Two projects are to get underway shortly: the motorway extension from Maribor/SI to the Hungarian border and the rail link between the seaports of Trieste/I and Koper/SI. The rail link would improve the overall integration of the two seaports and provide Slovenia's rail network with a connection to the west. For the completion of these projects in particular and the modernisation of its rail network in general Slovenia is able to rely on financial support from the EU. With regard to the extension of the motorway network progress has now been made with the proposal made by the Friuli government to set up a joint company of Slovene and Friuli motorway operators.
Source: Regione Friuli-VeneziaGiulia 02.09.2003 www.regione.fvg.it/notizie/notiziegiunta.htm (it)