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  • Sicilian bridge to go ahead [link island with mainland]

    06/07/2002 11:55:52 AM PDT · by Mike Fieschko · 151+ views
    BBC ^ | 06/06/2002 | David Willey
    Thursday, 6 June, 2002, 22:07 GMT 23:07 UK Sicilian bridge to go ahead By David Willey BBC correspondent in Rome Construction of a controversial suspension bridge connecting the Mediterranean island of Sicily to the Italian mainland will begin in three years' time and should be completed by 2010, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced. Plans to build a massive bridge spanning the Straits of Messina date back at least three decades. If it is ever built, the bridge will be one of the biggest and most costly public-works projects ever undertaken in Italy. The latest estimate is $4.5 billion, but...