Billion dollar project – Italy: Bridge to Sicily must be built after all

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The cabinet of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has revived a highly controversial project to build a highway bridge. It must connect Sicily to the mainland and will cost several billion euros. Critics have always questioned the viability of the seismic region between Messina and Calabria.

The Meloni cabinet has now passed a corresponding decree, which must be passed into law by parliament in the next 60 days.

Salvini: “Flagship of Italian engineering”
The 3.2-kilometer bridge is intended to “represent the flagship of Italian engineering,” said Transport Minister Matteo Salvini. The idea of ​​such a bridge dates back to the time of the Roman Empire. However, subsequent attempts to address the project in modern times failed.

The construction project, last considered in 2011, is now “adapted to new technical safety and environmental standards,” Salvini assures.

Construction could start in mid-2024
Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, whose government had strongly supported the project in the 2000s and whose Forza Italia party is now part of the governing coalition again, said such a structure would “connect Sicily not only to Calabria, but to Italy and all of Europe “. Apparently there is a rush: according to Berlusconi, construction could start as early as mid-2024.

Source: Krone

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