Here is the news from Folgarida Marilleva: a direct interchange between the lift facilities and the railroad. This is the only project of its kind in Italy. The new facilities will be integrated with the Trento Malè electric railroad, creating an overland-rail-cable system in order to reduce daily traffic to the current accesses to the ski area. This initiative will help alleviate congestion caused by commuter traffic in the resort locations of Folgarida and Marilleva. This follows the indications drawn up in the Tourism Protocol of the Convention for the Protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention), which encourages interventions aimed towards reducing vehicle traffic at ski resorts by offering motivating tourists to use public transportation. Completion of the Daolasa communication system will generate positive effects on transportation management, particularly with regard to bus services to transport hotel guests from the valley to the ski stations. In fact, the central location of the facilities in relation to the valley will reduce bus traffic, creating benefits in terms of energy savings and lower air pollution. 
Therefore, this summer work will begin for the new “Daolasa-Bassetta del Vigo” automatic cableway with eight-seat cabins, which will be divided into two segments (Segment I from an altitude of 814 to 1373 metres, Segment II from 1373 to 2040 metres). Moreover, the “Mastellina” downhill piste between the altitude of 1850 and 1371 metres, the chairlift and school facilities at Malghetto di Mastellina between the altitude of 1371 and 1306 metres, and an artificial reservoir for snowmaking will also be completed. Consolidation work has also been planned along the Val del Duc stream.
The new facilities are scheduled to go into operation by December 2006.
In conducting this work, Società Funivie Folgarida Marilleva SpA is committed to using technologies designed to reduce negative impacts on flora and fauna, according to the strict requirements adopted by the Autonomous Province of Trento.