Highways: the possible termination of the concessions extended to 2017 – Les Echos

Highways: the possible termination of the concessions extended to 2017 – Les Echos

+ DOC Prime Minister announced Wednesday the creation in early January of a working group, which will be responsible for the floor on two reform scenarios, namely a renegotiation or termination 1 January 2017 contracts

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Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced Wednesday the creation in early January of a working group on highways, which will be responsible for the floor on two reform scenarios, namely a renegotiation or termination of January 1 2017 contract and waiving any termination in 2016.

This working group will also consider a “comprehensive proposal” of motorway managers, shed 22 December the government, Manuel Valls said in a letter to the PS deputy Jean-Paul Chanteguet, who had advocated mid-December termination of contracts.

This “first comprehensive proposal” motorway companies includes “significant progress” but still to be “improved”, said the Prime Minister, without further details, saying seeing “the result of the balance of power established by the government and parliamentarians.” The working group will prepare proposals “before any decision of the government,” said Mr. Valls again.

Better regulation tolls

The head of government ensures that the goal is to achieve “better regulation of tolls to preserve the purchasing power of motorists, the rebalancing of profits and participation” of the motorway concession the financing of transport infrastructure.

The government has for several weeks of intense discussions with the motorway companies and had until Thursday to decide on a possible cancellation their concession contracts at January 1, 2016

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With AFP