Rhine-Alpine Corridor Presentation of the corridor work plan by the European Coordinator Mr Pawel Wojciechowski Hearing in the European Parliament, Brussels, 13 October 2015 Transport Corridor characteristics (1) ● 5 Member States and Switzerland ● 13 urban nodes ● 11 airports ● 8 seaports ● 22 inland ports ● 20 Rail-Road Terminals Transport Corridor characteristics (2) The freight modal split (cross-border traffic in 2010) • 54% - inland waterways • 34% - road • 12% - rail Transport Corridor process in 2014 - 2015 • 4 Corridor Forum meetings with gradually increasing number of stakeholders • 2 working group meetings (IWW/Ports, Regions) • Several bilateral meetings and missions along the corridor by the former and the new European Coordinator • Corridor meeting during the TEN-T Days in Riga in June 2015: presentation of the corridor work plan to a wider Transport Main outputs so far Corridor study with detailed analysis of the corridor, including a multi-modal transport market study TENtec maps illustrating compliance of corridor infrastructure with TEN-T standards List of projects planned to be implemented along the corridor by 2030 ...which led to: A corridor work plan presented by the European Coordinator and unanimously approved by all MS in May 2015 Transport Corridor work plan: agreed priorities Amsterdam 1. Improving compliance with the TEN-T requirements, mostly for rail (including ERTMS) and inland waterways; Rotterdam Roads Moerdijk IWW Nijmegen Vlissingen Zeebrugge 2. Implementing the large rail cross-border projects between NL-DE, DE-CH and CH-IT; Duisburg Antwerpen Urban nodes Airports Düsseldorf Albertkanaal Ghent Maritime ports Köln Brussels Inland ports Liege Rail - Road terminals Koblenz Frankfurt M. Mainz Mannheim/ Ludwigshafen Mertert 3. Promote innovative solutions (RIS, ITS, deployment of LNG infrastructure; 4. Reduce external effects of transport, in particular the rail noise pollution; Railways Utrecht Karlsruhe Strasbourg Mulhouse Aarau / Basel Rekingen Birrfeld Zürich Bern 5. Maintain existing infrastructure in good condition, in particular road and inland waterways; Chiasso Novara Milano 6. Investing in ERTMS along the corridor. Genova Transport High investment needs ● 175 projects (including 30 in Switzerland) have been identified which would be needed for the development of the Rhine-Alpine Corridor until 2030 ● Estimated total volume of investments of around 60 billion EUR ● Examples of key projects: o Karlsruhe-Basel: >6 billion EUR o Zevenaar-Emmerich-Oberhausen: >2 billion EUR o Chiasso-Milano: >1.4 billion EUR Transport Project list Corridors shall facilitate the coordinated implementation of the Core Network List of CEF in Annex I, part I, with pre-identified projects List of projects resulting from the work on the Corridors is obviously longer: more detailed sectioning, studies and works The long list has a focus up till 2030, date of completion of the Core Network The CEF Annex runs up till 2020 There is no direct link between the two lists: being in the long list is not a guarantee for financial support and vice-versa Transport Recommended CEF funding per corridor Rhine - Danube €2,148.4 M Scandinavian - Mediterranean €1,917.3 M North Sea - Baltic €1,753.2 M North Sea - Mediterranean €1,604.2 M Mediterranean €1,282.6 M Baltic - Adriatic €1,027.4 M Atlantic €946.1 M Orient/East-Med €832.5 M €610.5 M Rhine - Alpine 0 500 1,000 MAP Cohesion Transport 1,500 AP 2,000 2,500 Rhine – Alpine CEF funding per section/mode Karlsruhe - Basel €354.3M (1) Rotterdam - Zevenaar €59.9M (1) Basel - Antwerpen/Rotterdam - Amsterdam €58.2M (4) Genova - Milano/Novara - CH border €43.0M (2) Other €40.5M (6) Zevenaar - Emmerich - Oberhausen €32.7M (1) Frankfurt - Mannheim €15.8M (4) Genova €4.7M (1) Zeebrugge - Gent - Antwerpen - DE border €1.5M (1) ( ) = Number of projects 0 RAIL ERTMS 50 ITS 100 INTEROPERABILITY 150 NODES PORT Transport 200 MULTIMODAL 250 ROAD 300 INNOVATION 350 IWW 400 Thank you for your attention Transport