Mayor of Genoa Marco Bucci displays a section plan of the new bridge ... The 81-year-old had earlier volunteered to help design a replacement bridge, which he said would "last for 1,000 years".

"It emerged that the bridge had an original design defect and that there ... is a native of Genoa. He designed the new bridge as a gift to the city. Cecilia Sala could be used as "political ...