Premier Giuseppe Conte said
Monday that procedures to strip Autostrade per l'Italia (ASPI)
motorway company of its concessions would be completed by the
end of the month.
The government decided to take the motorway concessions off
ASPI after the August 2018 Genoa bridge disaster that killed 43
people.
Torrential rain recently caused another two bridge collapses,
in which no one was hurt, which bolstered the government's
intention of stripping the concessions from ASPI.
ASPI is controlled by the Atlantia group, in which the
Benetton family has a controlling stake.
The decision to strip ASPI of the concessions was strongly
pushed by the ruling anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S).
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