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Greenbank
The Grenfell reference was my partner's comment. A piece of privately managed public infrastructure has failed, killing dozens of people. This bridge was the main link between western Liguria and the rest of Italy. It was part of the main route for the two most used road freight links across the alps between Italy and France (& Spain, UK etc).
There are questions about quality and funding of maintenance. There are questions about expert knowledge identifying problems with the structure and the level of maintenance of this 50 year old structure. There are 100's of similar aged bridge structures throughout the Italian motorway network, who will be content living nearby or driving over them.
The reference to driving over this route dozens of times is the thought that it could have been me, squashed under hundreds of tons of concrete.