Trees before forest, much? No bridge age stats needed, here. Corruption: "In the late 1990s, corrosion and other problems with the easternmost of the three tow

Trees before forest, much? No bridge age stats needed, here. Corruption: "In the late 1990s, corrosion and other problems with the easternmost of the three towers on the Genoa bridge became serious enough that their supports were given a similar refurbishment. ... For reasons it has not fully explained, Autostrade, which took over management of the bridge in 1999, did not carry out the same operation on the supports of the other two towers — including the tower that collapsed. ... Autostrade won the concession to run nearly half of Italy’s highways from a cash-strapped Italian government, starting in 1999. After that, there were no major renovations of the Morandi bridge. ... But their far-right partner in the coalition, the League, led by the deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, has been more cautious. The party, when it was still named the Northern League, received a 150,000-euro donation from Autostrade, which has given to other political parties as well. In 2008, Mr. Salvini and his Northern League voted in Parliament in favor of renewing the license to Autostrade." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/06/world/europe/genoa-italy-bridge.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/06/world/europe/...