«On Wednesday it will be an extraordinary day: the approval of the final project for the start of the work of the bridge over the Strait of Messina will open a new era. After the Cipess ok, the first construction sites will start within a few weeks. The bridge will be a unique work in the world, a masterpiece of Italian engineering and a symbol of ambition and future. To build it will be the best excellence of the country, thousands of workers, technicians, professionals. It will be a great infrastructure that will bring employment, development, tourism, investments to the territories. A work that will not only join two banks, but which will historically connect Sicily to Europe, transforming the South into the beating heart of the Mediterranean. It is an extraordinary goal. It is Italy that returns to believe it, that dares, who builds ». So Matilde Siracusano, Undersecretary for relations with the Messina Parliament and deputy of Forza Italia.
«Wednesday will be a historic day for Sicily and throughout Italy. The approval by the Cipess of the final project of the bridge over the Strait will mark the start of the works for a great, concrete work, which finally takes shape. For too many years they told us it was impossible. We show that with courage and vision it can be done. On behalf of the whole Sicilian League and all those who believed in it and who believe it, we thank Minister Salvini. This bridge is not just steel and engineering: it is development, work, growth. It is Sicily that gets up and looks far away ». So the senator Nino Germanà, commissioner of the League in Sicily.