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Strait of Messina (Sicily to Italy) bridge to begin construction… next year?!

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hurricanehink:
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/travel/article/italy-messina-bridge-sicily-intl/index.html
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2023/07/25/first-real-cash-for-messina-bridge-in-budget-says-salvini_ecce63fe-0e48-4b2e-a789-22124c507ff8.html

Italy’s 2024 budget will include some funds towards the long discussed Strait of Messina bridge, connecting Sicily and mainland Italy. The oft-proposed bridge could have its groundbreaking in July 2024 if all goes well. Since this is a transport forum and not a political one, I’ll just note that this could be huge for Sicily to be connected to the European mainland by rail or car without needing a ferry. Will it happen? Bump this thread in a year and we’ll find out. 

Chris:
Announcements like these have been made various times over the past few decades, and nothing came of it.

While I do believe there is a bona fide justification for a bridge like this, the engineering is incredibly complex. Not to mention the influence of organized crime in Southern Italy.

mgk920:
Also, the Strait of Messina is an active seismic zone, greatly complicating the engineering involved.

Mike

Plutonic Panda:
I really hope this happens. This will be awesome to watch be constructed and one day drive on.

Stephane Dumas:

--- Quote from: mgk920 on July 26, 2023, 11:10:41 AM ---Also, the Strait of Messina is an active seismic zone, greatly complicating the engineering involved.

Mike

--- End quote ---

Didn't the Dardanelles Strait bridge in Turkey is also located in a active seismic zone as well?

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