There is probably a secondary reason. I would assume military expenditures probably have better oversight. > It would not be the first time that the bridge's b

There is probably a secondary reason. I would assume military expenditures probably have better oversight. > It would not be the first time that the bridge's building has been held up. Since the first plans for it were drawn up more than 50 years ago, various ideas for it have had to be shelved for various reasons and it has long faced stern opposition. > This has included concerns that huge amounts of taxpayers' money would be siphoned off by the Sicilian and Calabrian mafias, which have a broad influence over politics and society in southern Italy.