Signal in Banovina to Improve, Reconstruction of State Roads to Begin, Butković Says

Answering a reporter’s question about mobile and phone signals in the quake-hit Banovina, Butković said he had spoken with all telecoms, who had very soon after the earthquake restored the existing signal, so the signal was now as it was before the 29 December earthquake.

“However, since the signal coverage in rural and border areas of Sisak-Moslavina County was rather poor in general, this is an opportunity to improve that situation,” Butković said.

He explained that telecoms had planned to temporarily place mobile base stations at six locations until new base stations are built, adding that it will done very soon and improve the signal even in those rural and border areas.

Speaking about damaged roads in Banovina, Butković said that state roads and bridges sustained about HRK 70 million of damage and that several landslides occurred.

The Croatian Roads company has gained in the situation on the ground, the minister said adding that the process of repairing the infrastructure would soon start.

“The process has already begun, the Croatian Roads company will very quickly… contract it and the reconstruction of state roads will start.”

Butković said that the government would next week make a decision to allocate HRK 25 million to the County Road Administration, as they had estimated that that was the amount they needed to repair all county roads.