Investments in the Italian railway network (RFI) between 2021 and today total 29 billion. 48% was spent on infrastructure construction, 49% on maintenance, and an additional 3% on stations. According to a study conducted by Openeconomics, cascading impacts have arrived on the national economy. Starting with the impact on production, which is estimated to be worth $57.5 billion to national supply chain enterprises and industries that supply goods and services to railways. The effects are also felt in terms of employment, which, according to the report, has added 314 thousand full-time workers to the labor force in four years. If we include all of the additional induced activities developed in other sectors as a result of these investments, we must account for an additional 186 thousand people, bringing the total number of employees to 500 thousand in four years. On a local scale, the regions that have received the most investment include Veneto (nearly 4 billion euros), Lombardy (3.3 billion euros), and Campania (more than three billion euros). According to the data, the leading three regions receive more than 35% of the resources invested, with the majority going toward the investment line for network maintenance.
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