Overview
- The Corte dei Conti declined to grant the legality clearance to the CIPESS resolution that would launch the bridge, keeping the act from becoming effective.
- Preliminary reviews flagged documentation gaps, with reporting pointing to a missing environmental impact assessment and to reliance on derogations tied to an IROPI declaration.
- Magistrates questioned procurement compliance and cost escalation, noting that the 2005 Eurolink/Webuild contract has risen from €3.8 billion to about €10.5 billion, a level that EU rules may treat as requiring a new tender according to press reports.
- Economic inconsistencies cited include a mismatch between KPMG’s July 25, 2025 asseveration (€10,481,500,000) and the August 6, 2025 quadro economico (€10,508,820,773), plus unexplained increases in safety and compensatory works.
- Technical and procedural concerns covered traffic and toll studies by TPlan, missing or unavailable opinions from key bodies such as the Superior Council of Public Works and the Transport Regulator, and even the transmission of key records via web links.