• Report on viaducts: Autostrade closes some lanes in Liguria
  • SPEA Engineering will no longer monitor the safety of Autostrade per l'Italia's viaducts

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28 November 2019 M5s accelerates on the request for revocation of the concession to Autostrade per l'Italia. "There is factual evidence that they did not do what they had to do," said Economic Development Minister Stefano Patuanelli. "The investments are still, the viaducts are closed, it is not acceptable," he added. On motorway concessions "there is a proceeding in progress. I believe it should be completed in the general interest of the country". "We are moving towards the revocation of motorway concessions - says the political leader M5s Luigi Di Maio at Radio Anch'io - we need to remove these people from the concession as soon as possible after they have taken our money for the tolls without doing maintenance of the structures ". The CEO of Autostrade meanwhile speaks in an interview with the 'Press': "We are not looking for excuses, we are ready for any verification but the bridges are safe", he says.

Di Maio to Radio Rai: "Towards revocation of concessions"
"We are moving towards the revocation of the motorway concessions, we must remove the concession from these gentlemen as soon as possible after they have taken our money for the tolls without doing the maintenance of the structures," said the political leader M5S Luigi Di Maio interviewed by Radio Me too.

Patuanelli: "Autostrade did not do what it should"
"There is factual evidence that they did not do what they had to do," said Economic Development Minister Stefano Patuanelli, at Circo Massimo on Radio Capital, speaking of Autostrade per l'Italia. On the motorway network, he explained, "investments are at a standstill, viaducts are closed, it is not acceptable". On the motorway concessions "there is a proceeding in progress that is starting to come to an end. I believe it should be completed in the general interest of the country".

To Autostrade: "Revoke the concession? Incomprehensible"
"All the viaducts of the motorway network managed by us are safe, I guarantee it, but we will react to any critical issue. And the statements made by the former Autostrade maintenance manager are not reflected in our manuals". This was underlined by the new managing director of Autostrade per l'Italia Roberto Tomasi in an interview with 'La Stampa' adding, on the subject of security: "We will react to every report. We know we are in the eye of the storm and we will provide answers".

As for the critical issues reported on some infrastructures, Tomasi recalls how "on the recently constructed viaducts with 60 and 70 the Trunk Directions intervened immediately. These bridges are safe". On the reopening of the A26 the Autostrade CEO explains the need to "manage the duty, and I stress duty, relationship with the ministry. After having exposed the results of our observations to them, we will discuss with the prosecutors".

Finally, on the hypothesis of a withdrawal of the concession to Aspi, Tomasi claims as the one driving "is a group of 7000 people, which has created and developed the most important projects of the Italian infrastructural system. Thinking that the interest of a country is that of giving up this wealth of skills, it would seem to me not understandable ". But on the idea of ​​resizing the concession "the table is open - he concludes - we are thinking about technical aspects".