Transportation Confapi emphasizes the need to ensure efficient rail links with Sicily. Speaking on the situation of public transport operated railway in the Strait of Messina from the railroads of the state and emphasizing the theme of the train service to and from Sicily is a very sensitive issue, the president of Transport Confapi, Richard Fire, states that the point of view of the confederation is that "it is necessary to provide for the maintenance of territorial continuity by a screening of passengers and freight lines necessary and really setting a policy of targeted support." "Or - Fires says - expect the activation of a new railway undertaking with public and private stakeholders along the lines of what happened eg. in Emilia Romagna and Friuli Venezia Giulia RES Inrail with. "
"It is unthinkable - the president finds Confapi Transport - a region the size and importance of Sicily you find yourself without a rail system up to it. In short - concludes Fire - the Messina Bridge project is not possible without a strengthening of the lines to avoid extra costs to bear (the version of the railway bridge) and simultaneously stop the rail traffic to resume it later. "
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