they have always been "public infrastructure", private entities have been delegated to "run" it (concessione), so nobody got it for free. The Benetton family ha

they have always been "public infrastructure", private entities have been delegated to "run" it (concessione), so nobody got it for free. The Benetton family had a (very lucrative) contracts to run many highways: yes, many contracts are now back to the public sector