Transport and Industry Minister
Danilo Toninelli said Friday that his decree for Genoa following
last month's bridge-collapse disaster in which 43 people died
"is ready".
"It will be published in the Official Gazette in the next few
hours," said Toninelli, a member of the ruling 5-Star Movement
(M5S).
He added that the government was in talks with the European
Commission for permission to award the contract to build the
viaduct that will replace the collapsed Morandi Bridge directly
without a tender.
He said he wanted the reconstruction to "have the stamp of
the State without a tender that would allow (highways company)
Autostrade (per l'Italia) to rebuild it".
The government has said that, while Autostrade must pay for
the new bridge, it does not want the company involved in the
construction as it failed to prevent the August 14 disaster.
The government has said it would like ship-builder
Fincantieri to be the leading player in the reconstruction.
According to reports on Friday in Il Sole 24 Ore and Fatto
Quotidiano, however, Fincantieri does not have the necessary
qualifications to take on a job of this kind.
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