The deadline for objections against the building of the new Valascia has expired on Wednesday. After receiving no objections so far, there is optimism about obtaining the building permit until the end of the year.

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"It's not a house, thus the beaurocratic process is complex," Angelo Gianini, president of the Valascia Immobiliare SA, says to RSI. "But we hope that we have the building permit by the end of this year." If everything goes according to plan now, the construction will start next spring and HC Ambrì-Piotta's new arena should be ready for the 2018-19 season, as Gianini confirmed to Watson.

There is, however, still a small chance that an objection will come in over the course of the upcoming days as the date stamp on the envelope counts when it comes to meeting a deadline of an appeal period. (tme)

UPDATE As the Corriere del Ticino reports, the commune of Quinto has officialised that they have received no objections against the project and it can thus proceed to the next level. - 22 September 2015, 11:57 AM