Transport in the Northern area strategies of and the Barents cooperation on Transport and logistics

08.06.2017 / Hannu Heikkinen / Planning Director

08.06.2017 Regional Council of Kainuu KAINUU REGION

08.06.2017 Regional Council of Kainuu / Hannu Heikkinen Finland´s Chairmanship Program for the Arctic Council 2017 - 2019

Some views: • Human activity in the Arctic region will incrise • Arctic resources may attract worldwide interest • Globally significant transport routes may be created

Four priority areas: • Environmental protection • Connectivity • Meteorological cooperation • Education

08.06.2017 Kainuun liitto / Hannu Heikkinen A Strategig Vision for the North Confederation of Finnish Industries (ex PM Paavo Lipponen)

Road and rail network • The next major projects must be aimed at the north with the TEN network • The review of the TEN transport network in 2023 is an important milestone • New railway lines to the Arctic Ocean are on the long term agenda and require sufficient transport volumes before they can be implemented

Three options for the Norwegian rail link • The rail link to build with the Finnish track gauge • The rail link to via Skibotn to Troms, built with the Finnish track gauge • To utilise the Swedish mine railway from Bothnian Bay to , need to be built a track gauge interchange station on the border

08.06.2017 Kainuun liitto / Hannu Heikkinen Barents cooperation Barents cooperation area

Norway: Nordland, Troms, Finmark

Sweden: Västerbotten, Norrbotten

Finland: , Oulu Region, Kainuu, North Karelia

Russia: Murmansk, Karelia, Arkangelsk, Komi and Nenets

08.06.2017 Regional Council of Kainuu / Hannu Heikkinen BARENTS COOPERATION - mutual cooperation on national and regional level

NATIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL LEVEL

Barents Euro Arctic Council Barents Regional Council (BEAC) (BRC) Committee of Senior Officials - Rounding chairmanship on 2 (CSO) years periods: 2015 – 2017 Working Groups Regional Council of Kainuu - Some Joint working Groups Barents Regional Committee with regional level (RC) - Working Groups - BEATA Steering - Some Joint Working Groups Committee for the with national level Barents Euro-Arctic Pan- European Transport Area - BRWGTL Barents Regional Working Group on Transport and Logistics

08.06.2017 Regional Council of Kainuu / Hannu Heikkinen Joint Barents Transport Plan

”BEATA:s Expert Groups prioritized transport network” 2015

Some observations: - Development of the existing connections - New possible railway connections: – Svappavaara (SE-NO) - Kirkenes (FI-NO) Salla – Kantalahti (FI-RU) BELKOMUR -project (RU) - The ports of the Northern Sea Route and the existing railway connections: Narvik, Murmansk, Arkangel - Joint Barents Transport Strategy under preparation (road connections)

08.06.2017 Regional Council of Kainuu / Hannu Heikkinen BARENTS REGIONAL COOPERATION ON TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS

- The backround is the Northern Dimension Partnership on Transport and Logistics, the national level BEATA cooperation, the national transport strategies and cooperation between the regions of each country

BRWGTL (Barents Regional Working Group on Transport and Logistics

- Mandate from Barents Regional Committee - Representatives from each (14) Barents Region (regional level athorities) - Charirmanship in Kainuu - Includes all transport modes - Financed by the budgeds of the partcipants

Main activities: Barents Freeway –poject 2014 Barents Transport and Logistics project application 2017

08.06.2017 Regional Council of Kainuu/ Hannu Heikkinen Barents Freeway project 2014 Barents Regional Working Group on Transport and logistics (BRWGTL)

• Construction of the new railway (456 km) comprises the following main sections: • 1. Kemijärvi–Sodankylä 101 km, (Fin) • 2. Sodankylä–Ivalo–Inari– Finnish/Norwegian border (Näätämö), 325 km (Fin) • 3. Finnish/Norwegian border (Näätämö)–Kirkenes, 30 km (Nor)

08.06.2017 Regional Council of Kainuu / Hannu Heikkinen Barents Freeway project 2014

Potential freight transport volumes using the Rovaniemi–Kemijärvi– Kirkenes railway 2030

• The investment costs of 2025 (the assumed opening year of the railway) including the construction time interests are estimated at 2 264 million EUR. • Discounted consignor benefits 2025–2055 are 1 870 million EUR. • The benefit/cost ratio of 0.8

08.06.2017 Kainuun liitto / Hannu Heikkinen The Barents Freeway project 2014 Studied Kirkenes raiway lines

The studied Kemijärvi–Kirkenes railway line: Railway line Nikel – Kirkenes (dash line) - benefit/cost ratio of 0.8 - benefit/cost ratio of 1.1

08.06.2017 Regional Council of Kainuu / Hannu Heikkinen Regional council of Kainuu: Railway network 2050

Kainuun liitto / Etunimi Suku Versatile connections improve the benefit / cost ratio

08.06.2017 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BARENTS COOPERATION

www.barentsinfo.org www.beac.st www.barentsobserver.com

BRWGTL: [email protected]

08.06.2017 Regional Council of Kainuu / Hannu Heikkinen