Commission accusations groundless - highways company

(ANSA) - Genoa, October 18 - Highways company Autostrade per l'Italia (ASPI) on Monday expressed "dismay and surprise" about a report by a transport and infrastructure ministry commission on the Morandi-bridge collapse in Genoa in August that appeared in La Repubblica. The ASPI statement spoke of "serious mistakes, groundless accusations and prejudiced conclusions in the commission's report". The government has said it wants to strip ASPI of its concession for failing to prevent the Genoa disaster in which 43 people died.