Messina Strait bridge infrastructure would cost 3.9 bn - FS

(ANSA) - Rome, September 28 - It would cost 3.9 billion euros to build a bridge across the Strait of Messina connecting Sicily with mainland Italy, Renato Mazzoncini, the CEO of railways company FS, said on Wednesday. On Tuesday Premier Matteo Renzi revived the idea of building the bridge, saying it would create 100,000 jobs. "Today the bridge over the Strait is an infrastructure that, from a construction point of view, costs 3.9 billion euros," Mazzoncini said at the presentation of FS's new 10-year plan. He added that, if all major international transport corridors cost around 120 billion euros, "the problem can't be the 3.9 for the bridge".