Growing traffic, investments too. Autostrade per l’Italia draws a positive balance sheet for 2023 so far: in the first nine months of the year the data relating to traffic are even better than those of 2019, the last “normal” year before the pandemic took over, there is talk of a increase in volumes of 1.6% compared to four years ago, with Aspi aiming to close the year well above 1% despite an ongoing slowdown.
Traffic increasing
The other side of the coin concerns investments: intense months and years await Autostrade per l’Italia from this point of view, so much so that, according to what was reported by La Stampa on newsstands today, the company is hypothesizing the launch of bonds worth one billion in 2024, probably divided into a couple of tranches. All in the face of a indebtedness for this year better than the initial targets: the current estimates speak of 8.9 billion euros, the initial ones were 9.2 billion.
Highways, growing investments
We were talking about investments, intended to grow next year by around 300 million euros compared to 2023, for a total of 1.4 billion euros. Autostrade per l’Italia is ready to focus on several projects in this sense: there will certainly be the Barberino-Calenzano redevelopment on the A1, the expansion to the fourth lane of Milan South-Lodi also on the A1, the Modena ring road still on the A1 , and the Pesaro links on the A14. According to the newspaper, these projects by the end of the month they will be delivered to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure in their updated and verified version according to the provisions of the asset decree.
Gutter and Passante, it takes time
In the following months, in particular between December this year and January next year, another project should also arrive on the table of the aforementioned ministry: the one relating to lots 1 and 2 on the A11 Florence Pistoia. And the Eaves of Genoa? In this case the times seem to be longer, it is no coincidence that the executive project of this work should not be ready before next spring. Similar speech and similar times also for the Passerby of Bologna, another large infrastructure on which further waiting seems necessary at the moment.
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