And finally… Italy plans tunnel to Sicily
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Billions of euros handed to Italy by the EU to restart its crippled economy could be used to build a tunnel from the country’s mainland to Sicily, prime minister Giuseppe Conte has said.
The €5 billion road and rail tunnel would link Sicily to Italy’s rail network, boost businesses trying to recover after a strict lockdown and replace a stalled plan for a suspension bridge.
Mr Conte said the project would be a “masterpiece of engineering”.
The Times reports the 30km tunnel would be funded from €209bn of grants and loans destined for Italy from the EU’s €750bn coronavirus recovery fund.
“This could be the most important infrastructure project in Italy in the last 50 years and we can build it in ten years,” said Giancarlo Cancelleri, the deputy infrastructure minister.
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