Connecting Facility Brenner Base – Studies TRANSPORT

2014-EU-TM-0186-S Member States involved: Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor ,

Implementation schedule Start date: January 2016 End date: December 2019

Budget: Estimated total cost of the action: €605,700,000

Maximum EU contribution: €302,850,000

Percentage of EU support: 50%

Beneficiaries: Republic of Austria www.bmvit.gv.at

Republic of Italy www.infrastrutturetrasporti.it

Implementing body: BBT SE - Galleria di Base del Brennero/Brenner Basistunnel The Action is part of the Brenner Base Tunnel Global Project, centrepiece of www.bbt -se.com the railway upgrade from Munich to . As a low-gradient railway it will enable heavier and longer to operate on the line. Additional information: The Action includes a series of activities between 2016 and 2019 and is the Coordinator’s Report of continuation of activities included in Action 2012-EU-01098-S. The main the Corridor objective of the Action is the planning of the Global Project and the http://ec.europa.eu/transport/them excavation of the exploratory tunnel. The activities focus on planning, es/infrastructure/ten-t- including for authorisation procedures and tendering, and exploratory policy/priority-projects/european- activities in the areas of Ahrental, Wolf and Mules. coordinators_en.htm

Apart from minimising the geological risks, the construction of the exploratory will also serve as an access and drainage system during http://ec.europa.eu/transport the works and operation of the main tunnels.

Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) http://ec.europa.eu/inea

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Update: September 2015