An apartment in Sardinia available for free during the summer, as well as dinners, rentals, and cars. These are some of the alleged benefits at the center of one of the strands of the Milan Prosecutor's Office investigation into the ANAS contracts, which led to the closure of the investigation against three individuals.
Two requests for dismissal have been filed in the case, one concerning a contract worth over €388 million for the "Tremezzina Bypass," a stretch of road along Lake Como, and the other concerning the awarding of rockfall protection work on the Sebina Occidentale state road (SS469) in the Bergamo area. However , a notice of conclusion of investigations has been filed, centering on a contract worth over €24 million to upgrade the safety barriers on the A4 motorway. The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has also forwarded the documents to the Ministry of Infrastructure "for information and for any independent action," given that "a series of critical issues have emerged in contracts awarded by ANAS to private companies."
This is the conclusion of the investigation launched by prosecutors Giovanna Cavalleri and Giovanni Polizzi—according to what was reported by Corriere della Sera and confirmed by qualified sources—which centered on allegations of corruption and bid-rigging regarding road maintenance work, particularly in Lombardy and Veneto, and which involved former Anas officials. The investigation had already come to light over two years ago, in October 2024, with a series of searches and acquisitions, and had focused, in particular, on the brothers Stefano, Luigi, and Marco Liani, the former a manager at Anas at the time (he died in recent months) and the other two who left the publicly controlled joint stock company to form a construction group.
In recent weeks, prosecutors have submitted two motions to the investigating judge to dismiss the case (the corruption and interference charges would essentially not hold up in a trial) and served a notice of conclusion of the investigation, in addition to forwarding the documents to the Ministry. The closure of the investigation concerns entrepreneur Marco Liani, Alberto Brentegani, a former manager of Autostrada Brescia-Verona-Vicenza-Padova spa (the injured party in the investigation), and a former Ministry official, Giovanni Proietti. In this very chapter, prosecutors also allege "free summer use" of an apartment in Sardinia, payments for dinners, rent, and a car.
(Unioneonline)