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 Adelsberger

Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation und Technology, Vienna, Austria,
Chairman of Pan-European Corridor IV

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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 recommendation
of HLG II
- Proposal for administration of major transnational axes

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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
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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“.

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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

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PANEUROPEAN CORRIDOR IV
Definition 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 (?)
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PRIORITY TEN-AXES NO. 7 AND NO. 22

Road Rail

No. 7 No. 22
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TEN-T PRIORITY AXIS NO. 22 – CORRIDOR IV
TEN AXIS NO. 22
PRIORITY SECTION

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

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 INVESTMENT NEEDS FOR CORRIDOR IV (2005)
Costs for infrastructure investements along Corridor IV

€ 4.000,00 million

€ 3.900,00 million
€ 3.500,00 million

€ 3.000,00 million

€ 2.530,00 million
€ 2.500,00 million € 2.350,00 million

€ 2.000,00 million

€ 1.500,00 million
€ 2.825,63 million

€ 1.000,00 million € 902,00 million

€ 2.096,14 million
€ 950,00 million
€ 1.559,30 million € 900,00 million

€ 500,00 million
€ 900,00 million € 600,00 million
€ 470,00 million € 400,00 million € 500,00 million € 340,00 million
€ 90,00 million € 52,18 million
€ 0,00 million
Germany Czech Austria Slovakia Hungary Romania Bulgaria Greece Turkey
Republic

Road infrastructure Rail infrastructure

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HLG II: AUSTRIAN PROPOSAL FOR SOUTHEAST AXIS (1)
Corridor IV
Corridor VII (Danube)
Corridor X
NÜRNBERG MoS – Motorway of the sea
– multimodal node

MoS

MoS
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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
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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

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

SC
N Axis
TS
SC
C Axis TS
SC
SE Axis
* TS
SC
SW Axis
TS
SC
MoS
* TS

EC
HLG
N Axis
– European Commission
– High Level Group
– Northern Axis
*
Chair Chair
C Axis – Central Axis
SE Axis – South-East Axis
SW Axis – South-West Axis
MoS – Motorways of the Sea Regional Regional
TS – Technical Secretariat Subgroup Subgroup

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 THANK YOU
FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION!
Helmut Adelsberger
Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology,
Vienna, Austria

helmut.adelsberger@bmvit.gv.at

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