Question on the extension of metro Line 1 to Cascine Vica
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On 2 November 2026 the Turin City Council debates, in the Sala Rossa, a question tabled by councillors Catizone, Ricca and Maccanti (Lega) on extending metro Line 1 from Collegno to Cascine Vica, in Rivoli, a project that also closely concerns the municipality of Grugliasco.[1]
The debate in the Council
In the session, city councillor Chiara Foglietta explains that the project's main bottleneck, following the winding-up of the company Ici Spa, should have started to be resolved in September 2026 by selecting a firm from the 2018 ranking list, so as to avoid a new tender and shorten the timeline. Informal talks are under way between InfraTo and some of the firms on the ranking list, to check their willingness to take over under the same contractual conditions, taking into account the compensation due for higher material costs. For a formal call, Foglietta specifies, the full scope of the work still needed must first be defined, through technical and accounting assessments.[1]
The councillor adds that, should this procedure fail, a new design for the remaining works will have to be drawn up and a new tender launched, once the funds needed to cover the whole investment, around €70 million, have been secured.[1]
The missing funds
The new Budget Law contains no explicit reference to allocating the €70 million needed to complete the project. The deputy leader of the Avs group in the Chamber of Deputies, Marco Grimaldi, has filed an appeal to the governing majority to jointly draft an amendment to the Budget Law that finds the funds for the country's metro lines, arguing that less than €26 million would be enough for 2027.[1]
The mayor of Turin, Stefano Lo Russo, together with the mayors of Collegno, Rivoli and Grugliasco, has sent a formal letter to the President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, and to the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, asking for the missing €70 million to be allocated. Official records show no evidence that the government has allocated these funds.[1]
The state of the works
The extension was originally due to open in 2023, but as of November 2026 the site is still at a standstill. Once work resumes, completing the project is estimated to take 24 months, not including testing and commissioning.[1]
Sources
- TorinoToday — 2 November 2026