The infrastructure and transport
ministry said Friday that "any structural verification of works
in concession" are the responsibility of the "concessionary
party" after this week's highway-bridge collapse in Genoa.
The government has threatened to strip highways company
Autostrade per l'Italia of its concession after the disaster.
The ministry said Thursday that it has opened an inquiry into
Autostrade per l'Italia.
The highways company had said in a statement that it was
confident it could show it had respected the commitments of its
concession, having carried out regular checks and maintenance
work on the viaduct that collapsed, taking at least 38 lives.
The ministry said Friday that the "the priority of the
controls of the grantor (of the concession) are directed towards
(ensuring) respect of the convention's obligations".
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