The mayor of Rome has presented a soft drink can as evidence that the problems with the city’s crumbling infrastructure are not all her fault.
Virginia Raggi posted an image on Facebook of a Coca-Cola can from 2000 that was recently recovered from a storm drain in Monte Sacro, a northern suburb. “It’s the symbol of the neglect and total absence of maintenance of Rome’s manholes and storm drains in recent decades,” she wrote.
Ms Raggi, 41, is hoping to deflect criticism that she has failed to get to grips with the city’s festering infrastructure problems since she was elected mayor in 2016, representing the anti-establishment Five Star Movement. She has faced problems with city services including buses that burst into flames, streets filled with
