First real cash for Messina Bridge in budget says Salvini

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 25 - The first rel cash for th Messina Bridge project will arrive with the 2024 budget bill, Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said Tuesday.
    "The maximum cost is 13 billion and I'm counting on it being well below that", said the Minister of Infrastructure, Deputy Premier and League leader on the sidelines of the event 'L'Italia dei Sì. 2023-2032'.
    The on-off project to build what would be the world's longest suspension bridge has been long delayed amid fears of mafia infiltration and graft, as well as seismic and environmental concerns.
    The transport ministry said recently that concerns expressed by Italy's anti-corruption authority that the project poses too many risks for the public purse are "totally unfounded" (ANSA).