Italy pushes on with plans to reform motorway concession rules

FILE PHOTO: General view of Morandi Bridge, before controlled explosions will demolish two of its pylons almost one year since a section of the viaduct collapsed killing 43 people, in Genoa, Italy June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government is pressing ahead with measures to make it easier and less costly to revoke concessions to operate motorways, even though one party in the ruling coalition opposes this, top officials said on Tuesday.

The measures would potentially open the way for the government to end the concession held by Atlantia , whose subsidiary Autostrade per l'Italia (ASPI) was the operator of a bridge that collapsed in Genoa last year, killing 43 people.