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Significance
The disaster gives the government political ammunition against its predecessors, but intractable dilemmas over resource-starved public infrastructure may quickly divide it.
Impacts
The immediate impact of the Genoa bridge collapse will be extensive regional transport disruption lasting for many months.
Divisions within the coalition could delay projects in many areas of infrastructure provision, not just road transport.
Cancelling a high-speed rail link between Turin and the French city of Lyon could lead to tensions with the French government.
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