Overview
- Auditors say the CIPESS delibera lacks a substantiated rationale and a full assessment of the underlying findings, noting unusual transmission of documents via links and a timing mismatch on a related decree.
- The Court asks how the project complies with EU habitat rules and VIncA guidance and requests updates on exchanges with the European Commission after the government’s IROPI move declaring the work of military interest.
- Financial notes include a mismatch between KPMG’s €10.4815 billion asseveration and the €10.5088 billion approved figure, along with sharp increases for safety costs and compensatory works.
- Governance concerns cite the exclusion of the transport regulator ART and the absence of required opinions from NARS and the Consiglio Superiore dei Lavori Pubblici, with some past CIPE prescriptions still not met.
- Palazzo Chigi has 20 days to respond before the Court decides on the file; the Infrastructure Ministry calls the exchange routine and says the project is not in question, while opposition parties label the findings a rejection and seek parliamentary scrutiny.