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Baltic-Adriatic Corridor

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Baltic-Adriatic

FEBRUARY 2018

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3

2. Action portfolio: State of play ................................................................................................................................. 4

2.1. Operational Implementation ....................................................................................................................... 4

2.1.1. Maritime .................................................................................................................................................................. 5

2.1.2. Multimodal ............................................................................................................................................................ 5

2.1.3. Rail ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6

2.1.4. Road ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10

2.1.5. Financial implementation ...................................................................................................................... 13

3. Evolution of the Action portfolio ...................................................................................................................... 14

3.1. Funding variations after the Grant Agreement signature ................................................. 14

3.2. Challenges affecting the implementation of Actions .............................................................. 14

4. Conclusion and Outlook ........................................................................................................................................... 16

5. Statistical Annex ............................................................................................................................................................. 18

6. List of Actions on the Baltic Adriatic Corridor ....................................................................................... 20

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1. Introduction

Since the 2014 CEF calls for proposals, this is the first INEA report aimed at presenting the contribution of CEF-Transport funded Actions to the development of the Baltic-Adriatic Core Network Corridor (BAC) and implementation of the BAC Work Plan prepared under the auspices of Mr Kurt Bodewig, the European Coordinator. It presents what has already been achieved thanks to CEF funding and what is still expected under the current programme.

The Baltic-Adriatic Corridor is one of the most important trans-European railway and road axes. This 1800 km long corridor runs from North to South, i.e. from Poland through the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria to Italy and Slovenia, connecting core Baltic ports in Poland with core ports of the Adriatic Sea in Italy and Slovenia. It runs through the industrialised areas of Southern Poland, Vienna and Bratislava, the Eastern Alpine region and Northern Italy, linking major transport nodes through key rail, road, maritime and air transport connections. Except Austria and Italy, all member states located on the corridor are Cohesion countries. It includes around 4,600 km of rail network and 3,600 km of road network as well as 13 urban nodes and airports, 10 ports and 24 rail-road terminals. The corridor also crosses, or runs in parallel, with five other corridors: North-Sea Baltic in Poland, Orient-East Med and Rhine-Danube in the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia, Mediterranean in Italy and Slovenia, and Scandinavian-Mediterranean in Italy.

As noted in the Work Plan, by implementing the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor, new traffic flows between Baltic and Adriatic ports and their hinterland are developed and the ports, as start and end points of the corridor are boosted. According to the Work Plan, in order to reach the full potential and develop a truly multi-modal and seamless corridor, the existing bottlenecks along the corridor, missing links in the rail network and last mile connections to ports need to be addressed. In response to these needs, the European Coordinator has set out a list of specific priorities for the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor, which focus on: developing rail and road cross-border connections, removing missing links at the Alpine crossings in Austria, improving infrastructure quality and standards with a focus on Cohesion countries, improving 'last mile' connections of the ports, and deployment of ERTMS. As it will be presented later in the report, the CEF programme makes a significant contribution to the implementation of the Work Plan along the aforementioned priorities.

The Baltic-Adriatic Corridor has been very successful in securing CEF funds, especially considering the very high oversubscription in CEF calls for proposals. In the first three calls over €2 billion of CEF funding for a total investment of over €3 billion has been allocated to 68 Actions located on the corridor. The recent Blending Call 2017 has added another 12 Actions with CEF contribution of €320 million. CEF funding concentrates on railway Actions, with a contribution of €1.9 billion to date, representing 79% of total CEF funding allocated to the corridor. 28 railway Actions supported by CEF are implemented in all countries on the corridor, focusing on the improvement of existing infrastructure and ERTMS deployment, particularly in Cohesion countries. Other modes of transport are also supported by CEF, namely road, maritime and multimodal. Amongst them, 4 road Actions address cross-border sections, 21 innovation Actions are involved in deploying alternative fuels, 6 Actions deploy ITS, 11 Actions improve port infrastructure and connections and 4 Actions develop multimodal logistic platforms.

This report will present the current state of play of implementation of CEF Actions, which are vital for the achievement of the above goals. It will also tackle the main challenges and opportunities going forward.

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2. Action portfolio: State of play1

CEF Transport has so far allocated grants worth €22.3 billion with a total investment in the

European economy of €46 billion. The current portfolio of Actions in the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor

comprises 80 grant agreements2 allocating €2.4 billion of actual CEF Transport Funding

(corresponding to 12% of total number of CEF Transport Actions and 11% of total actual CEF

Transport funding). Except for one termination and one closure of these grant agreements, all

Actions are ongoing.

2.1. Operational Implementation

For the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor, the Core Network Corridor priority (under Funding Objective 1)3

represents 85% of actual CEF Transport funding. Other priorities, such as Innovation (under Funding

Objective 2)4 and Multimodality (under Funding Objective 3)5 also contribute to the development of

the Corridor.

Due to its location, most of the funding for the Baltic-Adriatic portfolio is coming from the Cohesion

envelope (80%). The portfolio is dominated by national Actions, which absorb around 97% of the

grants allocated to this corridor. 89% of the actual CEF Transport funding is linked with works

Actions. The highest number of Actions is under the rail transport mode, which also receives most

of the actual funding (79%). 43 bottlenecks are expected to be addressed by Actions on this

corridor, mainly regarding national rail sections, some with cross-border impact.

Figure 1: Statistics by transport mode

Funding (€ million) Number of Actions Number of bottlenecks

1 As of February 2018. 2 Of which 68 have been signed following the 2014-2016 calls, and 12 are under preparation following the 2017 Blending call. 3 Removing bottlenecks and bridging missing links, enhancing rail interoperability, and, in particular, improving cross-border sections 4 Ensuring sustainable and efficient transport in the long run 5 Optimising the integration and interconnection of transport modes and enhancing interoperability, safety and security of transport

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2.1.1. Maritime

There are ten core ports in operation along the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor: five maritime and inland

waterway ports (Szczecin and Świnoujście, Trieste, Venezia and Ravenna), three maritime ports

(Gdynia, Gdańsk and Koper) and two inland waterway ports (Wien and Bratislava). All ports are

connected to the road and railway network in line with TEN-T standards. In order to develop the full

potential of the seaports one of the priorities of the Work Plan relates to the improvement of last

mile connections outside and inside the ports and development of hinterland connections of ports,

focusing on rail last mile connections. Indeed, ports access is addressed by many CEF Actions, as

described below.

In total the maritime portfolio of the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor is composed of 11 Actions, 10 of which

include construction works, receiving in total €204.1 million of CEF Transport funding. The funding

is concentrated in 6 core ports located on the corridor, namely: Gdańsk, Koper, Ravenna,

Świnoujście, Trieste and Venice. These Actions focus on maritime and land accessibility of the port

(Koper, Trieste and Venice), expansion and/or modernisation of the port infrastructure (Gdańsk and

Świnoujście), preparation for LNG deployment in the port (Ravenna and Venice), and port capacity

improvements (Trieste and Venice). Furthermore, Actions on the corridor are expected to address

existing bottlenecks in three ports: Trieste, Koper and Gdańsk. It should also be noted that a

significant amount of CEF Transport funding (€390 million) is allocated to four core Baltic ports in

Poland to improve their rail accessibility. These investments are reported under the rail section

below.

Works and mixed CEF Actions in the core ports on the corridor are shown on the map in section

2.1.3. below.

2.1.2. Multimodal

24 rail-road terminals are currently in operation at the core nodes of the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor

and they are all interconnected to their respective national road and rail networks. 9 out of 24 rail-

road terminals have 740 meters train length accessibility and 18 have electrified train terminal

accessibility. As it will be described below, CEF Actions will improve train length accessibility to the

terminal, in accordance with the Work Plan priorities.

In total the multimodal portfolio of the Baltic Adriatic Corridor is composed of 10 Actions, receiving

€50 million in CEF Transport funding. The portfolio can be divided into two main groups: core

terminals (rail-road terminals and ports: 5 Actions in total), and innovation Actions (5 Actions). The

Actions on the corridor will connect/improve connection of 3 different multimodal logistical

platforms to the railway network, which is the main indicator for the multimodal sector.

Within the first group there are two Italian Actions supporting the development of the multimodal

logistic platform of Padova. The first one aims at enhancing the efficiency of the new container

terminal by investing in gantry cranes and upgrading the rail infrastructure to accommodate 750m

long trains. The second one is focused on ICT development and ancillary works at the terminal. Next

Action is located at the multimodal terminal of Ostrava/Paskov and it is aimed at upgrading the rail

infrastructure, namely to allow 750m long trains at the terminal. The last Action concerns the

improvement of access infrastructure to the road and railway network in the maritime Port of

Gdańsk.

The second group of multimodal Actions concerns innovation Actions, which focus on alternative

fuels for road transport. For example, one Action concerns the construction of a pilot docking

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station in Sławków rail-road terminal of the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor, as a part of an LNG distribution

system. One of the objectives is to prepare the implementation of this system in all Polish sea

ports belonging to the corridor.

Works and mixed CEF Actions in the core Rail-Road Terminals on the corridor are shown on the map

in section 2.1.3. below.

2.1.3. Rail

The Baltic-Adriatic Corridor includes 4,285 km of 1435 mm standard gauge railway infrastructure.

The railway infrastructure along the corridor is already continuous and operational except for two

sections in Austria (Koralmbahn line section Wettmannstätten – Grafenstein within the wider

section Graz – Klagenfurt and Semmering Base Tunnel Gloggnitz – Mürzzuschlag), which are one of

the Work Plan priorities. Other priorities concern the removal of the main bottlenecks (particularly in

terms of line speed and train length standards), focusing on the most critical cross-border

connections, as well as ERTMS deployment.

See below map showing works and mixed CEF Actions on the core rail network along the corridor

(ERTMS Actions not included).

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In total the rail portfolio of the Baltic Adriatic Corridor is composed of 28 Actions, receiving €1.9

billion of CEF Transport funding, which represents 79% of the total CEF Transport funding allocated

to the corridor. 24 Actions cover works (or works with studies) and 4 Actions cover studies. The vast

majority of CEF Transport funding is allocated to Cohesion countries to improve compliance with

the technical standards. The portfolio can be divided into four main groups of Actions: 'traditional'

rail infrastructure (20 Actions), ERTMS (5 Actions), Nodes of the Core Network (2) and

interoperability (1 Action). Actions belonging to this transport mode are expected to address 31

bottlenecks, including 6 on cross-border sections. Furthermore, Actions on the Baltic-Adriatic

Corridor are expected to improve 430 km of freight lines and equip 619 km of railway lines with

ERTMS. The main indicators are presented in the chart below.

Figure 2: Improved railway lines (number of km)

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Rail infrastructure

Rail (traditional) infrastructure portfolio of the Baltic Adriatic Corridor consists of 20 Actions, each

one addressing one or more priorities of the Work Plan.

The largest number of Actions is located on the Polish part of the corridor, where 8 Actions receive

around €936 million of CEF Transport funding to improve its rail infrastructure by the

modernisation of the national corridor railway links and addressing the main bottlenecks, in line

with the Corridor Work Plan priorities. Specifically, 215km of freight lines will be improved and

118km of tracks will be electrified. Furthermore, the Actions will increase safety (mainly by

removing level crossings and modernising/constructing bridges), increase line speed (both for

passengers and freight) and ensure compliance with axle load and train length requirements.

The two largest Actions, receiving €634 million from CEF programme, are located on the E59

railway line, one of the major railway axis in Poland and part of the pre-identified section Wrocław

- Poznań - Szczecin/Świnoujście. The first Action covers construction works on the Szczecin -

Poznań section aimed to address a 118.7 km long bottleneck, increase capacity and reduce travel

time. The second Action covers construction works on the Wrocław - Poznań section in a total

length of 71 km to increase line speed and axle load. Two Actions address another major railway 6 ERTMS first deployment means equipping a railway line section which was not equipped with the system before.

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Km of freight lines improved

Km of line tracks and sidings electrified

Km of ERTMS first deployment

Km of railway adapted to the European NominalGauge standard

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axis in Poland – the E65 railway line, located on Katowice - Ostrava - Brno - Wien & Katowice -

Žilina - Bratislava – Wien and Warszawa – Katowice pre-identified section. Specifically, preparatory

studies for the Katowice - Zebrzydowice - PL/CZ state border section and construction works for the

modernisation of 18 km long section, address the Work Plan priority concerning the rail cross-

border section between Poland and the Czech Republic. Furthermore, €390 million of CEF Transport

funding has been allocated to the four core Baltic ports in Poland, namely Gdańsk, Gdynia, Szczecin

and Świnoujście, to improve their rail access, thus contributing to the Work Plan priority addressing

last mile connections to the rail network.

Two important Actions, receiving almost €72 million of CEF funding, are implemented on the Czech

side of Baltic-Adriatic Corridor, on the pre-identified section Katowice-Ostrava-Brno-Wien. One

Action covers preparatory studies for the upgrade of the 64 km long section of the Brno–Přerov

railway line to address a bottleneck in terms of capacity, speed and interoperability. The second

Action covers construction works aiming at upgrading the Přerov railway junction, which represents

a major bottleneck due to its inadequate technical parameters and deteriorated condition. One new

Action will be added to the Czech rail portfolio from the recent Blending call, addressing the cross-

border section with Poland.

Five Slovenian Actions, receiving over €212 million of CEF funding, contribute to the overall

development of the corridor by improving the main infrastructure parameters. This includes three

Actions (both works and studies) on the Divača–Koper railway line of high national importance,

including the bottleneck rehabilitation in the area of Bivje and two Actions concerning the second

track "Divača-Koper". The remaining two Actions concern the upgrade of Poljčane - Slovenska

Bistrica and the Zidani Most - Celje railway railway lines.

As regards the Work Plan priority related to the completion of the two missing links at the Alpine

crossings in Austria, CEF Transport funding supports an Austrian Action of the construction works

on the Wettmannstätten - St. Andrä section (including parts of the Koralm tunnel), as part of the

high speed Koralm railway line connecting Graz and Klagenfurt. Once completed, the Action will

address an important bottleneck on the corridor, speeding up rail traffic and guaranteeing a key

north-south link on the corridor. Large part of the section has already been completed.

ERTMS

The ERTMS portfolio on the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor consists of 5 Actions covering trackside

deployment of ERTMS on 596 km of railway lines in total along the corridor to address

interoperability bottlenecks, contributing to the priority of the Work Plan concerning ERTMS

deployment.

In terms of the amount of CEF funding the largest Action concerns the deployment of ETCS Level 2,

Baseline 2 on the Czech part of the corridor, along the 206 km long Petrovice u Karviné – Ostrava –

Přerov – Břeclav rail section. The Action is part of Katowice - Ostrava - Brno - Wien and Katowice -

Žilina – Bratislava – Wien pre-identified section. Next Action covers the deployment of ETCS Level

2, Baseline 2 on the important national railway line E59 Poznań – Wrocław in Poland in a total

length of 168 km. The Action is part of the pre-identified section Wroclaw - Poznan -

Szczecin/Świnoujście. On the Italian part of the corridor two Actions will fit almost 250 km of

railway lines with ETCS Level 2, Baseline 3. In Slovenia, ETCS Level 1, Baseline 3 is deployed on the

important railway section Pragersko-Maribor-Šentilj-State border with Austria in a total length of

39 km. The Action is part of Graz – Maribor – Pragersko pre-identified section.

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Rail Freight Corridor 5

The Baltic-Adriatic Rail Freight Corridor (RFC5) links some of the most important Eastern and

Southern areas of Europe, providing rail freight capacity according to the market demand. CEF

funding is provided to a multinational Action, involving rail infrastructure managers on the corridor,

to elaborate studies aimed at enhancing the attractiveness of the RFC5 offer and improving rail

long distance freight transport flows along the corridor. Specifically, Long train and Last mile

studies will look at the main bottlenecks affecting transport operations and the results will feed

into the Work Plan. The Long train study results will be particularly interesting as regards the 740m

train length standard, identified as an important issue affecting operations.

2.1.4. Road

The Baltic-Adriatic Corridor includes 3,600 km of road infrastructure. One of the main priorities of

the Work Plan is the removal of the main bottlenecks on the corridor in terms of technical

standards, by improving the most critical cross-border road connections, in particular between

Poland and Slovakia, Czech Republic and Austria.

In total the road portfolio of the Baltic Adriatic Corridor is composed of 31 Actions, receiving

€246.5 million of CEF Transport funding. The portfolio can be divided into three main groups of

Actions: 'traditional' road infrastructure including safe and secure infrastructure (6 Actions),

innovation (18 Actions) and ITS (6 Actions). In addition, one Action focuses on electromobility in

urban nodes.

Actions belonging to this transport mode are expected to address 2 cross-border bottlenecks.

See below map showing works and mixed CEF Actions on the core road network along the corridor

(road infrastructure only).

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Road infrastructure

Actions included in this group address the two critical road cross-border sections, identified in the

Work Plan: Katowice – Žilina (between Poland and Slovakia) and Brno – Wien (between the Czech

Republic and Austria), which are expected to address 2 bottlenecks.

Over €74 million of CEF funding contributes to the Katowice – Žilina section thanks to the Slovak

Action addressing the most problematic section of Motorway D3 Čadca, between Bukov –

Svrčinovec. As regards the Brno – Wien section, on the Austrian side, there are two Actions receiving

in total €22.4 million of CEF funding for the extension of the A5 North motorway. The first Action

concerns studies and works on the Schrick-Poysbrunn sub-section, including 4 bypasses causing a

bottleneck. The 25 km long section was opened to the traffic in December 2017. The second Action

covers preparatory studies for the construction of the further section between Poysbrunn and the

national border. On the Czech side, CEF funding is provided for preparatory studies for the

construction of Motorway D52, Bavory – state border CZ/AT section.

One Action was already completed in 2016 and contributed to improving safety and security of the

infrastructure by the elimination of railway level crossings and construction of road viaducts

related to the important national railway line in Poland i.e. E-65.

Innovation

The Innovation portfolio includes 18 Actions which are expected to install 360 supply points for

alternative fuel for road transport, of which 339 Electricity, 11 LNG and 8 CNG and 2 H2, as

presented in the chart below.

Figure 3: Number of supply points for alternative fuel for road transport

Electric mobility represents the largest share of Innovation Actions on the corridor. 10 Actions cover

studies with pilot deployment of multi-standard high power stations (more than 22kW, usually

50kW) and/or high power chargers (150kW-350kW) for electric vehicles. Most countries on the

corridor, particularly Slovakia and the Czech Republic, are taking an active approach in addressing

the Alternative Fuels Directive by investing in electric mobility. In Poland, it is gaining its momentum

and for example one Action will deploy electric charging stations along the corridor, between

Gdynia and Warsaw. These significant investments supported by CEF funding in the electric mobility

sector on the corridor contribute to the development of an interoperable electromobility network

and the enhancement of cooperation on the market, facilitating the movement of electric vehicles

along the corridor.

Electricity 339

LNG 11

CNG 8

H2 2

Electricity LNG CNG H2

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On the other hand, there are less investments on the corridor focused on LCNG as alternative fuel.

3 Actions receiving CEF funding show that the LCNG market is either not yet mature or it is only

starting to develop. Even though it is outside the scope of this report, one Action funded under the

2016 CEF Synergy call, which concerns preparatory studies for the small-scale LNG Reloading

Terminal in Gdańsk and bunkering services (to be used both for energy purposes and as a fuel in

maritime or land transportation), is expected to facilitate the development of LNG market on the

corridor. As regards the development of new alternative fuels (beside LCNG), one CEF Action will

invest in hydrogen refuelling stations on the Austrian part of the corridor.

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)

The ITS portfolio on the corridor includes 6 Actions. It covers multinational Actions of ITS

deployment (2 Actions as part of CROCODILE Action and 1 Action as part of URSA Action) and

national Actions of ITS deployment (3 Actions: 2 in Slovenia and 1 in Poland), addressing one or

more ITS Directive priority Actions. In terms of the amount of CEF funding, the most prominent is

the Polish Action - National Road Traffic Management System on the TEN-T network - Phase I,

which receives CEF grant of €116 million, representing 96% of CEF funding allocated to ITS Actions

on the corridor.

2.1.5. Financial implementation

The state-of-play of the financial implementation of the portfolio is shown in the figure below. The

effective payment7 (including pre-financing) corresponds to €220 million and therefore 9% of the

actual CEF Transport funding. As a consequence of the interim cost claims introduced by the

beneficiaries, costs corresponding to CEF-T funding of €63 million have been accepted so far (3%

of the actual CEF Transport funding).

Figure 4: Financial implementation ratios (€ million)

Effective payments and effective accepted contribution as shown in the figure above may appear

as relatively low. This is due to a series of reasons:

Actions are due to submit interim payment claims every two years. As a consequence, the

"accepted contribution" by the end of 2017 corresponds to cost claims sent in 2017 for

some Actions and in 2016 for other Actions. Moreover, the cost claims received in 2017

include costs incurred until 31/12/2016 and those received in 2016 include costs incurred

until 31/12/2015.

7 (closed payments – recoveries)

2,376.8 (100%)

220.0 (9%) 63

(3%)

Actual Funding Effective Payment Effective Accepted Contribution

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The bulk of the funding goes to works (or major studies). These Actions usually start with a

study and/or a tendering phase during which the costs incurred are relatively low. For this

reason, the bulk of the costs are incurred in the last implementing years of these Actions

(see also figure 5 below).

Moreover, it has to be noted that effective payments are higher than effective accepted

contribution due to the fact that advance payment (pre-financing) are made.

Figure 5 gives an overview of the estimated financial progress, in terms of total estimated costs, of

the overall portfolio.

Figure 5: Estimated budget implementation (€ million)

3. Evolution of the Action portfolio

3.1. Funding variations after the Grant Agreement signature

The actual CEF Transport funding allocated to Actions can differ from the initially allocated funding

depending on (1) Action closures and terminations and (2) certain types of amendments. Up until

now, amendments have triggered a funding reduction for 10 Actions (€170 million – 7%), while

there have been one closure and one termination.

Figure 6 : CEF Transport funding variations (€ million)

3.2. Challenges affecting the implementation of Actions

Almost all CEF Actions on the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor are ongoing. Only a few Actions have already

been completed or are close to completion, and some Actions have just started. Overall, the Actions

63.7 (01.4%)

112. (2%)

141.1 (3%)

385.9 (8%)

767.4 (16%)

1,133.3 (24%)

1,112.4 (24%)

972.9 (21%)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 after 2020

2,547 (100%)

2,376.8 (93%)

Initial Funding Actual Funding

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are making good progress (only one Action has been terminated so far) but a number of challenges

have been encountered. Implementation delays are the main factor.

Rail

Procurement delays

Indeed, as regards the largest portfolio i.e. rail Actions, delays (on average up to one year) are the

main issue. One of the reasons are procurement delays related to complex preparation of tender

documentation, for example due to changes in the national procurement law, and lengthy tender

procedures, namely resulting from appeals from bidders.

Environmental and permitting procedures

Another important issue relates to complex and lengthy environmental and permitting procedures,

mainly to obtain the necessary EIA decisions and building permits, without which construction

works cannot start.

Other issues (technical complexity, budget changes)

Technical complexity of some Actions, for example related to the construction of bridges or tunnels,

also cause some delays and require careful planning. Overall, the planning of CEF rail Actions is

quite ambitious. Furthermore, during implementation, some Actions required budget revisions

(subsequently leading to reductions of CEF contribution), following completion of tendering

procedures, whereby actual contracts were of lower value than initially estimated.

Critical rail cross-border connections (main priority of the Work Plan)

In the first three CEF calls only one critical rail cross-border connection has been addressed by CEF

Actions (see section 2.1.3). Thanks to the recent Blending Call in 2017 two additional Actions

addressing bottlenecks at cross-border sections have been awarded CEF funding. Specifically, the

Austrian Action covers the upgrade and electrification of the railway line from Wien Stadlau /

Ganserndorf to the Slovakian Border near Marchegg and the Czech Action addresses the section

Dětmarovice – Petrovice u Karviné – PL border.

It should be noted that significant efforts have been made by the European Coordinator during his

mandate to organise cross-border dialogues for all the critical cross-border sections, leading to

better understanding of the problems on each side of the respective border and a further

intensification of bilateral and trilateral agreements for the removal of the cross-border

bottlenecks, which may speed up implementation of ongoing Actions and intensify preparation of

new proposals. On the other hand it is worth mentioning that the investment in the infrastructure

should be combined with additional measures to facilitate smooth cross-border flows from the

operational point of view. The recent analysis by the Baltic-Adriatic Rail Freight Corridor has

identified a number of operational and administrative bottlenecks, which hamper transport flows

along the corridor e.g. long delays at the borders due to different operational rules and procedures.

Road

The main issue affecting the Road portfolio relates to the complexity of permitting procedures.

What should be noted is the enhanced cooperation with signed bilateral agreements for the

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removal of the road cross-border bottlenecks following the European Coordinator's dialogues

mentioned earlier, should facilitate further implementation of the road cross-border Actions.

Furthermore, some delays have been reported by CEF road Actions due to unexpected geological

conditions and adverse meteorological conditions. As regards innovation and deployment of

alternative fuels on the road network, the analysis of the portfolio leads to a conclusion that, unlike

the electricity, the investment in LCNG deployment on the corridor is limited and the market is not

yet mature.

Maritime and multimodal

As regards maritime and multimodal Actions the issues delaying implementation are similar to

those mentioned above and include mainly procurement delays and pending administrative

procedures to obtain necessary permits, particularly in Cohesion countries, as well as some

technical problems reported by some Actions.

In summary, the main two issues affecting implementation of CEF Action on the Baltic-Adriatic

Corridor relate to procurement and permitting procedures. In this context, the recent initiatives of

the Commission concerning public procurement, i.e. Commission's ex ante assessment mechanisms

for large infrastructure Actions and the permitting initiative for streamlining measures for swifter

implementation of TEN-T Actions may facilitate implementation of CEF Actions in the future.

4. Conclusion and Outlook

A significant amount of funds has been allocated from the Connecting Europe Facility to the Baltic-

Adriatic Corridor. So far over €2.4 billion of CEF grants have been allocated to 80 Actions located

on the corridor. The CEF Actions portfolio makes a significant contribution to the implementation of

the Baltic-Adriatic Work Plan and its main priorities. It helps to develop a reinforced network in

Central Europe, strengthening the infrastructural basis for efficient, safe and high-quality

multimodal transport chains for freight and passengers. The vast majority of CEF Actions are still

ongoing and full results will be known in the years to come.

Thanks to CEF Transport funding important improvements have already been made, or are

expected to be made, in particular with regard to rail transport. Rail Actions on the corridor are

expected to address existing bottlenecks in 36 locations and improve infrastructure quality and

standards, especially regarding speed, axle load and train length as well as safety. In particular,

significant investments for the modernisation of the national rail networks are made in Cohesion

countries located on the corridor, namely in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia. So far, three out

of six critical rail cross-border sections identified as a priority in the Work Plan are addressed by

CEF. Furthermore, CEF contributes to the removal of the missing links at the Alpine crossings in

Austria, another important priority of the European Coordinator. Significant investments are also

made in ERTMS deployment, whereby 714 km of railway lines along the corridor will be equipped

with ERTMS thanks to CEF intervention. Finally, the results of studies elaborated by the Baltic-

Adriatic Rail Freight Corridor provide additional inputs to the Work Plan.

Significant contributions of CEF to the Work Plan priorities are also made to other modes of

transport. Road Actions address the critical road cross-border sections, identified in the Work Plan

between Poland and Slovakia, and between the Czech Republic and Austria. Innovation Actions,

particularly those in the electric mobility sector, facilitate the deployment of alternative fuels for

road transport on the corridor. CEF-funded Actions contribute to ITS deployment along the corridor.

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Maritime Actions and Actions addressing rail access to ports help to upgrade the infrastructure of

the main ports of the corridor and contribute to the Work Plan priority related to last mile

connections and hinterland connections of ports. Multimodal Actions contribute to connect

multimodal logistical platforms to the railway network and improve access to terminals of 740

meters long trains.

It is clear that an important progress has been made since the adoption of the TEN-T Regulation in

2013, in particular regarding rail transport but continuous efforts of all stakeholders are necessary

to reach the transport infrastructure requirements along the Corridor by 2030. It is also clear that

the resources required to develop the corridor in line with the standards are much higher than the

available funds. It is on the basis of this consideration and of the overall success of the CEF

programme, that the European Coordinators made a joint declaration on the future of the TEN-T

and of the CEF in September 2017 during the Connecting Europe Conference in Tallinn. Needless to

say, a close follow-up on the sound implementation of the current CEF Actions by INEA is necessary

in order to ensure that the available funds under CEF programme are efficiently used. This will be

particularly important in years 2018 and 2019 when the Actions are foreseen to make significant

progress in accordance with the forecasted spending profile. Indeed, €1.5 billion (50% of the

planned budgets) will be invested in these two years alone.

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Works 2,112.2

(39)

Mixed 185. (15)

Studies 79.6 (26)

5. Statistical Annex

Corridor funding (€ million) per country Corridor funding (€ million) per type

Corridor funding (€ million) per section Number of Actions and corridor funding (€ million) by

national/multinational

Cumulative number of finalised Actions

Disclaimer: The allocation of Actions and funding to the corridor is based on the assessment done by INEA. In the chart per beneficiary country, the funding of multinational Actions which are allocated to more than one corridor is included in the "Other" category.

1 (1%)

3 (4%)

16 (20%)

30 (38%)

67 (84%)

72 (90%)

74 (93%)

80 (100%)

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

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Multinational

National

€69.8

€2,306.9

Number of Actions Funding (€ million)

28.5

86.2

91.9

115.5

145.7

279.5

1,629.4

Other

SK

IT

CZ

AT

SI

PL

400.9

42.8

2.9

115.9

306.3

74

0.0

835.5

99.8

138.6

314.7

Non pre-identified section

Trieste, Venenezia, Ravenna,Koper

Graz - Maribor - Pragersko

Wien - Graz - Klagenfurt - Udine -Venezia - Ravenna

Katowice - Ostrava - Brno - Wienand Katowice - Žilina - Bratislava

- Wien

Bielsko Biala - Žilina

Swinoujscie, Szczecin

Wroclaw - Poznan -Szczecin/Swinoujscie

Warszawa - Katowice

Gdynia, Gdansk

Gdynia - Katowice

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6. List of Actions on the Baltic Adriatic Corridor

Transport

Mode Project Code Title

Funding

Objective Priority Type

Actual

Corridor

Share

Actual Start

Date

Actual End

Date Actual Funding Actual Costs

Maritime 2014-EU-TM-0343-M

Improving North Adriatic ports’ maritime accessibility and

hinterland connections to the Core Network (NAPA4CORE)

FO 1 Core Network Corridors Mixed 100% 01/01/2014 31/12/2018 21,959,999 109,799,996

Maritime 2014-EU-TMC-0641-M

Sweden-Poland Sustainable Sea-Hinterland Services

“Sustainable Swinoujscie-Trelleborg MoS based on

upgrading port infrastructure, developing intermodal

transport and integrating hinterland corridors.”

FO 3 MoS Mixed 100% 01/01/2014 31/12/2019 22,437,167 29,812,872

Maritime 2014-IT-TM-0450-S GAINN4CORE FO 1 Core Network Corridors Mixed 22% 01/06/2015 30/09/2019 2,737,224 9,676,009


CarEsmatic – Supporting cars and electric cars distribution using Motorways of Sea’s solutions and promoting

sustainable shipping concepts

FO 3 MoS Mixed 34% 01/03/2016 31/12/2018 1,778,295 5,828,579

Maritime 2015-EU-TM-0310-M Adriatic MoS Upgrated Services

- Adri-Up FO 3 MoS Mixed 38% 01/03/2016 20/12/2020 2,709,590 8,635,500

Maritime 2015-PL-TM-0280-S

Design and environment documentation for the

expansion and modernization of core network node in the

Port of Gdańsk concerning road and rail infrastructure

FO 3 Nodes of the Core

Network Studies 100% 16/02/2016 30/03/2018 527,492 1,054,984

Maritime 2015-PL-TM-0413-W

Modernisation of the fairway, expansion of the quays and

improvement of navigation in the Internal Port in Gdansk

FO 1 Core Network Corridors Works 100% 31/08/2016 31/12/2020 93,735,340 110,276,871

Maritime 2016-EU-TM-0290-M Sweden-Poland Sustainable Sea-Hinterland Services III

FO 3 MoS Mixed 9% 07/02/2017 31/12/2019 86,017 292,122


MoS Venice–Patras. Developing and upgrading of the East-

Mediterranean Mos link Italy-Greece

FO 3 MoS Mixed 30% 01/07/2017 31/03/2020 849,390 3,014,000

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Transport


Funding


Actual

Corridor

Share

Actual Start

Date

Actual End


Maritime 2017-IT-TM-0044-W Ravenna Port Hub:

infrastructural works FO 1 Core Network Corridors Works 100% 01/07/2018 31/12/2023 37,377,000 186,885,000

Maritime 2017-PL-TM-0038-W Expansion of the Northern quay at the peninsular breakwater in

the Port of Gdańsk FO 1 Core Network Corridors Works 100% 28/02/2018 31/12/2021 19,914,950 99,574,749

Maritime

Total 204,112,465 564,850,682

Multimodal 2014-EU-TM-0686-S e-Freight Implementation

Action (e-Impact) FO 2 Innovation Studies 33% 01/07/2015 30/06/2018 643,500 1,287,000

Multimodal 2014-IT-TM-0591-M Enhancing the efficiency of the

new container terminal of Interporto di Padova

FO 3 Multimodal Works 100% 01/01/2014 31/12/2019 3,248,432 16,242,161

Multimodal 2015-CZ-TM-0330-M Multimodal Container Terminal

Paskov, Phase III FO 3 Multimodal Mixed 100% 16/02/2016 31/12/2020 5,871,360 8,896,000

Multimodal 2015-IT-TM-0247-M

Enhancing Interporto di Padova - Step 2: ancillary measures

and ICT solutions for optimising terminal operations,

accessibility and interconnections

FO 3 Multimodal Mixed 100% 01/03/2016 31/12/2020 1,352,120 5,935,600

Multimodal 2015-PL-TM-0372-M Extension and modernisation of road and railway network in the

Gdansk outer port FO 3 Multimodal Mixed 100% 16/02/2016 31/12/2020 24,450,726 28,765,560

Multimodal 2016-IT-TM-0284-S GAINN4MED FO 2 Innovation Studies 11% 01/03/2017 31/03/2020 668,525 1,337,050

Multimodal 2016-PL-TM-0268-S

The construction of a pilot docking station, as a part of an LNG distribution system based on cryogenic tank containers

FO 2 Innovation Studies 100% 01/12/2017 03/12/2020 945,291 1,890,582

Multimodal 2016-SK-TMC-0235-S fueLCNG FO 2 Innovation Studies 33% 03/07/2017 31/12/2020 5,178,785 6,092,688

Multimodal 2017-EU-TM-0062-W GAINN4MID -GAINN for Mobile

Infrastructure Deployment FO 2 Innovation Works 20% 01/11/2017 31/08/2020 1,233,061 6,374,000

Multimodal 2017-IT-TM-0066-W GAINN4SEA - GAINN for South Europe mAritime LNG roll-out


Multimodal

Total 50,040,626 111,798,564

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Transport


Funding


Actual

Corridor

Share

Actual Start

Date

Actual End


Rail 2014-AT-TM-0003-W

Baltic-Adriatic Corridor—Rail: Koralm railway line (Graz –

Klagenfurt); package of implementation measures

being carried out from 2014 to establish a new line (removal

of a bottleneck)


Rail 2014-CZ-TMC-0308-M ETCS Petrovice u Karviné – Ostrava – Přerov – Břeclav

FO 1 ERTMS Mixed 100% 01/12/2015 31/12/2018 20,519,708 24,140,833

Rail 2014-EU-TM-0335-S Studies and activities regarding enhancement of Baltic-Adriatic

Rail Freight Corridor 5 offer FO 1 Rail interoperability Studies 100% 01/01/2016 31/12/2020 1,455,000 2,910,000

Rail 2014-PL-TMC-0180-W

Works on the E 59 railway line on the Wrocław – Poznań

section, stage IV, border of Dolnosląskie Voivodeship –

Czempin section.


Rail 2014-PL-TMC-0198-W Works on the E 59 railway line, Poznań Główny-Szczecin Dąbie

section. FO 1 Core Network Corridors Works 100% 04/02/2015 31/12/2020 407,532,937 495,300,118

Rail 2014-PL-TMC-0205-W Works on railway line

Warszawa Włochy - Grodzisk Mazowiecki (line no. 447)



Works on the Warsaw ring railway (section Warszawa

Gołąbki/Warszawa Zachodnia - Warszawa Gdańska).


Rail 2014-SI-TMC-0301-M Bottleneck rehabilitation in the area of Bivje on the Divača–

Koper railway line FO 1 Core Network Corridors Mixed 100% 05/01/2015 27/02/2019 14,187,107 16,690,714

Rail 2014-SI-TMC-0537-W Upgrading of the railway line Poljčane - Slovenska Bistrica


Rail 2015-CZ-TM-0121-M Modernisation of selected

sections of the Brno – Přerov railway line

FO 1 Core Network Corridors Studies 100% 11/04/2016 01/10/2020 38,654,163 45,475,486

Rail 2015-IT-TM-0144-S Design of the railway

connection with the Venice airport


Network Studies 100% 09/03/2016 30/09/2017 4,000,000 8,000,000

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Transport


Funding


Actual

Corridor

Share

Actual Start

Date

Actual End


Rail 2015-IT-TM-0168-W

ERTMS trackside equipment on Italian sections of the

ERTMS/Core Network Corridors in compliance with the Breakthrough Program

FO 1 ERTMS Works 37% 02/01/2017 31/12/2020 16,912,700 33,825,400

Rail 2015-PL-TM-0005-W

Works on railway lines no. 14 and 811 on the section Łódź

Kaliska - Zduńska Wola- Ostrów Wielkopolski, stage I: Łódź

Kaliska-Zduńska Wola


Network Works 100% 29/09/2016 31/12/2020 43,162,749 66,805,060

Rail 2015-PL-TM-0006-W Improving rail access to the

Gdansk port FO 1 Core Network Corridors Works 100% 01/09/2016 31/12/2020 108,543,271 132,774,644

Rail 2015-PL-TM-0034-W Improving rail access to the

Gdynia port FO 1 Core Network Corridors Works 100% 01/09/2016 31/12/2020 162,235,595 190,865,406

Rail 2015-PL-TM-0081-S

Works on primary passenger lines (E30 and E65) within the Śląskie Province, stage I: E65

railway line, Będzin - Katowice - Tychy - Czechowice Dziedzice -

Zebrzydowice section - PREPARATORY WORKS

FO 1 Core Network Corridors Studies 100% 24/02/2017 30/06/2019 7,569,926 8,905,795

Rail 2015-PL-TM-0125-W Improving rail access to the Szczecin and Świnoujście

seaports. FO 1 Core Network Corridors Works 100% 30/08/2016 31/12/2020 119,897,528 141,055,915

Rail 2015-SI-TM-0111-W

Deployment of ERTMS/ETCS on the Dobova-Zidani Most and

Pragersko-Maribor-Šentilj railway lines

FO 1 ERTMS Works 38% 01/12/2016 31/12/2020 2,422,500 2,850,000

Rail 2015-SI-TM-0228-W Upgrade of the Zidani Most -

Celje railway line FO 1 Core Network Corridors Works 100% 17/02/2016 31/12/2020 90,575,881 158,626,761

Rail 2016-CZ-TMC-0033-W Upgrade of the Přerov railway

junction, phase 2 FO 1 Core Network Corridors Works 100% 01/12/2018 31/12/2021 33,137,851 42,364,934

Rail 2016-IT-TM-0244-W ERTMS on strategic sections of

3 CNCs FO 1 ERTMS Works 12% 07/02/2017 31/12/2020 3,270,000 6,540,000

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Transport


Funding


Actual

Corridor

Share

Actual Start

Date

Actual End



Works on primary passenger lines (E30 and E65) within the Silesian Province, stage I: E65 railway line, Będzin – Katowice – Tychy – Czechowice Dziedzice

– Zebrzydowice; LOT C Most Wisła – Czechowice Dziedzice –

Zabrzeg section


Rail 2016-PL-TMC-0136-W Deployment of ERTMS/ETCS on the TEN-T core network lines

FO 1 ERTMS Works 7% 19/05/2017 31/12/2023 20,508,548 24,127,704

Rail 2016-SI-TMC-0151-M

Second track "Divača-Koper" – Surveys, executive design,

construction of access roads and structures for bridging

Glinščica Valley

FO 1 Core Network Corridors Mixed 100% 01/10/2017 30/06/2021 44,333,766 52,157,372

Rail 2017-AT-TM-0001-W

Upgrading and electrification from Vienna Stadlau to the

Slovakian Border near Marchegg (bottleneck removal)


Rail 2017-CZ-TM-0020-W

Removing selected bottlenecks on pre-identified sections on the Core Network Corridors of

the Czech Republic


Rail 2017-PL-TM-0054-W "Works on the E 59 railway line

on the Wronki - Słonice and Szczecin-Dąbie section"


Rail 2017-SI-TM-0016-W Second track "Divača-Koper" – Construction of tunnels T1-T7


Rail Total

1,876,067,264 3,450,440,773

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Transport


Funding


Actual

Corridor

Share

Actual Start

Date

Actual End


Road 2014-AT-TA-0063-S

Reinforcing the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor between Vienna and

Brno by extending the Austrian A5 North motorway as a cross-border project with the Czech R52 (Planning of the A5 North

motorway, section between Poysbrunn and the national

border)

FO 1 Projects on Core and

Comprehensive Studies 100% 01/01/2015 31/12/2018 1,322,166 2,644,332

Road 2014-AT-TA-0064-M

Reinforcing the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor between Vienna and

Brno by extending the Austrian A5 North motorway as a cross-border project with the Czech

R52 (Planning and construction of the A5 North motorway, Schrick-Poysbrunn section)

FO 1 Projects on Core and

Comprehensive Mixed 100% 01/01/2015 31/12/2018 21,077,519 200,060,723

Road 2014-EU-TM-0318-S Connecting Hydrogen Refuelling

Stations (COHRS) FO 2 Innovation Studies 10% 01/09/2015 30/06/2019 1,297,779 2,595,557

Road 2014-EU-TM-0563-W CROCODILE 2 FO 3 ITS Works 20% 01/01/2015 31/12/2018 1,651,400 8,257,000

Road 2014-EU-TMC-0568-S FAST-E (SK/CZ) FO 2 Innovation Studies 40% 01/09/2014 30/09/2018 868,734 1,022,040

Road 2014-PL-TM-0341-S Development of LNG

infrastructure in Poland - the pilot project

FO 2 Innovation Studies 100% 16/03/2015 30/06/2017 3,319 6,638

Road 2014-PL-TMC-0207-W

The improvement of safety on the Central Railway Line by elimination of railway level

crossings at km 127 and km 147 and construction of road

viaducts

FO 2 Safe and secure infrastructure

Works 100% 16/01/2014 30/06/2016 3,515,881 4,136,330

Road 2015-CZ-TM-0333-M Studies for construction of

Motorway D52, Bavory – state border CZ/AT section

FO 1 Other sections of the

Core Network Studies 100% 01/02/2017 30/11/2019 902,093 1,061,286

Road 2015-CZ-TM-0357-S EV Fast Charging Backbone

Network Central Europe FO 2 Innovation Studies 25% 18/02/2016 31/12/2018 491,938 578,750

Road 2015-EU-TM-0204-S EAST-E FO 2 Innovation Studies 30% 01/03/2016 31/12/2018 1,516,740 1,784,400

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Transport


Funding


Actual

Corridor

Share

Actual Start

Date

Actual End


Road 2015-EU-TM-0261-M

Expansion of safe & secure truck parking spaces and truck parking information systems on

the TEN-T core network in Austria and Germany (Bavaria)

FO 2 Safe and secure infrastructure

Mixed 20% 16/02/2016 31/12/2018 612,664 2,783,722

Road 2015-EU-TM-0367-S ULTRA-E FO 2 Innovation Studies 8% 01/03/2016 31/12/2018 523,412 1,046,824

Road 2015-EU-TM-0415-S EVA+ (Electric Vehicles Arteries

in Italy and Austria) FO 2 Innovation Studies 26% 01/07/2016 31/03/2019 1,101,528 2,203,055

Road 2015-EU-TM-0422-S LNG motion: Fuelling trucks

with LNG/CNG along the core network

FO 2 Innovation Studies 3% 16/02/2016 31/12/2020 832,953 1,665,906

Road 2015-PL-TM-0093-W National Road Traffic

Management System on the TEN-T network - Phase I

FO 3 ITS Works 94% 01/11/2016 31/12/2020 115,818,883 136,257,509

Road 2015-SI-TM-0303-W Traffic Management Integration

in the National Traffic Management Centre

FO 3 ITS Works 25% 30/06/2016 29/11/2019 668,293 786,227

Road 2015-SK-TM-0052-W Motorway D3 Čadca, Bukov -

Svrčinovec FO 1 Core Network Corridors Works 100% 15/11/2016 31/12/2020 74,317,452 114,106,329

Road 2015-SK-TM-0320-S NCE-FastEvNet FO 2 Innovation Studies 33% 01/03/2016 30/03/2019 1,075,437 1,265,220

Road 2016-CZ-TMC-0212-W URSA CZECH REPUBLIC FO 3 ITS Works 100% 01/09/2017 31/12/2019 834,615 981,900

Road 2016-CZ-TMC-0296-S CEZ EV TEN-T Fast Charging

Network FO 2 Innovation Studies 20% 08/02/2017 30/06/2020 499,290 587,400

Road 2016-EU-TM-0163-W CROCODILE 3 FO 3 ITS Works 33% 01/01/2018 31/12/2020 907,830 4,539,150

Road 2016-EU-TMC-0350-S NEXT-E FO 2 Innovation Studies 13% 01/03/2017 31/12/2020 2,449,785 2,882,100

Road 2016-EU-TMC-0351-S

URBAN-E: e-Mobilty, Infrastructure and Innovative

Intermodal Services in Ljubljana, Bratislava and

Zagreb


Network Studies 25% 01/03/2017 31/12/2020 950,525 1,118,265

Road 2016-PL-TM-0281-S

LEM project – pilot implementation of

electromobility along the TEN-T base network

FO 2 Innovation Studies 80% 20/11/2017 22/12/2020 320,381 640,762

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Transport


Funding


Actual

Corridor

Share

Actual Start

Date

Actual End


Road 2016-SI-TM-0229-W Traffic Management Integration

in the National Traffic Management Centre 2

FO 3 ITS Works 26% 03/01/2018 31/12/2020 291,200 1,456,000

Road 2016-SK-TMC-0317-S NCE-AdvancedEvNet FO 2 Innovation Studies 5% 01/03/2017 30/06/2020 308,275 362,676

Road 2016-SK-TMC-0320-S LBG: Fuelling Renewable Transport in the Visegrad

countries FO 2 Innovation Studies 20% 07/02/2017 31/12/2020 5,515,328 6,488,621

Road 2017-DE-TM-0064-W EUROP-E: European Ultra-Charge Roll Out Project -

Electric FO 2 Innovation Works 7% 15/07/2017 31/12/2021 2,737,377 13,686,883

Road 2017-EU-TM-0065-W Central European Ultra

Charging FO 2 Innovation Works 25% 01/08/2017 31/12/2020 3,086,901 15,434,507

Road 2017-EU-TM-0068-W MEGA-E: Metropolitan Greater

Areas - Electric FO 2 Innovation Works 3% 01/08/2017 31/12/2021 879,010 4,395,050

Road 2017-FR-TM-0034-W Blue Stations Network FO 2 Innovation Works 3% 12/07/2017 31/12/2020 163,650 818,250

Road Total

246,542,357 535,653,413

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