Italy's transport min says he would like to revoke Autostrade concession

FILE PHOTO: Italy's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Danilo Toninelli speaks at the 5-Star Movement party's open-air rally at Circo Massimo in Rome, Italy, October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo - Copyright MAX ROSSI(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 19/12/2018 - 09:32•Updated 26/04/2024 - 16:24

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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said on Wednesday that he would like to revoke motorway concessions held by Autostrade per l'Italia after the collapse of a bridge in Genoa last August.

"As minister and citizen, I would not like to leave a concession in place when its holder was not capable of keeping a bridge stading," Toninelli said in a interview with Radio Capital.

After a deadly bridge collapse, the government has launched a lengthy bureaucratic and legal procedure to revoke the concessions held by Autostrade, a unit of infrastructure group Atlantia that manages some 3,000 km of Italy's network.

(Reporting by Giselda Vagnoni; editing by Francesca Landini)

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Italy's transport min says he would like to revoke Autostrade concession

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