ROME (Reuters) – The Italian executive has given a mandate to the Financial system and Transport ministers to reach a final agreement with the infrastructure community Atlantia, managed by the Benetton family, to settle a prolonged-running dispute over a motorway concession, a offer said on Wednesday.
Rome had been threatening to revoke the licence of Atlantia’s motorway unit Autostrade per l’Italia, since thecollapse in 2018 of a bridge in Genoa that used to be trot by theunit, killing 43 folks.
The decision used to be taken after a six-hour cabinet assembly.
Reporting by Giuseppe Fonte, writing by Giselda Vagnoni; Editing by Christian Schmollinger