Overview
- The infrastructure decree’s conversion into law will restore €350 million cut from provincial road maintenance budgets for 2025 and 2026.
- Salvini conditioned the restoration on provinces demonstrating their ability to spend allocated resources effectively.
- Data from the Union of Italian Provinces show that between 2018 and 2024 they committed 93 percent of funds and spent 84 percent.
- Salvini dismissed claims that the cuts were intended to fund the Messina Strait Bridge as a “great falsehood.”
- Final approval depends on Economy Ministry sign-off and further discussions with ANCI to secure metropolitan city allocations.