«As of this morning we have 24 billion euros of investments in the modernization of the Italian railway line, in construction sites on the Rome-Naples-Bari, in construction sites open on the Brescia-Verona-Vicenza-Padua and the first lots of the Salerno-Reggio Calabria with the finally planning of the high speed up to Reggio Calabria». This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Matteo Salvini, in a video link with the Most 2025 event ‘Innovation that unites’.
«It is essential to innovate and the relationship between the business world, public institutions and the world of universities and research is fundamental», he adds, recalling that in China “only twenty years ago they essentially did not have a high-speed line, they ended 2024 with 48,000 km of high-speed rail network” and “they have the aim of reaching 60,000 km by 2030 and 70,000 km by 2035”.