Overview
- The request is the legal maximum, with prosecutors citing alleged managerial omissions and a strategy to cut costs despite years of warnings about the viaduct’s condition.
- Prosecutors said many other counts are likely time‑barred and signaled they will request several acquittals on prescription grounds.
- The case has 57 defendants from Autostrade and its monitoring arm Spea, while the two companies exited the criminal trial after plea deals totaling about €29–30 million and funding of the new viaduct.
- The defense called the demand for Giovanni Castellucci “spaventosa” and disproportionate; he is currently imprisoned in Milan for a separate conviction in the 2013 Avellino crash.
- Civil parties are due to speak on October 20, defense arguments begin December 1, and the court is aiming for a first‑instance ruling by summer 2026.