Third Work Plan of the European Coordinator Mathieu Grosch APRIL 2018
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Orient East Med Third Work Plan of the European Coordinator Mathieu Grosch APRIL 2018 Mobility and Transport Orient/East-Med TEN-T Core Network Corridor – 3rd Work Plan of the European Coordinator April 2018 This report represents the opinion of the European Coordinator and does not prejudice the official position of the European Commission. The European Commission does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this report. Neither the Commission nor any person acting on the Commission’s behalf may be held responsible for any potential use which may be made of the information contained herein. 2 Orient/East-Med TEN-T Core Network Corridor – 3rd Work Plan of the European Coordinator Table of Contents Table of Contents .............................................................................................. 3 Figures ............................................................................................................. 5 Tables .............................................................................................................. 6 1. Towards the Orient / East-Med Corridor Work Plan ......................................... 7 1.1. A Core and Multimodal Network Approach ............................................. 7 1.2. CEF funding ....................................................................................... 7 1.3. Road Map to setting up the Corridor Work Plan ...................................... 8 1.4. Key Activities for the Corridor .............................................................. 8 1.5. Content ............................................................................................. 9 2. Characteristics of the Orient/East-Med Corridor ............................................ 10 2.1. Corridor alignment ............................................................................ 10 2.2. Compliance with the TEN-T guidelines technical infrastructure parameters in 2017 ........................................................................... 13 2.2.1. OEM railways network and Rail Road Terminals ..................................13 2.2.2. The OEM inland waterway network and ports .....................................14 2.2.3. The OEM seaports and maritime infrastructure ...................................15 2.2.4. The OEM road infrastructure ............................................................15 2.2.5. The OEM airports ...........................................................................17 2.3. Progress of Corridor Development ....................................................... 17 2.3.1. Accomplished rail projects ...............................................................18 2.3.2. Accomplished IWW projects .............................................................19 2.3.3. Accomplished maritime projects .......................................................20 2.3.4. Accomplished road projects .............................................................20 2.3.5. Accomplished RRT projects ..............................................................21 2.3.6. Accomplished airport projects ..........................................................21 2.3.7. Selection of accomplished projects with highest contribution to KPI ......22 3. Transport Market Analysis .......................................................................... 24 3.1. Results of the Multimodal Transport Market Study (MTMS) ..................... 24 3.2. Capacity issues along the OEM Corridor by 2030 ................................... 25 3.2.1. Rail capacity ..................................................................................25 3 Orient/East-Med TEN-T Core Network Corridor – 3rd Work Plan of the European Coordinator 3.2.2. IWW capacity ................................................................................26 3.2.3. Capacity of Seaports and hinterland connections ................................26 3.2.4. Road capacity ................................................................................27 3.3. Analysis of potential market uptake / Modal Shift .................................. 27 4. The OEM CNC identified projects to be realised by 2030 ................................ 28 4.1. Overview of the project list ................................................................. 28 4.2. Analysis per transport mode ............................................................... 30 4.2.1. Rail and Rail -Road Terminal development .........................................30 4.2.2. ERTMS deployment.........................................................................31 4.2.3. IWW and Inland Ports development ..................................................31 4.2.4. Maritime Ports and MoS development ...............................................32 4.2.5. Road Transport and ITS development ...............................................33 4.2.6. Airports .........................................................................................33 4.2.7. Innovation .....................................................................................33 4.3. Urban Nodes roles in the CNC ............................................................. 34 5. Future Challenges ..................................................................................... 36 5.1. How do we identify the Critical Issues of Corridor development ............... 36 5.2. Persisting bottlenecks ........................................................................ 36 5.2.1. Persisting Gaps in Rail & RRTs including ERTMS .................................37 5.2.2. Persisting Gaps in IWW & Inland Ports including RIS Deployment .........41 5.2.3. Persisting Gaps in Maritime Ports & MoS ...........................................44 5.2.4. Persisting Gaps in Road Network, alternative fuels and ITS ..................45 5.2.5. Persisting Gaps for Airports .............................................................46 5.3. Persisting Administrative & Operational barriers Administrative and operational barriers often cause significant competitive disadvantage for an efficient, competitive and reliable transport on the Orient/East-Med Corridor. .......................................................................................... 47 5.3.1. Persisting Administrative & Operational barriers in Rail .......................47 5.3.2. Persisting Administrative & Operational barriers in Inland Waterways ...48 5.3.3. Persisting Administrative & Operational barriers in Seaports ................48 5.3.4. Persisting Administrative & Operational barriers in Roads ....................49 5.4. Links with neighbouring countries in the Western Balkan area ................. 50 4 Orient/East-Med TEN-T Core Network Corridor – 3rd Work Plan of the European Coordinator 6. Infrastructure implementation by 2030 and the environmental, socio- economic effects ....................................................................................... 53 6.1. What has still to be done .................................................................... 53 6.2. Innovation Deployment ...................................................................... 53 6.3. Impacts to Jobs & Growth .................................................................. 54 6.4. Impact to decarbonisation and Climate Change Adaptation ..................... 54 6.4.1. Emissions ......................................................................................54 6.4.2. Climate Change adaptation ..............................................................56 6.5. Infrastructure funding and innovative financial instruments & Project’s Financial Sustainability ...................................................................... 57 6.5.1. Background information ..................................................................57 6.5.2. Corridor-related information ............................................................59 7. Pilot initiative – the Rail border Two Hour Goal ............................................. 62 8. Recommendations and Outlook by the European Coordinator ......................... 64 8.1. Over the period 2014 – 2017 .............................................................. 64 8.2. Recommendations per mode ............................................................... 64 8.2.1. Railway network improvements ........................................................64 8.2.2. Inland waterways improvements ......................................................66 8.2.3. Maritime ports improvements ..........................................................67 8.2.4. Roads projects improvements ..........................................................67 8.2.5. Airports intermodality improvements ................................................68 8.3. Importance and proximity .................................................................. 68 8.4. The continuity and coordination .......................................................... 69 8.5. The importance of a transnational and multimodal approach ................... 69 8.6. The financing adapted to the project and public interest ......................... 69 8.7. An efficient, pragmatic and complementary approach ............................ 70 8.8. The need for Rail breakthroughs over the period 2018 – 2023 ................ 70 Figures Figure 1: Alignment and nodes of the Orient/East Med Corridor ............................11 Figure 2: Projects expected to be completed in 2017 ..........................................18 Figure 3: Accomplished projects