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„Shaping the Future“Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology

UN-ECE INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

Working Party on Transport Trends and Economics

Geneva, 2006-09-15

CORRIDORS AND AXES TOWARDS SOUTH-EAST

DI. Dr. Helmut AdelsbergerFederal Ministry of Transport, Innovation und Technology, Vienna, Austria,

Chairman of Pan-European Corridor IV


CONTENTS

- TEN und Pan-European Corridors

- Pan-European Corridors IV, VII and X

- Pan-European Corridor IV, TEN-T Priority Projects nos. 7 and 22

- „Southeast Axis“ Austrian proposal and recommendationof HLG II

- Proposal for administration of major transnational axes


TEN AND PAN-EUROPEAN CORRIDORS (1)

LEGAL BASE OF TEN:- Decision 1692/96/EC (1996) Annex III: 14 priority projects (Essen 1994)- Decision 884/2004/EC (Revision 2004) Annex III: 30 priority projects (van Miert 2004)

LEGAL BASE OF PAN-EUROPEAN CORRIDORS:- 2nd Pan-European conference of ministers of transport 1994 (Crete): Corridors I – IX; (Corridor IV = „Bypass of former Yugoslavia“)- 3rd Pan-European conference of ministers of transport 1997 (Helsinki): Corridor X

TINA („Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment“; 1996 - 1999):- for preparation of EU enlargement 2004 – 2007: Network condensation in addition to Pan-European Corridors

(„backbone network“)=> TEN of new member states


TEN AND PAN-EUROPEAN CORRIDORS (2)

HIGH LEVEL GROUP I („van Miert“):- Definition of priorities in implementation of TEN (within EU):

Basis for Annex III: 30 priority axes(axes and projects, „Motorways of the Sea“, „Galileo“)incl. TEN-T priority axes no.7 und no.22 (Corridor IV);

- „Horizontal Issues“.

HIGH LEVEL GROUP II („de Palacio“):- Part of EU-neighbourship policy („Wider Europe“);- Definition of „main transport axes“ beyond EU-external borders:

- northern axis (Baltic Sea => Russia);- central axis (Central Europe => Ukraine);- southeastern axis (Central Europe => Balkans, Caucasus, Near East);- southwestern axis: (Western Europe => Maghreb)- extension of „Motorways of the Sea“;

- „Horizontal Issues“.


PAN-EUROPEAN CORRIDORS IV, VII AND X

Corr. IV: Dresden/Nürnberg – Prag – Wien/Bratislava – Budapest – Arad – Constanta – Sofia – Istanbul/Thessaloniki;

Corr. VII: Danube (inland waterway);Corr. X: Salzburg – Ljubljana/Graz – Zagreb/Budapest – Belgrad – Nis –

Sofia/Skopje – Thessaloniki/Florina.

Corridors IV, VII und X complementing each other:- spatially,- modally,- functionally.

Therefore:Co-operation!- MoU,- Common position of Chairs,- common meetings


PANEUROPEAN CORRIDOR IVDefinition 1994 (Crete): War in former Yugoslavia:- Bypass of former Yugoslavia,- no „natural“ Corridor (at its whole length),- but: important sections, e.g.:

- (Berlin –) Dresden – Prague – Vienna/Bratislava – Budapest,- Vienna – Bratislava,- Budapest – Arad – Bucharest – Constanta,- Sofia – Istanbul (– Near East) (= Continuation of Corridor X)

- very incoherent charcteristics concerning Capacity and quality- Missing Link: Calafat – Vidin (RO – BG)

Longest Corridor in direction northwest – southeast- rail: 4340 km, road: 3640 km

Corridor IV crossing through 9 countries:- „old“ EU-member states: Germany, Austria, Greece- „new“ EU-member states: Chech Rep., Slovakia, Hungary- future EU-member states: Romania, Bulgaria (2007), Turkey (?)


PRIORITY TEN-AXES NO. 7 AND NO. 22

No. 7 No. 22

Road Rail


TEN-T PRIORITY AXIS NO. 22 – CORRIDOR IV

ATHEN

TEN AXIS NO. 22

PRIORITY SECTION


SITUATION OF CORRIDOR IV IN ROMANIA- Motorway Oradea – Brasov – Bukarest,- "Shortcut" Turnu Severin - Calafat


Costs for infrastructure investements along Corridor IV

€ 90,00 million€ 500,00 million

€ 900,00 million

€ 2.825,63 million

€ 52,18 million

€ 2.096,14 million

€ 340,00 million

€ 902,00 million

€ 2.350,00 million€ 2.530,00 million

€ 950,00 million

€ 3.900,00 million

€ 900,00 million

€ 470,00 million € 400,00 million

€ 1.559,30 million

€ 600,00 million

€ 0,00 million

€ 500,00 million

€ 1.000,00 million

€ 1.500,00 million

€ 2.000,00 million

€ 2.500,00 million

€ 3.000,00 million

€ 3.500,00 million

€ 4.000,00 million

Germany CzechRepublic

Austria Slovakia Hungary Romania Bulgaria Greece Turkey

Road infrastructure Rail infrastructure

INVESTMENT NEEDS FOR CORRIDOR IV (2005)


Corridor IV

Corridor VII (Danube)

Corridor X

MoS – Motorway of the sea

– multimodal node

MoS

MoS

HLG II: AUSTRIAN PROPOSAL FOR SOUTHEAST AXIS (1)

NÜRNBERG


HLG II: AUSTRIAN PROPOSAL FOR SOUTHEAST AXIS (2)

Corridors VI, VII and X (plus V, VIII and IX):- Spatial integration => economic, social and political integration

(„One quarter“ of Europe needs more than one corridor!)

„Western Balkans“ is a region- relatively small (hundreds, not thousands of km),- surrounded by EU member states (present or near future),- with a transport network relevant for intra-EU transport.

Corridors IV, VII and X converge into „Southeast Axis“:- Corridors IV + VII to be continued from Constanta by „MoS“

to Black Sea and Caucasian countries;- Corridor IV to be continued from Istanbul to rest of Turkey, Near East and Caucasian countries, with connection to TRACECA;- Corridor IV and X to be continued from Thessaloniki by „MoS“

to Near East, Northern Africa, Suez Canal.

„Convergence to be understood both- in geographical-spatial and- in operational-administrative sense.


MAJOR TRANS-NATIONAL AXES (HLG I + II)

TEN-T priority projects

Road

Railway

Inland Waterway

Motorway of the sea

TEN-T network

TEN-T Road

TEN-T Railway

TEN-T Inland waterway

Major multimodal axes:

Trans-national axis

Trans-national axis in the longer term

Inland waterway axis

Inland waterway axis in the longer term

Motorway of the sea


*Chair

Regional Subgroup

Regional Subgroup

EC – European CommissionHLG – High Level GroupN Axis – Northern AxisC Axis – Central AxisSE Axis – South-East AxisSW Axis – South-West AxisMoS – Motorways of the Sea TS – Technical Secretariat

Chair

EC HLG

SCN Axis

TS*SC

C AxisSC

SE AxisSC

SW AxisSC

MoSTS TS TS TS*

MAJOR TRANS-NATIONAL AXES: ADMINISTRATION (AS PROPOSED BY MOST OF CORRIDORS)


THANK YOUFOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION!

Helmut AdelsbergerFederal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology,

Vienna, Austria

[email protected]

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