There is a saying in Rome that if you dig a hole deep enough you will find some kind of historical treasure. Rome is a magnificent historical site for the world and has what almost seems to be a never ending supply of historical treasures that have been accumulated over the ages and with the passing of time, buried.
These treasures are to be cherished and protected as they represent a portion of history that has impacted almost the entire world.
However, Rome is also a modern day city and has modern needs and concerns. Every time one of those modern treasures is found it usually creates instant gridlock for the construction of some building or public works project.
Rome is currently attempting to build out their subway and unlike most big cities, they have to do it by hand. When Rome builds a subway its not only a public works project, but an archaeological dig. The compromise to build the subway was a hard fought battle between preservationists and city planners, but they are finally proceeding. At the end of the day Rome's historical treasures were probably in as much jeopardy from physical gridlock and overcrowding as they were from the destruction that would take place to build a subway.
They have found a compromise and they do proceed, but every few shovel fulls of dirt brings a new find, and that brings a slow down and a little more Ancient Roman Gridlock.
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