Since its national independence Slovenia has been preparing a series of projects and has been trying to adjust to new traffic and economic demands. The greatest and the most important project, started in the road field, is the completion of its motorway network. The additional construction of 720 km of motorway network should improve the connectedness of the interior of the country as well as the connectedness of Slovenia with the European transport area; it should further the economic growth, improve traffic safety and environment protection against adverse impacts caused by traffic. The project has been under way since 1994 and it has been implemented up to 40%. The Report describes the course of the project development up to the present, the inclusion of the public into determination processes concerning the course of the motorway alignments, the environment protection, bearers of decision-making, and experiences, obtained by now within the performance of the project, which is of special importance for Slovenia. It describes the mode of financing and the difficulties in the project realisation, encountered in the organisational, technical and financial field. Slovenian transport experts and other participants in the project will obtain rich experiences within the project, which will be used in further phases of the project, as well as in planning and performance of other projects in the field of transport and roads. With the purpose of responding to road user demands and the needs of transport services better and more efficiently, especially in the area of its road network, Slovenia has been performing a series of preparatory works for new projects, which will ensure a sustainable development in meeting transport demands and improving the quality of that part of life, which is influenced by transport and transport policy. A special current question is how to integrate the private sector into the development programmes of transport and road projects. The preparatory phase of the private sector integration into road maintenance projects is completed and new phases are to follow, especially competitive tenders and the realisation of a pilot project. Simultaneously, organisational changes have been implemented. They follow from Slovenia's independence, its transition to the market economic system and demands for a more efficient implementation of the determined programmes and projects, as well as from the requirements for a better response to the demands of the users of roads and transport services. For the covering abstract see ITRD E135448.
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