Italy greenlights a $15.5 billion project to build bridge linking Sicily to the mainland
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This digital rendering shows a bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily, a long-delayed 13.5 billion euro ($15.5 billion) project, that an interministerial committee with oversight of strategic public investments has approved, the Italian Transport Ministry said in a statement, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Webuild Eurolink Image Library via AP)This digital rendering shows a bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily, a long-delayed 13.5 billion euro ($15.5 billion) project, that an interministerial committee with oversight of strategic public investments has approved, the Italian Transport Ministry said in a statement, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Webuild Eurolink Image Library via AP)Italian Vice Premier and Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini holds a press conference about the decision to approve work on the Strait of Messina suspension bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily, in Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Italian Vice Premier and Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini holds a press conference about the decision to approve work on the Strait of Messina suspension bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily, in Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)From left: Italian undersecretary Alessandro Morelli, Italian Vice Premier and Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini and businessman Pietro Ciucci pose for photographers at the end of a press conference in Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Italian Vice Premier and Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini holds a press conference about the decision to approve work on the Strait of Messina suspension bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily, in Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
This digital rendering shows a bridge linking the Italian mainland with Sicily, a long-delayed 13.5 billion euro ($15.5 billion) project, that an interministerial committee with oversight of strategic public investments has approved, the Italian Transport Ministry said in a statement, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Webuild Eurolink Image Library via AP)