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The Messina Bridge Development- Will The Project In Sicily & Mainland Italy Commence?

If you are a property or real estate investorproject. The protestors want the project
in Sicily, you will probably be aware of thebrought back to life.Sicily has lacked
ongoing situation regarding the proposedinvestment in the past and the protestors,
Messina bridge, which would connect Sicilywho included Sicily's local government chief
and mainland Italy, by road, and drasticallySalvatore Cuffaro, believe that the bridge
reduce the speed to travel between the two.would drastically help the Sicilian economy
The bridge would in effect probably greatlyand also create thousands of jobs. The bridge
aid the Sicilian economy and make Sicily evenhas already been approved by the E.U. and
more accessible and attractive to investorsthere is a fair amount of opposition to the
and realtors. With the defeat of Berlusconibridge, in addition to support for it. The
from office, the bridge project (which wouldopposition highlight the costs that would be
mean creating the longest suspension bridgeinvolved, and concerns that the mafia could
in the world) this year 2006 looks unlikelybecome involved in the financial side of the
to go ahead. The project was a pet project ofconstruction work. Others highlight concerns
Berlusconi's and Prodi who has taken overover the environmental impact of the bridge,
power, clearly seems to believe that theif it is built. Many Sicilians though, feel
bridge is unnecessary and a waste of money.Onthat they deserve finally to get some
the 19th September 2006, approximately 1000investment into their depressed region.Under
residents of Sicilian and neighbouringBerlusconi, the bridge development would have
mainland areas i.e. marched in Rome to voicecommenced this year and finished 2012, at an
their support and desire for the Messinaestimated cost of more than 4 billion euros.
bridge project, demanding an improvedEstimates in the media, state that the bridge
infrastructure in the South of Italy, whichwould likely be able to handle four and a
has arguably, been neglected over the years.half thousand cars per hour, up to two
The North of Italy is more affluent than thehundred trains a day. This project would
poorer south. One group involved with thecertainly help the Sicilian economy and also
protest went as far as staging a pretendbooast the Sicily real estate market.
funeral to highlight the death of the bridge



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