sentences:  By the end of 2010, the subsidy paid to BINA Istra reached a total of 1.3 billion kuna ( million); at the time, it was estimated that a further sum of 1.9 billion kuna ( million) may be paid in annual subsidies between 2011 and 2027, when the concession contract expires.BINA Istra estimates the total investment value of the construction it has carried out or planned on the A8 and A9 routes at one billion euros.The construction of the A8 motorway (and the Istrian Y as a whole) has its origin in 1968, when the Croatian Parliament endorsed a petition by Istrian legislators for the construction of a modern road between the peninsula and the rest of Croatia.