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(Boursier.com) – motorway companies they really affect a pension as emphasize the Competition Authority and the Court of Auditors? At a symposium organized by the Vinci group, the professionals wanted to present their truth and expose the advantages of the model concession …

No excess tolls?

If the successive reports point to the gap between investments / costs incurred by dealers and rising prices, the CEO of the Association of French Motorway Companies, said Jean Mesqui – according to comments reported on Twitter – since the end of the privatization of highways in 2006, “tolls (Class 1 light vehicles) have increased less rapidly between 2000 and 2006″

Citing a study by Deloitte, dealers also indicate that if the tolls were halved motorway companies being unable to repay their debt. Remember that the government has promised to review the tariff formula currently in force.

Defense of the concession

The actors met on Wednesday have also defended the

concession model. “This is a great investment tool for sustainable mobility,” insisted Jean Mesqui. “It would be wrong to deprive a system that allowed France to provide the infrastructure so high level,” for its part, argues MP Calvados (PS), Philippe Duron. “Without the concessions, it would more infrastructure in France,” added the former Secretary of State for Transport Dominique Bussereau. The latter deplored the trial is done dealers. “The climate is unfavorable to investment,” he lambasted.

Although the motorway companies have been privatized, they are, under the plan contracts signed with the state under control, daily for “financing, construction, maintenance and operation,” he added Deputy CEO of Cofiroute, Marc Bourron …

  Marianne Davril – © 2014 Boursier.com