After the Genoa disaster, an audit warns that 840 French bridges are at risk of collapse
The Associated Press
PARIS — An audit commissioned by the French government says about 840 French bridges are suffering from serious damage and at risk of collapse in the coming several years.
President Emmanuel Macron’s government had already promised new infrastructure spending, but is coming under new pressure after Tuesday’s bridge collapse in neighboring Italy that killed 43 people.
The audit, published Sunday by the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, says a third of the 12,000 government-maintained bridges in France need repairs. About 7 percent, or about 840 bridges, present a “risk of collapse†in the coming years if spending is kept at current levels, the audit says.
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Black humor but let's hope they don't all go at once!
Bridges are very touchy matters, a whole lot of them, even in the US are suspect. That one in Genoa looked to be rather high.
