Italy's government said Thursday it would address concerns over a new bridge to Sicily, after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned a court ruling against the project as an "intolerable intrusion".

Meloni's government in August approved the 13.5-billion-euro ($15.6-billion) project to build what would be the world's longest suspension bridge connecting the island of Sicily to the mainland.

But in a ruling late Wednesday, the Court of Auditors, which oversees public spending, refused to approve the decision.

It said it would give its reasons within 30 days, but last month it had requested clarification about documentation used on the project, and on costs.

Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, condemned Wednesday's ruling as "yet another encroachment on the jurisdic

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