Company type | State-owned limited company |
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Industry | Road transport |
Founded | 2001 |
Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia |
Key people | Boris Huzjan (Chairman of the Board) [1] |
Revenue | 2,451,753,939 HRK (2021) [2] |
252,728,639 HRK (2021) [2] | |
Number of employees | 2,676 (2021) [2] |
Website | www.hac.hr |
Hrvatske autoceste (HAC) or Croatian Motorways Ltd is a Croatian state-owned limited liability company tasked with management, construction and maintenance of motorways in Croatia pursuant to provisions of the Croatian Public Roads Act (Croatian : Zakon o javnim cestama) enacted by the Croatian Parliament. [3] [4] Tasks of the company are defined by Public Roads Act and its Founding Declaration, and the principal task of the company is management, construction and maintenance of the motorways. In practice, Hrvatske autoceste is responsible for management or development the following motorway sections: [5]
Number | Control cities (or other appropriate route description) |
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A1 | Zagreb (A3) - Karlovac - Bosiljevo (A6) - Zadar - Split - Ploče interchange (A10) |
A3 | Bregana - Zagreb (A1, A2, A4, A11) - Slavonski Brod - Sredanci (A5) - Županja - Lipovac |
A4 | Ivanja Reka (A3) - Varaždin - Goričan |
A5 | Sredanci (A3) - Đakovo - Osijek - Beli Manastir |
A6 | Bosiljevo (A1) - Orehovica (A7) |
A7 | Rupa border crossing - Matulji (A8) - Rijeka - Orehovica (A6) - Križišće |
A10 | Nova sela border crossing - Ploče interchange (A1) |
A11 | Jakuševec (A3) - Velika Gorica - Buševec - Lekenik - Sisak |
D102 | Krk Bridge |
A8 and A9 highways, part of the "Istrian Y" are operated by BINA Istra, while A2 is operated by Autocesta Zagreb–Macelj.
"Hrvatske autoceste" was established on April 6, 2001, under the law promulgated on April 5, 2001, [3] with the share capital of the company worth 131,140,100.00 Croatian kuna. Hrvatske autoceste is organized in four business sectors: Design; Construction; Financial and Economic Affairs; and Legal and General Affairs. [1] All profits generated by HAC are used for construction and maintenance of the roads the company manages. As of 2022 [update] the company is currently administered by a two-person managing board consisting of Boris Huzjan (chairman) and Stjepan Baranašić (member of the Board); and five-member supervisory board. [1]
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