BINA ISTRA ACCEPTS GOVERNMENT DECISION ON "ISTRIAN Y" ROAD

( Editorial: --> 7224 ) PULA, May 28 (Hina) - The management of Bina Istra has accepted the Croatian Government decision which takes into account the wishes of the residents of Istria, a peninsula in the northern Adriatic. Bina Istra, a stockholding company formed by the French firm Bouygues, Zagreb's oil company INA and Istrian Motorways, Thursday said in a statement it was willing to consider, in cooperation with the government, all possibilities in line with a concession agreement signed earlier. Today's statement was issued in response to a decision the government reached yesterday. The government decided a road toll would not be paid on the completed Matuljici-Rogovici section of the so-called Istrian Y road, or on future sections. In former discussions on a new road toll system the Bina Istra management has regularly been in touch with local self-government representatives in Istria, the statement said. (hina) ha as 281454 MET may 98