Italy deputy PM says, state may have to take over motorways

Reuters | Published: August 16, 2018 14:49:56 | Updated: August 18, 2018 16:07:16

Italian Minister of Labor and Industry Luigi Di Maio speaks in Rome, Italy on June 7 last — Reuters/File

The Italian state will have to take over the country’s motorways if companies who have concessions are not able to do the job properly, deputy prime minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday.

Di Maio, speaking on Italian radio two days after a bridge collapse killed at least 38 people in northern Genoa, also said the concessionary should have invested more in security instead of being concerned about dividends.