Italian Govt To Revoke Motorway Contract After Bridge Collapse

The Italian government said Wednesday that it wants to revoke the contract given to the company that manages the country’s motorways and slap it … Continue reading Italian Govt To Revoke Motorway Contract After Bridge Collapse

By Ignatius Igwe

Updated August 15, 2018

Rescuers are at work amid the rubble of a section of a giant motorway bridge that collapsed earlier, on August 14, 2018 in Genoa. Rescuers scouring through the wreckage after part of a viaduct of the A10 freeway collapsed said there were “tens of victims”, while images from the scene showed an entire carriageway plunged on to railway lines below. ANDREA LEONI / AFP

Rescuers are at work amid the rubble of a section of a giant motorway bridge that collapsed earlier, on August 14, 2018 in Genoa. ANDREA LEONI / AFP

The Italian government said Wednesday that it wants to revoke the contract given to the company that manages the country’s motorways and slap it with a huge fine following a bridge collapse in Genoa that has killed at least 35 people.

“The first thing that should happen is that the heads of Autostrade per l’Italia should step down. And given that there have been breaches (of contract), I announce that we have begun the process for the eventual revocation of their contract and a fine of 150 million euros ($170 million),” transport minister Danilo Toninelli said on Facebook.

AFP