Agency for Roads and Traffic
Belgian authorities • Federal government
• Regional government • Flanders • Wallonia • Brussels Capital
• Local government • Cities and communes Vergelijking met andere gewesten
Mobility and Public Works policy area Agency for Roads and Traffic Agency Tasks • Management, maintenance and optimisation of the entrusted roads
• Smooth and safe road traffic organisation
• Provide information and ensure communication
• Help design policy
Agency in Figures: Roads
Numbers of kilometres of roads managed by the Agency
Main roads 895 km Exit roads 427 km Secondary roads 5540 km Ring roads 107 km Total 6.969 km Cycle paths 7.657 km
Agency for Roads and Traffic: Strategic objectives • Accessibility: selectively guarantee the accessibility of economic intersections and gateways • Accessibility: Selectively guarantee the mobility of everyone in Flanders. • Reducing the trafficunsafety • Improve traffic liveability despite the increasing mobility • Reducing the damage to the environment and nature, even if mobility continues to increase
Accessibility Missing Links in Flanders Missing Links in Flanders • Decision Flemish Government 23/03/2007 • Northern access to Brussels’ National airport • Campine North-South Connection • Completion of the R4 around Ghent • North-South Limburg • Redesign of the A11 South hinterland connection Zeebrugge • N60 in Ronse
Missing Links in Flanders • Decision Flemish Government 18/10/2013 • Optimalisation northern branch R0 – zone Zaventem • Transformation R4 East and R4 West to primary roads • Transformation N8 Veurne-Ieper
Northern access to Brussels’ National airport - Zaventem • Project corporation Via-Zaventem • Fourfold: • Exit complex nr.12 E19 Machelen • Luchthavenlaan Viaduct • Cyclists tunnel below Luchthavenlaan and cyclists bridge across E19 • Reparation bridge Luchthavenlaan across E19 • Completed: 25/02/2012 • Total investment: €58,4 mio. Campine North-South Connection • Project corporation Via-Kempen • Twofold: • New road Geel-Kasterlee • Reconstruction complex 23 Geel West • Start command: 05/12/2011 • Planned construction period: • Geel-West: 28 months • Geel-Kasterlee: 30 months • Total investment: €205,9 mio.
Completion of the R4 around Ghent • Transformation into primary road II R4 South in Ghent and Merelbeke
• Start 01/03/2012
• Completion: • Subproject 1: March 2014 • Subproject 2: Octobre 2014
• Total investment: €88,19 mio.
North-South Limburg • Redirection route rural core areas Houthalen- Helchteren • Annulment Plan-EIR and GRUP by Council of State on 29/03/2013 • New Plan-EIR filed: autumn 2013
• Estimated construction period: 3 years
• Total investment: €562,3 mio.
N60 in Ronse • Access region: stimulate economic development • Construction redirection route West of city centre Ronse: primary road I • Plan-EIR approved 11/06/2013 • Project-EIR and reference design finalised: autumn 2013
• Total investment: €165 mio.
Optimalisation northern branch R0 – zone Zaventem • Twofold: • Northern Zone: Connection E40 in the direction of Ghent to Vilvoorde Viaduct • Zaventem Zone: Connection E40 in the direction of Leuven to connection E19 in the direction of Mechelen • Preferred outline: division of the transit and local traffic • Next stages: Preliminary draft– EIR – permits
• Total investment: €98 mio.
Transformation R4 East and R4 West to primary roads • Twofold: • R4 East: km point 0 to km point 14,8 • R4 West: km point 42,9 to km point 58,0
• Connection E34 – E40 and access to the economic zones of the harbor area of Ghent
• Tendering and start construction 2017-2018
• Total investment: € 133,7 mio.
Transformation N8 Veurne-Ieper • Improvement traffic flow and safety route Veurne-Ieper • Threefold: • Interchange A19/N38 • New complex N38 (at Pilkemse weg) • Redirection routes Woesten-Veurne and Hoogstade • Next stages: reference design and specifications/framework • Total investment: €95 mio. A11 Bruges A11 Bruges • Southern delimitation rear port Zeebrugge: construction connecting road N49 Knokke (Westkapelle) and N31 Bruges
A11 Bruges • Southern delimitation rear port Zeebrugge: construction connecting road N49 Knokke (Westkapelle) and N31 Bruges • realization of 12 km road • link between the regional roads N49 Knokke (Westkapelle) and the N31 (Bruges). • a smooth link between Bruges/Zeebrugge Seaport and the hinterland. • separating the harbour traffic from the local traffic • improving the road safety • Improving the quality of life in the region A11 Bruges • Connecting the N49 Knokke (Westkapelle) and the N31 Bruges • New road (2 lanes) with highway status • Three new connections • N31 in Bruges • Seaport • N49 in Westkapelle • Redirection of connection • N31/Blauwe Toren
• Bruges (N31) - Westkapelle (N49) in 6 minutes A11 Bruges • Improving local connections • Bridges, tunnels and roundabouts • New local roads • Cyclists • Improving road safety • 15 km new bicycle path DBFM • Largest DBFM in Flanders up to now • Via A11 N.V. = a public-private partnership between • the consortium Via Brugge • Ondernemingen Jan De Nul • Algemene Aannemingen Van Laere • Franki Construct • Aswebo • Aclagro • the infrastructure fund DG • Gimv • Belfius A11 Bruges • Timing • Start construction: spring 2014 • Estimated construction period 42 months • Total investment: €638,5 mio. • The contract includes a 30 years maintenance period
EIB backs A11 Belgian motorway link
• The European Investment Bank has agreed to support construction of the new 12km long A11 motorway link between Brugge and Westkapelle in Belgium.(construction period: 4 yrs) • Once complete the A11 will provide a direct motorway connection between the port of Zeebrugge and the European motorway network.
• The A11 is both • the first transport project and • the first greenfield PPP in Europe to benefit from the EC-EIB Project Bond Initiative. The Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative
• Objective: to stimulate capital market financing for large-scale infrastructure projects in the sectors of transport (TEN-T), energy (TEN-E) and information and communication technology (ICT)
• By whom: A joint initiative by the European Commission and the EIB • For whom: eligible infrastructure projects promoters, usually public private partnerships (PPP) • For what purpose: enable them to attract additional private finance from institutional investors such as insurance companies and pension funds*
A11 – EIB Project Bonds
• The A11 motorway scheme will be financed using the project bond credit enhancement (PBCE) model. • EUR 578 million of project bonds have been issued for the A11. • The European Investment Bank is also providing a subordinated credit facility of EUR 115 million, which improved the credit rating of the bonds by three notches to A3 according to rating agency Moody’s. *** • In addition, the EIB has acted as an anchor investor for EUR 145 million of the bond issue.
• Successful placement of the 32 year bonds has demonstrated how institutional investors can help finance greenfield infrastructure and PPP projects.
Unfunded PBCE Innovative Features
• Committed financing
• Deferred drawdown structure which matches construction requirements
• Use of the EIB project bond credit enhancement instrument, through a letter of credit representing 20% of senior debt, enhanced the rating from Baa3 to A3.