Matteo Renzi, Italy’s prime minister, said the scheme to build the bridge over the Strait of Messina will create 100,000 jobs ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Italian prime minister has revived plans to build a record-breaking suspension bridge linking Sicily to the mainland. The bridge will have a central span of two miles, supported at either end by two 1,312ft towers. Matteo Renzi said his relaunch of the scheme would create 100,000 jobs, prompting accusations by political opponents that he was seeking to bribe southern Italian voters before a referendum in December on senate reform, on which the fate of his government rests. The plan was devised by Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, but shelved in 2013 over concerns about the €6 billion price…

Source: The Times September 28, 2016 23:00 UTC