The Strait of Messina: a Bridge Too Far?
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The bridge over the Strait of Messina in southern Italy has been under discussion for a couple of thousand years and still is, even though the Italian government has now decided to build it.
The Strait of Messina: a bridge too far?
It has been a dream some 50 years in the making – but finally that dream is becoming reality, said Francesco Sisci in Formiche (Rome). Last week, Giorgia Meloni's government defied the naysayers to announce it had approved a 3,300m bridge from the mainland to Sicily, with work to start in a matter of weeks.The world's longest suspension bridge, the €13.5 billion structure would transport six lanes of traffic and a double track of trains over the…
Matteo Salvini promises to connect Sicily with Calabria by the longest suspended bridge in the world by 2032. The project, which has made generations of transalpine political figures fantasize, should at last see the light, if the Court of Auditors gives its approvalThe Italian government will realize an old dream. The one to unite Sicily and Calabria, through a bridge that will span the Strait of Messina. At least this is what the Deputy Prime …
Millions of birds at risk from Italy’s planned Messina Strait Bridge
Bird Life International reported Every spring and autumn, millions of birds cross the Strait of Messina, a narrow channel between Sicily and mainland Italy that forms one of Europe’s most important migration bottlenecks. This passage is a key part of the African-Eurasian flyway where species like European Honey Buzzards, Western Marsh Harriers, Black Kites, and European Bee-eaters [1] funnel through after journeys of up to 2,700 km across the de…
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