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The families of the victims will not attend the inauguration of the new Genoa viaduct. A little less than two years after the tragedy that killed 43 people, the infrastructure, more than a kilometer long, will open to the public within a week. Its official inauguration is scheduled for Monday evening, in the presence of the Italian Head of State. But for the families of the victims, the pain is too great to go there. For other Genoese, such a rapid construction is a source of pride.
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"We are still in emotional shock"
“We don't feel like coming to the inauguration, it's too painful,” explains this Italian who lost her sister, her brother-in-law and their two children in the collapse of the Morandi bridge. For her, there is no cause for celebration. "We could have celebrated only if this bridge had been destroyed long before it collapsed, killing 43 people", she asserts. She criticizes in particular that the bridge which collapsed on August 14, 2018 was not better maintained and controlled and "asks that all the light be shed on the collapse of the bridge."
Franco represents the 600 residents of the district evacuated after the collapse, he welcomes the rapid delays in rebuilding the bridge. "We are still in emotional shock, but today we are also satisfied. After the accident, we asked to rebuild the bridge as quickly as possible. It allowed the traffic to flow more smoothly and when it collapsed, that also helped brought our neighborhood to its knees. We hope that the reconstruction of the viaduct will revive our economy. " Sergio Matteralla, the President of the Italian Republic will be the first to cross this bridge on Monday evening.