The project involves upgrading the infrastructure through works to improve journey times along the section between Sibari and Melito di Porto Salvo, and the electrification of the sections between Lamezia Terme - Catanzaro Lido and Sibari - Crotone - Catanzaro Lido. The planned works will improve the network’s performance and facilitate connections to and from the Tyrrhenian coast.

The project has received partial public funding, including NRRP funds.

With effect from 12 March 2026, the date on which Decree-Law No. 36 (published in the Official Gazette No. 58 of 11 March 2026) came into force, in accordance with Article 5 of that decree, the Chief Executive Officer of RFI SpA has taken over from the previously appointed Extraordinary Commissioners.

The Extraordinary Commissioner, by Order 3 of 15 June 2026, appointed Marco Marchese, Head of RFI S.p.A.'s Sicily–Calabria Area Investments Department.