There Close company of Messina, in one note, rejects the accusations of the environmental associations, reiterating the full compliance of the bridge project to Italian and European regulations. The company specifies that The increase in costs is due exclusively to the increase in prices in the sector of infrastructure works.
“There is no violation or lack of application of Italian and European standards – reads the press release – for the project of the bridge over the Strait of Messina. These affirmations of the environmental associations are completely unfounded and have been denied several times.
In particular, the provisions of article 72 of the EU directive regarding public contracts are fully respected. The growth of the fee of the contract to the general contractor (from 3.9 billion in 2006, to 6.7 billion in 2011, to 10.5 billion today) refers almost exclusively to the strong increase in prices recorded between 2021 and 2023, which involved all the infrastructure works under construction.
The Strait of Messina – continues the note – has always confirmed the utmost attention to the role of Anac, the suggestions and recommendations expressed. As regards the hypothesis of a new race it should be noted that, also from a technical point of view, the final project is perfectly valid and, as required by the decree-law 35, has been updated to the new technical regulations.
For environmental aspects, please note that on 13 November 2024 the technical commission of verification of the environmental impact – via Vas del Mase issued favorable opinion on the environmental impact study and that on 21 May the same commission expressed a favorable opinion on the evaluation of an environmental incidence, believing that “all the documentation transmitted highlights the coherence of the compensation measures with the need to guarantee the protection of the storage objectives of the sites and the global coherence Natura 2000 network “.
The Court of Auditors did not express any rejection or judgment of inadequacy of the final project, nor did he invite the withdrawal of the Cipess resolution of 6 August. The responses to the observations – concludes the note – requests for clarifications and documentary additions will be provided to the Court in the next few days and in any case on the set times “.