Area: Promet
Competent authority: MzI
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 764
Initiative accepted and completed: .nan
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2016-09-07'
Initiative published: '2016-09-07'
Initiative submitted: '2016-09-06'
Response from the competent authority: Response of the Ministry of InfrastructureThe
  Municipality of Koper and the Municipality of Izola have written to the Ministry
  of Infrastructure, with additional arguments, asking it to reconsider the exemption
  of the Koper (Semedela) - Izola road section from the toll system, as this measure
  would free up the coastal road for other development purposes and allow for the
  sustainable use of the coastal and marine area and the development of tourism. In
  fact, Slovenia is a signatory to the Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management
  in the Mediterranean, which requires, within the definitions of coastal protection,
  the decongestion of coastal areas and a shift towards sustainable use of the coast.
  The municipalities, through their spatial planning documents, are planning to develop
  the existing coastal road almost entirely restricted to traffic and to activate
  it in the spirit of the "green-blue corridor", which means implementing improvements
  that facilitate accessibility and, above all, development and new jobs for the sustainable
  use of coastal resources and the development of tourism. The limited use of the
  coastal road, together with the local road via Markovec, which passes through a
  congested urban area and is the only access road to Izola Hospital, cannot take
  over the function of an adequate non-invasive road link between Koper and Izola.After
  a thorough re-examination and taking into account all the positive effects already
  mentioned, which would be brought about by exempting the road in question from vignette
  tolling, the Ministry of Infrastructure has prepared a proposal for an amendment
  to the Regulation on the categorisation of national roads, on the basis of which
  the Koper (Semedela) - Izola section through the Markovec tunnel could be recategorised
  as a main road. Such a change of categorisation is also in line with the premises
  of the Spatial Development Strategy of Slovenia, where the Koper - Izola - Piran
  conurbation is linked to the network of long-distance road connections via a suitable
  link road. However, since the proposed measure directly interferes with the tolling
  system, on the basis of which DARS, d.d. obtains revenue for the repayment of loans
  taken out in the past, the operator of this road is also asked for its opinion on
  this type of measure. Only after this opinion has been obtained, will it be possible
  to proceed with the procedure and to decide on the appropriateness of this solution.Under
  the Road Act, traffic signs and traffic equipment must be erected and marked in
  accordance with the regulations, which is the responsibility of the operator carrying
  out the regular maintenance of the road. The erection of signs for express orders
  or prohibitions and restrictions is governed by the Regulation on Traffic Signals
  and Traffic Equipment on Roads (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, No
  99/15), which came into force in July this year. This Regulation specifies the form
  and meaning of traffic signs for marking both "expressways" and "roads designated
  for motor vehicles", where the traffic arrangements are quite different, as provided
  for in the Road Traffic Rules Act. This Regulation also sets a deadline for the
  harmonisation of the traffic signs providing information on the maximum permissible
  speeds by type of road at the time of entry into the country.The maximum permissible
  speeds on the roads in the Republic of Slovenia are laid down in Articles 45 to
  49 of the Road Traffic Rules Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia,
  No 82/13 - Official consolidated text), namely for motorways, expressways, roads
  in settlements and roads outside settlements. In addition, maximum speed limits
  are also set for individual types of vehicles. The maximum speed limit is 130 km/h
  on motorways, 110 km/h on expressways and 90 km/h on all other roads outside settlements.
  No specific speed limit is prescribed for roads designated for motor vehicles only
  by the Road Traffic Rules Act. The general speed limit (90 km/h) must be observed
  if such a road is outside a settlement and the speed is not further restricted by
  a traffic sign, and any additional limits applicable to a particular type of vehicle.
  Such arrangements are also comparable with some other countries. An additional speed
  limit that would apply only on roads reserved for motor vehicles would cause further
  confusion among drivers.  For the reasons stated above, no amendment to the Road
  Traffic Regulation Act is planned in this area.
Text file: 764.txt
Title: Proposals to change road categorisation and the Roads Act
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=764
