Bouygues Construction has announced that its subsidiary Bouygues Travaux Publics has been awarded a contract to widen a 28.1-kilometre stretch of motorway located in north-western Croatia to four lanes.

The segment constitutes the fourth phase of the Istrian Y motorway, which is being developed under a concession contract signed in September 1995 between the concession company Bina Istra, of which Bouygues Travaux Publics is a shareholder, and the Republic of Croatia.

Bouygues Travaux Publics will upgrade the motorway between Rogović and Vranja to a 4-lane dual carriageway toll road.

Works on the first 11.6-kilometre section, between Rogovići and Cerovlje, got under way in November 2018 and are due to be completed in November 2020. Works on the 16.5-kilometre section from Cerovlje to Vranja, along with the construction of a rest area, will begin in November 2019, with handover set for November 2021. The new stretch of the Istria Motorway also includes the construction of 11 viaducts.

The construction contract is worth EUR167.1 million (US$191.1 million).