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Transport Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia (2017 – 2030) Transport Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia (2017 – 2030) Republic of Croatia MINISTRY OF THE SEA, TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE Transport Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia (2017 - 2030) 2nd Draft April 2017 The project is co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund. Republic of Croatia Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure I Transport Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia (2017 – 2030) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background on development of a Croatian Comprehensive National Transport Plan .................................................. 1 1.2 Objectives of the Transport Development Strategy (TDS 2016) ............................. 4 1.3 Revision of the TDS (2016) Ex-Ante conditionality .................................................. 4 1.4 Methodology for the development of the TDS (2016) ............................................ 5 2 Analysis .................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 General aspects of transport ................................................................................... 7 2.2 Public transport and zero-emission modes ........................................................... 34 2.3 Rail Transport......................................................................................................... 72 2.4 Road transport ....................................................................................................... 93 2.5 Air transport ........................................................................................................ 121 2.6 Maritime Transport ............................................................................................. 137 2.7 Inland navigability and river transport ................................................................ 167 3 Objectives ............................................................................................................ 187 3.1 General Objectives (GO) ...................................................................................... 187 3.2 Specific Objectives (SO) ....................................................................................... 188 4 Measures ............................................................................................................. 193 4.1 General measures ................................................................................................ 194 4.2 Specific measures ................................................................................................ 198 4.2.1 Urban, suburban and regional transport ..................................................... 198 4.2.2 Railway transport ......................................................................................... 202 4.2.3 Road transport ............................................................................................. 208 Republic of Croatia Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure I Transport Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia (2017 – 2030) 4.2.4 Air transport ................................................................................................. 214 4.2.5 Maritime transport ...................................................................................... 218 4.2.6 Inland navigation .......................................................................................... 223 5 Measures in relation to objectives ...................................................................... 227 5.1 Public transport and zero-emission mode ........................................................... 227 5.2 Railway transport ................................................................................................. 229 5.3 Road transport ..................................................................................................... 231 5.4 Air transport ......................................................................................................... 233 5.5 Maritime transport .............................................................................................. 235 5.6 Inland navigation ................................................................................................. 237 Republic of Croatia II Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Transport Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia (2017 – 2030) 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background on development of a Croatian Comprehensive National Transport Plan Republic of Croatia applied to become an EU Member State in March 2003 and in June 2004 officially received a candidate country status. The EU accession negotiations with Croatia started in October 2005. In June 2011, accession negotiations were closed. Republic of Croatia signed the accession Agreement with EU members in Brussels on 9 December 2011. In March 2012, Croatian Parliament ratified Accession Treaty. Republic of Croatia attained a status of the accession country in June 2004 and has benefited since then from various pre-accession instruments provided by the European Union, relevant to the transport sector, namely ISPA and IPA. Republic of Croatia became Member State on 1st July 2013. The Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 lays down common provisions on the ESI Funds as ex-ante conditionality for the programming period of sectorial strategies for 2014 to 2020. The Transport ex-ante conditionality is considered fulfilled when it achieves the following outcomes: • The existence of a Comprehensive Transport Plan for investment • The Plan complies with legal requirements for Strategic Environmental Assessment • The Plan sets out the contribution to the Single European transport Area • A realistic and mature pipeline of projects for which support from the Cohesion Fund and ERDF is envisaged • Measures to ensure the capacity of intermediate bodies and beneficiaries. In its guidance on ex-ante conditionality, the European Commission describes how the fulfilment of the ex-ante conditionality is based on an assessment of key processes and components. Where the ex-ante conditionality in transport are not fulfilled, an Action Plan may be required addressing the actions needed to fulfil the ex-ante conditionality at Republic of Croatia Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure 1 Transport Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia (2017 – 2030) the latest by the end of 2016. This situation may arise either where a Transport Plan is not reaching the required level of completeness, or some of the other EACs are not fulfilled. The decision-making process to establish the fulfilment of the Ex Ante Conditionality, and the possible requirement for an Action Plan and further Assessment Round with reference to the Comprehensive Transport Plan, is set out below: Figure 1: Establishing the Requirement for an Action Plan related to the Comprehensive Transport Plan (Source: JASPERS) Transport infrastructure development in the Republic of Croatia is considered essential for economic and social development and promotion of inter-regional exchange. It is an instrument of regional development, facilitating the flow of goods, as well as the access of people to employment, health, education and recreation. The authority responsible for the development of the National Transport Development Strategy is the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure (MSTI). The Ministry has already taken the actions to fulfill the ex-ante conditions by creating a Traffic Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia for the period from 2014 to 2030, in following text TDS (2014). TDS (2014) was adopted by the Croatian Government on October 30th 2014 (Official Gazette No. 131/14). Republic of Croatia 2 Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Transport Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia (2017 – 2030) TDS follows a robust methodology, in line with EU and JASPERS1 guidelines and recommendations. In order to develop the current TDS (2014), MSTI organized 6 sector subcommittees for developing concepts of sector strategies for rail, road, maritime, inland waterways, air transport and for the first time on the level of national strategic transport planning, sector for urban, suburban and regional mobility. The result was the drafting the concepts of sector transport strategies that was completed in July 2013. The process of merging the sector transport strategies into a single and comprehensive Transport Development Strategy document started in August 2013 by using the functional regional and sector approach. The functional regional approach implies the division of the Republic of Croatia in functional regions based on real mobility interactions, regardless of the county or national borders; in some cases the functional regions partially overlap with other functional regions. The sector approach implies the analysis of the key transport sectors i.e. rail, roads, inland waterways, maritime and transport, regarding national and international mobility. Finally, the outcomes of the analysis of the functional regional approach and the sector analyses are used to identify the multimodal objectives and measures to achieve these objectives which are identified for each transport sector. In September 2013, parallel to the process of developing the TDS (2014), the SEA process
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