Genoa Bridge Project a Rare Beacon for Italian Construction, Mired in Red Tape

The collapsed Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy, on Feb. 9, 2019. Massimo Pinca/File Photo/Reuters

GENOA, Italy—When work started this month on dismantling the motorway bridge in Genoa that collapsed last August, killing 43 people, the Italian government said it was a symbol of revival.

But another site a short distance away is more representative of infrastructure development in Italy, with zero activity and the land undisturbed.