In Genoa in place of the old road bridge Morandi, which struck two years ago and claimed the lives of 43 people on Monday will open a new. It is expected that the first bridge on the machine will pass the President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, the newspaper Le Figaro.
the New bridge, built by the architect Renzo piano, will call Genoa San Giorgio. Its total length is 1067 meters. To support construction was erected 18 columns with an average height of 45 meters. Just before opening in late July, the bridge tested the strength of 56 trucks weighing 44 tons each. Traffic on the bridge must start on 4 or 5 August.
the Official opening ceremony, in which President Sergio Mattarella first pass at the new design, and the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte will deliver a speech scheduled to begin at 18.30 local time (19.30 GMT). It is expected that over Genoa in presenting fly the aircraft of the Italian air force.
However, the relatives of those who died two years ago in the collapse of the old bridge, to boycott the ceremony. “We will not attend the opening, we don’t want the tragedy ended with the carnival,” he told the AFP news Agency Possetti Egle, a representative of the Committee of relatives of the victims.
Recall that part of a highway bridge collapsed Morandi 14 August 2018, killing 43 people, including four children. As stated later in the Italian transport Ministry, the reason of tragedy became the shortcomings in the maintenance of the object.
