Sicily-Mainland Rail, Road Link Approved
From Reuters
ROME —
Italian government ministers signed an order Friday giving the go-ahead for a multi-billion-dollar project to link Sicily with the Italian mainland, the government announced.
The rail and road link will cross the 3-mile-wide Straits of Messina, but it has yet to be decided whether it will be in the form of a bridge or a tunnel, although industry sources consider a bridge more likely.
The announcement said the company Stretto di Messina, 51% owned by the government, would take charge of the project.
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