THE NEW TRANS-EUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORK

A CORE NETWORK: BLUEPRINT FOR 2030

Transport – lifeblood of the economy• Transport is fundamental to a strong economy• Freight transport in Europe is expected to grow by

80% by 2050 • Passenger transport to grow by more than 50%• CO2 emissions endeavored to fall by 60 % • Key: A vitally new infrastructure policy

TODAY......• Lacking connections between Member States

• Remaining technical barriers (railway gauge, electrification, control and command systems, traffic management)

• Too many gaps between transport modes (e.g.: only 20 major airports directly connected to the rail network and only 35 major ports well connected to land network)

• Almost ignored intelligent transport solutions across modes

TODAY...... • Bottlenecks, missing links and inefficient capacity management

as an obstacle to smooth traffic flows

• Remaining imbalances in infrastructure endowment and, consequently, in access to markets and prosperity

• Inadequate infrastructure connections with neighbouring and

other third countries

• Lack of innovation, especially with a view to low carbon technologies

The patchwork today

Priority project sections completed by 2011

We need to do better

• The existing patchwork of priority projects will be replaced by a single European core network

• Core network corridors will effectively boost core network implementation

• The comprehensive network as “ground layer” to ensure accessibility and common standards

2030 – a European core

network

Helping business and people move freely and smoothly....

• The core network will link up 85 important economic centres and their airports, 138 sea and inland ports and 28 cross-border points with third countries

• Rail, road and inland waterway connections between these

nodes will carry traffic flows of highest strategic importance • High infrastructure standards, including ITS and innovative

equipment, make the core network the pioneer for Europe’s transport infrastructure development

Streamlining core network implementation

• Core network implementation: in the centre of financial interventions through Union instruments

• « Corridors » as an instrument for coordinated core network implementation

• Identification of 10 corridors in the « Connecting Europe Facility »

• Innovative governance structures with « European coordinators » in a pivotal role

• Emphasis on efficient infrastructure use and coherent, demand-driven project implementation

Giving everyone easy access toTEN-T • Gradually, the comprehensive network will enable

citizens and businesses to gain access to this network within an hour

• Via the comprehensive network, strategic nodes and links of the core network will be reached conveniently

• By 2050, the network shall be finalized and feature high, homogeneous and innovative standards

Finding the money …..• 500 billion Euros for the completion of the core

network until 2030 • 250 billion Euros of this needed until 2020 • Member States and other public and private

entities as project promoters and main investors • Europe to contribute 31,7 billion Euros grant

money: Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)

Boosting investment with the CEF• 31.7 billion, out of which 10 billion specifically for

Cohesion countries• 80 – 85 % for core network corridors, 3 horizontal

priorities and other important cross-border sections • 15 – 20 % for other projects of the core and

comprehensive networks • Innovative financial instruments• Further 24 billion Euros under the Cohesion Fund

EU funding rates • Up to 50% EU co-financing for studies• For works up to 20% (e.g. exploratory works for a

major tunnel) • Increased co-financing for cross border projects for

rail and waterway up to 40 %. • ITS projects - co-financing up to 50%• Up to 85% in Cohesion countries

The TEN-T core network in Bulgaria and Romania

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