«Once again Minister Salvini uses the media stage – today on the sidelines of the Board of Directors of the Strait of Messina – to relaunch the illusion of the imminent start of the construction sites of the bridge. Bombastic promises, “rich” indemnities to the expropriations and a triumphant narrative that, however, has nothing to do with reality. Salvini exults for his two years of delay on the inexistent “update” of the final project: he had to be ready in six months by law; two and a half years have passed, and he is still not approved “. who have canceled every third verification of the project and the technical references, a “dark” approval of the definitive project by the Cipess will arrive “.
“Forget, or want to forget, Salvini that the process does not end there – underlines the committee – before the publication it will take the” sticker “of the Court of Auditors, after which the executive project that will have to respond to the requirements posed by the competent bodies will have to be drawn up from scratch. The conclusion will be an unknown, with the “discovery” that the bridge cannot be done ».
The Committee recalls that “a large front of legal, technical and administrative appeals is already ready at all levels, which will bring to light the multiple flaws, omissions and forcing that characterized the entire design process”. «To what purpose is this media circus? The General Contractor feels guaranteed by the laws and “ad hoc” reads for the bridge – concludes the Committee – and bets to be able to benefit from a billionaire allowance even in the event of failure to make the work. A masterpiece of waste and political irresponsibility ».