(ANSA) - Genoa, November 12 - Genoa Mayor Marco Bucci said
Monday that the demolition of what is left of the Morandi
bridge, so a new viaduct crossing the northern city can be
built, will start on December 15 and the new structure will be
completed by mid-2020.
A huge section of the bridge collapsed in August in a
disaster that claimed 43 lives.
"My plan foresees the start of the demolition work on
December 15," Bucci, who is also the commissioner for the
construction of the new viaduct, told SkyTg24.
"We have a project that foresees that dispatch of the
invitation letters, the elaboration of the data and the
selection of the project by the end of November.
"The work will start as soon as the sequester of site (by
investigators) is lifted.
"As soon as we have selected the project, we will immediately
send it to the prosecutor and the preliminary investigations
judge in order to include their observations in the project and
get started".
Bucci went on: "There will be a new bridge for the city by
the first half of 2020."
He said "These are the projects I have seen, 15 months
maximum, no more".