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.