‘Rebuilt Genoa bridge a model for Italy restart’

Bloomberg

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, battling to find a way out of Italy’s nationwide lockdown, hailed the near-completion of a new bridge in Genoa following a deadly 2018 accident as a model for restarting the country.
Workers at the construction site, which has stayed open through weeks of virus containment measures, lifted the last steel section into place for a new 202-million euro ($219 million) viaduct due to reopen this summer. The 2018 accident at the Morandi bridge killed 43 people.
“This is a symbolic construction site not just for Genoa but for all of Italy, it’s an Italy that gets up again, rolls up its sleeves and doesn’t lose heart,” Conte said.
“The Genoa model is a model we will try to replicate.”
Conte has come under fire from coalition allies and companies, especially in wealthy northern regions, for charting a cautious path in easing the lockdown starting from May 4.
Speaking of the victims of the bridge collapse, Conte said, “judgments on responsibility
in this tragedy have not yet been completed and will be completed.”