The notice of the expropriation of
land and properties for the project to build a bridge across the
Strait of Messina connecting Sicily to the Italian mainland will
be published in national and local newspapers in Sicily and
Calabria on Wednesday, the Stretto di Messina company said on
Tuesday.
The publication of the notice comes after the board of the
Stretto di Messina company approved the update of the final
version of the project and delivered it to the pertinent
ministries and authorities.
If all goes to plan, the building sites will be set up by the
end of the year.
Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure and Transport Minister
Matteo Salvini has pushed strongly for the construction of what
will be the world's longest suspension bridge, a project mooted
by successive centre-right governments but never actually
started due to environmental and seismic concerns and the
significant cost.
The bridge currently has a price tag of some 14.6 billion euro
($16.14 billion), or about one percent of Italian GDP, and is
scheduled to come into use in the late 2030s.
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