Portugis Big News: Bridge across the Straits, Alfano and relaunch Wolves: unlock the work, is a priority for the country

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Bridge across the Straits, Alfano and relaunch Wolves: unlock the work, is a priority for the country – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published March 30, 2016 at 17:23.

a bill to accelerate the realization of the Strait of Messina Bridge. It is the one presented today by the parliamentary groups of the popular area. “The construction of the bridge over the Strait, for us fundamental and strategic element for the road and rail link between Sicily and the Continent, was blocked by law, and today we re-launched the project by presenting the necessary legal standard required to reactivate the construction.” So at the Chamber of Deputies leader Maurizio Lupi, who presented the proposal with the leaders of Ap and Interior Minister Angelino Alfano and the parent company in the Senate Renato Schifani. “The purpose of the law – said the Rev leader in the House – is to give deadlines for the implementation of infrastructure, reduce costs and provide transparency in all processes for the award of contracts’.

Ap relaunches: Bridge over the Strait by the legislature
“The proposal – explained Wolves – is that of a technically feasible way, with certain times, lower costs , transparency in the award of contracts. It consists of a single article with nine paragraphs. The bridge becomes a priority structure for the development of the country, establishing the institution of a commissioner to ensure promptness, transparency and establish the rule of law. ” “We must ensure that the work falls within the strategic priorities of the government – said the group leader in the Senate Renato Schifani -, which so far still been there and Alfano will report at the center of our political initiative. We can conclude the legislature with the realization of this great work. You should not start from scratch. ” “There are no more excuses – said the undersecretary Simona Vicari – for us to be connected to the mainland is essential.”

Renzi Alfano: break up with the old left of the Strait Bridge
“In this work we have always believed, is necessary for the country. We call on the Democratic Party that is immediately calendarizzata our bill. We know that the old left is against the bridge, but we ask Renzi to shoot down another taboo of the old left, as we have done already for Article 18, the civil liability of magistrates, no to stepchild adoption , “said Interior Minister Angelino Alfano.

the doubts at home Pd
So far, though the prime minister-secretary Matteo Renzi has not placed the Bridge among the priorities of the government, though without excluding the construction. “Surely the bridge over the Straits will be made sooner or later. The important thing is that before we bring home the results of unfinished works “, from the” end of the work on the roads in Sicily and Calabria, “said Renzi on March 3rd. The Minister of Infrastructure Graziano Delrio has repeatedly stated in the past that “before the bridge over the Strait of Messina there are other priorities for the South.”