The protests, involving over 10,000 demonstrators from Calabria and Sicily, focused on the potential negative impacts of the proposed bridge across the Straits of Messina. Key concerns included:
The bridge's ambitious design, featuring a 3.3 km single span (surpassing the current world record of 1.9 km), further fueled concerns.
Mayors from both Villa San Giovanni and Messina participated in the demonstration, highlighting the project's low priority in their view.
The Messina protestors were joined by 400 demonstrators from the Val di Susa, who are protesting the construction of a high-speed train line between Turin and Lyon.
More than 10,000 demonstrators from Calabria and Sicily took part in protests held in Messina on 22 January against the building of a bridge across the Straits of Messina, which divides the Italian mainland from Sicily. The demonstrators claim that the bridge will have a severe impact on the environment, it will be at great risk from earthquakes, the traffic using the bridge will be less than predicted and it will cost almost twice the current estimate of 4.4 billion to build. The single span of the bridge will be 3.3 km; at present the longest single span of any bridge in the world is 1.9 km. The mayors of the cities at either end of the bridge, Villa S. Giovanni and Messina, took part in the demonstration as they feel that the building of the bridge is not a priority.
The demonstrators in Messina were joined by 400 demonstrators from the Val di Susa in the north of Italy who are protesting against the building of a high speed train link between Turin and Lyon in France.
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