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Baltic-Adriatic Corridor CEF support to Baltic-Adriatic Corridor Innovation and Networks Executive Agency Baltic-Adriatic FEBRUARY 2018 1 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 2 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. 3 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 Air 0.0 0 0 Inland Waterways 0.0 0 0 Maritime 204.1 11 3 Multimodal 50.0 10 1 Rail 1,876.1 28 37 Road 246.5 31 2 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 4 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
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