According to the Renzi government, the bridge over the Strait of Messina "is not a strategic work". Maurizio Lupi, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, said this in an urgent report to the Chamber, specifying that "no new resources have been allocated for the work".
According to Lupi, in any case, the need for a conclusive connection on this infrastructural network is "obvious". In fact, he added, “once we have created the connection to Sicily, uniting North and South with high speed and accelerating the connection between the two Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts; once there is a port and logistics plan that will identify the country's strategic ports that are there for all to see, let's think of the port of Gioia Tauro; at that point, the question we should ask ourselves, but it is not current, will be the following: can Italy afford not to define the three-kilometre connection between Reggio Calabria and Sicily as strategic?”.
However, it is “a reflection – concluded Lupi – and not a choice that the government is making. I think that every government that will come will have to confront each other on the Messina Bridge: I personally support it, but I can only take note of the different positions of the government".
