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"
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