About us

DARS, Motorway Company in the Republic of Slovenia is a joint-stock company. The company was established by law and entered in the companies' register on 7th December 1993. In accordance with the decisions of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, DARS d.d. is in charge of financial engineering, preparing, organising and managing construction and maintenance of the motorway network, and is responsible for the management of motorways in the Republic of Slovenia. Since 1st January 1994, DARS d.d. has had its head office in Celje and a branch in Ljubljana.

By way of contract on 1st January 1994, the Republic of Slovenia transferred the management of all existing motorways, as well as relevant infrastructure and plant, to DARS d.d. The Republic of Slovenia transferred to DARS d.d. 198.8 km up-to-then built two-lane and four-lane motorways and expressways and 67.5 km of access roads to them. Thus, DARS d.d. has assumed the right to collect motorway tolls as a source of income necessary for the management and maintenance of Slovenia's motorway network, as well as an important source for building new ones.

Since the very beginning of the implementation of the National Motorway Construction Programme (NMCP) in the Republic of Slovenia, from 1st January 1994 till now, 528 km of four-lane, two-lane motorways and other public roads have been built and given over to traffic. In this period of 14 years we have thus built as many new road tracks as in the previous 24 years, i.e. from 1970 up to the beginning of the implementation of the NMCP in the Republic of Slovenia in the year 1994. 

At the moment DARS manages and maintains a total of 592 km of motorways and expressways, 160 km of access roads and 26 km of rest areas.