VIDEO SHOWS: RECENT FOOTAGE OF APOLLONIO-SOCREPES CABLEWAY CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS / RECENT COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF ITALY'S OLYMPIC INFRASTRUCTURE AGENCY SIMICO, FABIO SALDI RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY (JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. VARIOUS OF APOLLONIO-SOCREPES CABLEWAY CONSTRUCTION SITE WITH WORKERS OPERATING LIVIGNO, ITALY (JANUARY 8, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) COMMISSIONER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF ITALY'S OLYMPIC INFRASTRUCTURE AGENCY SIMICO, FABIO SALDINI, SAYING:   "The Apollonio–Socrepes cableway system, which is intended to allow the arrival of 2,400 people per hour at Socrepes and then take the subsequent cable car to reach the competition venues, has been scheduled to be completed by the end of January. It should be remembered that this was not an indispensable project for the Olympics, and we are doing everything possible to complete it to provide the organising committee with an additional facility to make access easier, without using private vehicles." CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY (JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 3. VARIOUS OF CABLEWAY CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS LIVIGNO, ITALY (JANUARY 8, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 4. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) COMMISSIONER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF ITALY'S OLYMPIC INFRASTRUCTURE AGENCY SIMICO, FABIO SALDINI, SAYING:    "You know, we are working in the mountains, and in the mountains it snows. We cannot fully control what happens with the mountain weather, but we are working to make it happen, putting all our experience into it, respecting timelines and costs, and ensuring quality and, above all, safety." CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY (JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 5. PEOPLE SKIING, CONSTRUCTION SITE IN BACKGROUND STORY: A cable car intended to carry spectators to the women's Olympic Alpine skiing events in Cortina will not be ready in time, prompting Games organisers to request school closures to bolster the Dolomite resort's transport system, a letter seen by Reuters showed. The Apollonio-Socrepes gondola is one of the most controversial infrastructure projects for the upcoming Winter Olympics, which Cortina and the city of Milan co-host from February 6-22. Work to build the cable car, designed to take visitors from the town centre directly to the slopes, began behind schedule, and some residents have raised safety concerns about the project, which is being constructed in a landslide area. But the 50 cabins have not yet been installed and the safety test – originally scheduled for the final week before the start of the Games – still needs to be carried out, two people close to the matter said. Simico, the state-backed agency in charge of the project, had repeatedly said the cable car would be delivered on time. In a statement on Friday (January 30), it said work was progressing according to schedule. "The pulling of the cable has been completed and the splicing of the cable will begin as early as Saturday," the agency said, adding that over the weekend the alignment of the rollers at the three stations and the ten pylons will be checked. Mechanical and hydraulic works were expected to be completed early next week, after which the required technical safety inspections would begin. Once those are finished, the lift would be ready, Simico added. Set in the Dolomites, Cortina is one of Italy's best-known winter resorts and hosted the Games in 1956, but it has no rail station and access via the only main road into town can often be slow at peak times. (Production: Matteo Negri)
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