On 15 April 2008 Silvio Berlusconi was re-elected prime minister of Italy and vowed to restart the project to build the bridge.
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On 6 March 2009, as part of a massive new public works programme, Silvio Berlusconi's government announced that plans to construct the Messina bridge had been revived, pledging €1.3 billion for the bridge as a contribution to its estimated cost of €6.1 billion euros.
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