The Slovak Government has recently undertaken to construct two new sections of the D4 Highway, forming part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), and three new sections of the R7 Expressway to ease access to Bratislava, the Slovak capital, improving a key road corridor. The Project is being procured under a Public Private Partnership model, whereby the Slovak Government is planning to sign a Concession Agreement with a privately owned Concessionaire, which will have the responsibility to finance, construct, operate and maintain the Project roads. EBRD is planning to be a part of Lenders group to provide long term financing for the Concessionaire. The key objectives of the Project are to reduce traffic congestion in the Slovak capital, Bratislava, speed up access to motorway networks (D4, D1, D2) and partially reduce traffic on the road network in the catchment areas of Bratislava. The Project also includes sections of the R7 expressway, whose construction is expected to add to the radial roads to relieve the drive-through sections of the existing radial roads in highly urbanized areas, diversifying the available routes for traffic to and from Austria and Hungary. For more details, please refer to the project summary document at https://www.ebrd.com/view/psd/48345