Probe opened into Messina Strait bridge plan - Politics. Rome prosecutors have opened a probe into the plan to build a bridge across the Strait of Messina connecting Sicily to the Italian mainland.

The complaint was filed on February 1 by centre-left DemocraticParty (PD) leader Elly Schlein, Nicola Fratoianni of the ItalianLeft (SI) group and Green MP Angelo Bonelli.Premier Giorgia Meloni's government has revived the project to build what would be the world's longest suspension bridge.