Italian highway in planning

The Italian authorities are revising plans for an extension to the A12 Tirrenica highway.
March 5, 2012 Read time: 1 min
The Italian authorities are revising plans for an extension to the A12 Tirrenica highway. The new plan is for the section of A12 linking Livorno (Rosignano Marittimo) with Civitavecchia. The estimated price for the project has been reduced from €3.7 billion to €2.3 billion. The final plans for the project are due from Italian road management firm Societa Autostrada Tirrenica before March 2011. The regional authorities for Tuscany are keen to minimise the environmental impact of the project, aware of long standing opposition to the highway from many local groups and have rerouted the highway accordingly. Tunnels and various route diversions have been proposed by the authorities in an attempt to deal with the opposition. This highway extension project was first proposed in 1963 and runs parallel to the historic Aurelia route, which dates back to Roman times.

Related Content

  • Russia to commission new Moscow-St Petersburg highway by 2020
    June 20, 2017
    Final delivery of the final stretch for Russia’s key highway project looks set to be delayed – Eugene Gerden writes. I now looks as if Russia’s most ambitious project in the field of road building in recent years, the building of a new high-speed road link between Moscow and St Petersburg, the country’s largest cities, will not be complete in time. The project was set up by the Russian government and several private investors. According to initial state plans, building of the new road should have been compl
    Read More
  • Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) anger over East West Link
    August 6, 2013
    The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) fear the design of the proposed multi-billion dollar East West Link highway in Melbourne will have a “substantial visual, environmental and amenity” impact on peoples quality of and the open spaces they enjoy. Kirsten Bauer, president of the AILA Victorian Chapter, has attacked the plans for the 18km tolled motorway, set to run from the western suburbs to the Eastern Freeway, after she and other Victorian AILA members had reviewed the “so called detai
    Read More
  • Consortium for Italy's key highway project
    May 9, 2012
    The contract for Italy’s new Pedemontana Lombarda highway is likely to be handled by a consortium headed by Austrian contractor Strabag. The agreement will be finalised in September 2011. The consortium has a provisional deal for design and construction of the €2.3 billion 75km highway, which will connect Bergamo to Milan Malpensa airport, bypassing Milan. The consortium also includes Adanti, Grandi Lavori and Impresa Costruzioni Giuseppe Maltauro. The Pedemontana Lombarda highway project features a 65km st
    Read More
  • €108 million Italian port access upgrade project
    December 1, 2023
    Besix and Donati have been awarded a €108 million Italian port access upgrade project.
    Read More

Highlighted Content