There were huge tailbacks on Ligurian
motorways on Monday morning.
Columns of motionless vehicles stretched as far as 10 kilometres
on both the A12 and A 26 motorways, key links between Genoa and
other northern cities.
The tailbacks we re caused by road works to make tunnels safe.
There was a knock-on effect in Genoa too, with long lines of
cars in the northwestern Italian city.
Liguria Governor Giovanni Toti said the region was being held
"hostage" to a "war" between the government in Rome and motorway
company ASPI.
He said this conflict had been going on since "the day after the
collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa" in August 2018, which
killed 43 people.
Some members of the government have said that ASPI's concessions
must be stripped because of the disaster.
The debate on the issue is expected to reach a conclusion soon.
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