Source: European Parliament
Maintenance works and structural works are needed in particular to ensure sufficient road safety levels on the road infrastructure. Those works can have an impact on traffic which requires the imposition of road traffic restrictions.
Road safety may be considered an overriding reason of public interest that can justify the restriction of free movement as set out in Articles 34 and 35 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
The Commission does not have any information at this stage indicating that road traffic restrictions related to Slovenia’s H4 expressway are manifestly discriminatory or inappropriate to the purpose of ensuring the necessary road safety level.
Last updated: 20 February 2025