ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “In anticipation of the Paralympics we can already draw a serious budget of Milan Cortina 2026, especially in the light of some prejudices that characterized the eve and that have been swept away by the facts that the whole world has been able to verify. Fifteen months ago the media’s titles were talking about waste, daring, disasters announced. The Cortina bob track had become the symbol of an alleged bankruptcy announced, and instead the reality tells of bears, exciting challenges, applause and tears, with almost 10 thousand more trees. We felt the embrace of athletes: ‘The most beautiful track in the world’. Already booked for sporting events in the coming years and available to tourists and residents. The Cortina Sliding Centre ‘Eugenio Monti’ is not only an infrastructure. It is the demonstration that when Italy decides to do, it can do well. Entered with respect in the extraordinary context of Cortina, the track dialogues with the mountain, does not attack it. The so-called lords of NO had already established that one could not do, that one should not do, that it would be better to give up. It is a culture we know: that of permanent suspicion, of pulled brake, of systematic distrust towards every great work. But governing means taking responsibility, not pursuing easy applause.” Thus the Vicepremier and Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Matteo Salvini and the Commissioner of Government and CEO of Società Infrastructures Milan Cortina 2026, Fabio Saldini in a letter sent to the director of “Il Gazzettino” published in the aftermath of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina 2026.
“We also saw it for the Mose, which today protects Venice and tears the admiration of foreigners. Someone said the bob track would be a ghost opera. Today the only ghost is that of the wrong predictions. Realizing it was not a gesture of stubbornness, but an act of trust in the country. Trust in technicians, enterprises, workers and workers who have also worked in complex weather conditions. In every centimeter of this ice cleans the silent sacrifice of mothers and fathers who challenged the frost of winter and the bite of prejudice, only to give their children proof that no dream is too great for Italy. But there is one point that deserves to be reiterated: it was not about building a work for two weeks of races. The track is a legacy, a legacy. For Cortina, for Veneto, for Italy. A plant that will host competitions, trainings, international events, relaunching disciplines that are part of our sporting history. Investing in sport means investing in young people, tourism, induced, identity. A great country does not give up building its future for fear of difficulties. A great country faces difficulties. it governs and overcomes them.” Salvini and Saldini continue.
“Cortina today is not only a postcard scenario. It is the place where Italy can combine beauty and technology, tradition and innovation, environmental protection and modern infrastructure. It is the place where criticism has become measurable, tangible, visible results. Milan Cortina 2026 guarantees an estimated induced of 5.3 billion euros, with a positive effect on the GDP of 400 million euros in the two years 2025-2026. It is a success made possible by many factors, including the determination of the good governance that has characterized these days, locally and nationally. In Veneto, thanks to the Olympics we have remitted 4 railway stations and built new roads and tunnels in Cadore, which remove traffic from the inhabited centers and save time and queues. Perhaps – Salvini and Saldini conclude – the most important lesson is this: do not let the noise of pessimism cover the voice of the facts.”.
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