FILE PHOTO: A black ribbon as a sign of mourning is seen at the entrance of the toll-road operator Autostrade per l'Italia's headquarters in Rome, Italy August 31, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

ROME (Reuters) - Autostrade per l’Italia will decide on Thursday whether to appeal against a government decree that excludes the operator of the collapsed Genoa bridge from works to rebuild it, a source familiar with the matter said.

Confirming press reports, the source said the board of the company, a unit of infrastructure group Atlantia ATL.MI, would vote over the decision to appeal at a meeting on Thursday. The appeal would not seek to halt repair works, the source added.

As operator of the highway section where a concrete bridge collapsed on Aug. 14 killing 43 people, Autostrade per l’Italia must finance its reconstruction but the Italian government wants to exclude the company from works to rebuild it.