Messina Bridge OK'd, record project

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 31 - The transport and infrastructure ministry said Friday the government's project to build a bridge across the Messina Strait and link Sicily and mainland Italy had been approved by its experts and it would be a record scheme.
    The go-ahead has been given for the Ponte Decree: the offices have completed the last in-depth studies, essentially confirming the text that was approved by the Council of Ministers on 16 March last with the "subject to agreements" formula, the ministry announced.
    "It is a historic choice, which opens the way to a world-record infrastructure with a strong green connotation: the bridge will allow a drastic reduction in CO2 pollution and a significant decrease in discharges into the sea," the ministry explains.
    "The economic aspect is significant: the cost of building the Bridge and all the railway and road access works on both banks is currently estimated at 10 billion. From 2019 to 2022, the Citizenship Income has had an impact on state coffers of 25 billion'. (ANSA).