venue’s importance for the Olympics and other events.
The most important thing is, leader Member and main political ally of the Northern Alliance Giorgia Meloni, President of the Italian Counciltook the opportunity to raise management issues without restraint to the organizers of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The Athletes’ Village in Seine-Saint-Denis covers an area of no less than 52 hectares.
As he says on his page InstagramMonday, August 19:
Tomorrow morning, I will go to the Milan Olympic Village construction site for inspection.
It will be a more efficient Olympic village than Paris and more welcoming to athletes, who won’t be sleeping on lawns without air conditioning and whose canteens will be rudimentary.
However, the Italian minister, accustomed to such media reports – especially critical of France – did not mention in his publications the issue of other trans-Alpine projects related to the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. Of course aware of the remaining challenges of ensuring timely delivery to all locations.
The concept of the 2026 Games has been carefully and vigilantly scrutinized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in recent months, and the IOC has had the opportunity Warning to organizers and Italian public authorities Regarding keeping the promises made after being elected as the host of the Olympic Games.
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