'We have other priorities' Delrio says on Messina bridge (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, October 2 - Transport Minister Graziano Delrio on Friday said the government had other priorities, such as helping commuters, than reviving a long-dormant plan to build a bridge over the Messina Strait between Sicily and mainland Italy. "I have always said that we have other priorities, such as meeting the needs of those who travel every day," he said. The seemingly moribund Messina bridge project, a former hobby horse of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi, returned to the fore earlier this week when the junior government partner, the New Centre Right, passed a motion calling for a reassessment of the feasibility of the bridge for rail traffic only.