Italy's ASPI to pay for new Genoa bridge - transport minister


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  • Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018

FILE PHOTO: Italy's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Danilo Toninelli speaks at the 5-Star Movement party's open-air rally at Circo Massimo in Rome, Italy, October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) - Toll road operator Autostrade per l'Italia (ASPI) will not take part in demolishing or reconstructing the collapsed bridge in the city of Genoa, but will have to pay for both operations, Italy's Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said on Tuesday.

ASPI is a unit of infrastructure group Atlantia which managed the A10 motorway where a bridge collapsed on Aug. 14, killing 43 people.

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