“San Siro, go-ahead for examination of the proposal and appeal to the TAR”
This is the headline this morning in the Milan edition of Corriere di Milano. Yesterday, an appeal was filed with the TAR (Regional Administrative Court) by the San Siro Green Group Association, which challenges the Municipality and the Revenue Agency over the “real estate operation” involving the stadium and the surrounding areas, arguing that these areas do not have a sporting designation.
Meanwhile, as the evaluation of the Milan and Inter proposal proceeds, a conference of services was also initiated yesterday, which will conclude on April 30: it was a first, interlocutory meeting and, on the part of the municipal departments, no one reportedly expressed a contrary opinion. The Lombardy Region is, in general terms, in favor of the project, while Municipality 7 emphasized the impact that the project would have on the area and is therefore calling for special attention to be paid to green spaces and areas for public use. The Heritage Authority (Sovrintendenza), on the other hand, would like to preserve some iconic elements of San Siro (one possibility could be to save one of the helical towers, since in the clubs’ project all of them are slated for demolition), as relayed via Milannews.it.
Mayor Sala’s words on San Siro
As a guest at Repubblica’s Forum in Milan, the Mayor of the Milanese city, Beppe Sala, expressed himself as follows on the issue of the new stadium:
“If we don’t manage to build the stadium, Milan will go to San Donato and Inter to Rozzano. The municipality will be left with San Siro, and to avoid issues with the Court of Auditors, it will have to be put to use. And at that point, forget about today’s concerts. If we don’t manage to build the stadium at San Siro, either you sell it to someone who organizes concerts, or there will be concerts non-stop. For the residents of the neighborhood, having San Siro without football is the worst possible scenario. From my point of view, I can say that it’s not true that the values expressed by the Revenue Agency are not in line with the Municipality’s rules, because the latter depend on what will be done there: will it be residential or not? The answer is no. I think,” Sala explained, “that we will manage, knowing that we will face various hostilities and appeals. Let it be clear that if we don’t succeed by October, then it will be difficult for it to happen.”
