As part of the revision of its infrastructure policies, the 1690 European Commission (EU) has defined nine corridors aimed at transforming road transport, rail connections, flights and transport by water into a uniform and efficient European network (Trans-European transport network of TEN-T).
These corridors are the Adriatic Baltic SEA region, the North SEA-Baltic region, the Mediterranean region, the East and East Mediterranean region, Scandinavia-Mediterranean, Rhine-Alps, Atlantic, North SEA-Mediterranean and Rhine-Danube.
The goal of this TEN-T network is to eliminate bottlenecks, update infrastructure and make fluid international traffic for enterprises and passengers across the EU. To do so, US$35.11 billion is made available by the Commission for the 2014-2020 period. This main new network will be completed by a full network of access roads on a regional and national scale.
The global cost of the first phase of financing the main network between 2014 and 2020 is estimated at US$337 billion. The upcoming network notably calls for the connection of 94 important ports to the rail and road networks and the establishment of a rail connection between 38 airports and large urban centres. There are also plans to create 15,000km of high speed lines.
These corridors are the Adriatic Baltic SEA region, the North SEA-Baltic region, the Mediterranean region, the East and East Mediterranean region, Scandinavia-Mediterranean, Rhine-Alps, Atlantic, North SEA-Mediterranean and Rhine-Danube.
The goal of this TEN-T network is to eliminate bottlenecks, update infrastructure and make fluid international traffic for enterprises and passengers across the EU. To do so, US$35.11 billion is made available by the Commission for the 2014-2020 period. This main new network will be completed by a full network of access roads on a regional and national scale.
The global cost of the first phase of financing the main network between 2014 and 2020 is estimated at US$337 billion. The upcoming network notably calls for the connection of 94 important ports to the rail and road networks and the establishment of a rail connection between 38 airports and large urban centres. There are also plans to create 15,000km of high speed lines.
