Gozdne ceste so namenjene zlasti gospodarjenju z gozdom, in prav temu je prilagojeno načrtovanje njihove rabe in vzdrževanja. Naraščanje pomena negozdarskih rab gozdnih cest vodi k višanju standarda vzdrževanja in posledično k trajnemu pomanjkanju sredstev. Višji stroški vzdrževanja nastajajo tudi zaradi pretekle graditve gozdnih cest, ki je na račun hitrega odpiranja kmetij in zaselkov zanemarjala kakovost graditve. V strukturi stroškov vzdrževalnih del zato redno nastopajo stroški ukrepov, ki predstavljajo dokončanje graditve. Rezultat pretekle gradnje, rabe in vzdrževanja je sedanje stanje gozdnih cest, ki je bilo ugotovljeno s popisom poškodb na vzorčnih hektometrskih odsekih. Poleg poškodb spodnjega in zgornjega ustroja ceste zbuja pozornost nizka stopnja dograjenosti sistema odvodnjavanja.Forest roads are built for forest management purposes, to which planning of their use and maintenance is adapted. The increasing importance of non-forestry use of forest roads leads to higher maintenance standard, which by formed maintenance system causes permanent shortage of funds. Higher maintenance costs occur due to the past forest roads construction characteristics, which gave priority to quick opening of villages and farms, on the account of building quality. Other funds expenditure represented by works for the finishing of road constructions occur permanently. Present forest roads condition is a result of the past road construction, road use andmaintenance. We investigated forest road conditions with inventories of damages in sample hectometre sectors. Critical apart from the upper road layerand road bed layer damages is the low level of perfection of the roads\u27 drainage system
