The free movement of people and exchange of goods are the mains sings for the positive future development of mutual cooperation between the individual European countries. The efficiency of this cooperation depends largely on the compatibility between the various transport systems in this countries. The development of the transport network and its transport infrastructure in Sloavakia after becomming independent in 1993, was strongly oriented to planning, construction and modernisation of the whole existing transport network to be close to the economic cooperation within the European market. The paper describes the present state and the development of the motorway and road network as a part of Pan-european multimodal corridors and as well as the main technical parameters, constructions time shedule and financing scheme, the management and maitenance operation and the situation in traffic accidents and traffic safety in Slovakia.
