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The Directorate for Infrastructure, regarding the allegations that the Commissioners of the Archdiocese of Ljubljana, have been exposed in recent days in the media regarding the construction of the Bled-Bohinj cycling link, with the following explanations.At the Obrni-Soteska section, where the Directorate for Infrastructure obtained a changed building permit, to which the Archdiocese of Ljubljana appealed through its proxies, all changed arrangements within the area provided for permanent and temporary easement. The Infrastructure Directorate considers that by changing the building permit, the Ljubljana Archdioceses rights are not interfered with, or that the conditions for forest management are even improved and that it is merely a mistake in the issued decision to change the building permit, which will prove at the oral hearing, which will take place in September at the Radovljica Administrative Unit.
At the Soteska-Bohinjska Bistrica section, with the conclusion of the contract for the establishment of the easement to the party (the Municipality of Bohinj and the Archdiocese of Ljubljana), they agreed to agree on permanent easement for the construction of a cycling link and also regard to the continued use of the forest roads on the route of the cycling link. The contractual commitments and arrangements, according to the Directorate for Infrastructure, were respected at all times. In accordance with the agreement, the municipality paid the agreed compensation, and the construction was held and was carried out in accordance with the agreed project solutions.
Regarding the allegations that the construction of a cycling link and the installation of additional protective fences prevent the management of hinterland forests, the Infrastructure Directorate explains that all requirements for the manner of construction were already taken into account at the conclusion of the contract. However, it is true that during the construction of the cycling link, the need for additional protection against falling stones arose, which was not foreseen in the original agreement (contract). As a result, the Infrastructure Directorate has joined the proposal to establish a new easement right to erect additional protective fences. The Archdiocese of Ljubljana rejected this proposal because it was supposed to prevent the fences impossible to manage the forest. The Infrastructure Directorate therefore ordered the preparation of the expert opinion with the appropriate evaluation and examination of the intended installation of protection against falling stones on forest management. At the same time, with the above, the Directorate for Infrastructure, together with the Slovenian Forest Service, has drawn up a technological study of already implemented and planned additional measures on a bicycle link that would allow forest management. Additional measures have not yet been fully implemented, but are ready to implement the Infrastructure Directorate as soon as the agreement with the owner, i.e. Archdiocese of Ljubljana.
At the same time, the Infrastructure Directorate also checked other solutions proposed by the Archdiocese of Ljubljana. The Archdiocese of Ljubljana was informed about the possibilities of the implementation of these proposals through its proxies.
Yesterday, September 11, 2025, a meeting was held at the Directorate for Infrastructure with representatives of the metropolitan company for services, d.o.o. regarding the above issues. At the meeting, it was agreed that the replacement of tanged land is currently being shown as the most appropriate solution. In the shortest possible time, a joint meeting with SiDG, which takes care of state forests, will be organized in order to record land that could be subject to replacement, depending on the estimated value of individual land.
