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19 May 06

New Italian transport minister slams Messina Bridge

Italy's new transport minister Alessandro Bianchi has described the Messina Bridge as one of the country's most useless and damaging projects of the last century and said that it will not be built. He was speaking just after being sworn into office. Work on the project is due to start later this year, following the appointment in October 2005 of an Impregilo-led consortium to build the record-beating 3.3km-span suspension bridge.

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