Key Motorway Section Opened

Ljubljana, 1 July - A key section of the A2 north-south motorway through Slovenia opened for traffic Tuesday. The 5.5km stretch connects the southbound motorway from Austria to the Ljubljana ring road, taking cars off one of the most congested thoroughfares in the city, the Celovska street.

Ljubljana Ivan Zidar, the boss of construction company SCT, attends a ceremony at the opening of a 5.5 km motorway section between Sentvid and Koseze. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Ivan Zidar, the boss of construction company SCT, attends a ceremony at the opening of a 5.5 km motorway section between Sentvid and Koseze.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana. Slavnostno odprtje avtocestnega odseka Šentvid-Koseze. Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana.
Slavnostno odprtje avtocestnega odseka Ĺ entvid-Koseze.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Dusan Crnigoj (left) and Ivan Zidar, the bosses of construction companies Primorje and SCT respectively, attend a ceremony at the opening of a 5.5 km motorway section between Sentvid and Koseze. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Dusan Crnigoj (left) and Ivan Zidar, the bosses of construction companies Primorje and SCT respectively, attend a ceremony at the opening of a 5.5 km motorway section between Sentvid and Koseze.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Ivan Zidar, the boss of construction company SCT, attends a ceremony at the opening of a 5.5 km motorway section between Sentvid and Koseze. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Ivan Zidar, the boss of construction company SCT, attends a ceremony at the opening of a 5.5 km motorway section between Sentvid and Koseze.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Opening of a 1.5-kilometre Sentvid tunnel. Construction company SCT chairman Ivan Zidar (right). Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Opening of a 1.5-kilometre Sentvid tunnel.
Construction company SCT chairman Ivan Zidar (right).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Ceremony at the opening of a 5.5-kilometre motorway section between Sentvid and Koseze. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Ceremony at the opening of a 5.5-kilometre motorway section between Sentvid and Koseze.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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