Study on permitting and facilitating the preparation of TEN-T core network projects Annex 4 – Case studies N˚MOVE/B3/2014-751 September 2016 Study on permitting and facilitating the preparation of TEN-T core network projects TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 CASE RAILWAY CONNECTION LYON TURIN (VAL DE SUSA) ....................................... 4 1.1 Project description ................................................................................................ 5 1.2 Timeline – Key milestones ..................................................................................... 5 1.3 Analysis ................................................................................................................... 7 1.4 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 10 2 CASE FEHMARN BELT FIXED LINK ............................................................................... 11 2.1 Project description .............................................................................................. 12 2.2 Timeline – Key milestones ................................................................................... 12 2.3 Analysis ................................................................................................................. 14 2.4 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 17 3 CASE BRENNER BASE TUNNEL .................................................................................... 18 3.1 Project description .............................................................................................. 19 3.2 Timeline – Key milestones ................................................................................... 19 3.3 Analysis ................................................................................................................. 21 3.4 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 24 4 CASE RAIL BALTICA (INCLUDING THE WARSAW-BIALYSTOK LINK) .......................... 26 4.1 Project description .............................................................................................. 27 4.1.1 Rail Baltica ............................................................................................. 27 4.1.2 Warsaw-Bialystok link ............................................................................ 28 4.2 Timeline of key milestones .................................................................................. 28 4.2.1 Rail Baltica ............................................................................................. 28 4.2.2 Warsaw-Bialystok link ............................................................................ 30 4.3 Analysis ................................................................................................................. 31 4.4 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 33 5 CASE SEINE – SCHELDT ............................................................................................... 34 5.1 Project description .............................................................................................. 35 5.2 Timeline – Key milestones ................................................................................... 36 5.3 Analysis ................................................................................................................. 39 5.4 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 43 6 CASE DANUBE – COMMON SECTION BULGARIA-ROMANIA ................................... 45 6.1 Project description .............................................................................................. 46 6.2 Timeline – Key milestones ................................................................................... 48 6.3 Analysis ................................................................................................................. 49 6.4 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 51 7 CASE LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG) TERMINAL IN RUSE (DANUBE) ....................... 52 7.1 Project description .............................................................................................. 53 7.2 Timeline – Key milestones ................................................................................... 54 7.3 Analysis ................................................................................................................. 54 7.4 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 57 8 CASE ROAD BRNO-VIENNA ....................................................................................... 58 8.1 Project Description .............................................................................................. 59 8.2 Timeline – Key milestones ................................................................................... 60 2 8.3 Analysis ................................................................................................................. 62 8.4 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 66 9 CASE LE HAVRE PORT 2000 ........................................................................................ 68 9.1 Project description .............................................................................................. 69 9.2 Timeline – Key milestones ................................................................................... 69 9.3 Analysis ................................................................................................................. 71 9.4 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 73 10 CASE WESER RIVER, INCLUDING BREMEN AND BREMERHAVEN PORT ACCESSES, AND ELBE RIVER, INCLUDING HAMBURG PORT ACCESS .................................................. 74 10.1 Project description .............................................................................................. 75 10.2 Timeline – Key milestones ................................................................................... 75 10.3 Analysis ................................................................................................................. 76 10.4 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 80 11 PROJECT CROSS-BORDER SECTION TRIESTE-DIVACA-KOPER .................................. 81 11.1 Project description .............................................................................................. 82 11.2 Timeline – Key milestones ................................................................................... 83 11.3 Analysis ................................................................................................................. 85 11.4 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 87 12 PROJECT RAIL ZEVENAAR-EMMERICH-OBERHAUSEN ............................................... 89 12.1 Project description .............................................................................................. 90 12.2 Timeline – Key milestones ................................................................................... 90 12.3 Analysis ................................................................................................................. 93 12.4 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 95 13 PROJECT LIEGE TRILOGIPORT ..................................................................................... 97 13.1 Project description .............................................................................................. 98 13.2 Timeline – Key milestones ................................................................................... 98 13.3 Analysis ............................................................................................................... 100 13.4 Conclusuons ...................................................................................................... 101 LIST OF ANNEXES ...............................................................................................................102 ANNEX 1: SELECTED BIBIOGRAPHY - OVERVIEW OF SOURCES (DESK RESEARCH) ........102 ANNEX 2: STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTED (INTERVIEWS) .....................................................108 3 1 CASE RAILWAY CONNECTION LYON TURIN (VAL DE SUSA) 4 1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The new railway link Lyon-Turin , totalling 270 km, is part of the Mediterranean Core Network Corridor and constitutes the core of the Lyon-Ukrainian border high capacity rail axis. The 1,638 km railway axis from Lyon to the Ukrainian border is the main east-west passage south of the Alps, connecting the Iberian Peninsula with the eastern part of Europe and beyond. This railway link comprises the 57 km long cross-border base tunnel, which starts at St-Jean-de- Maurienne (France) and exits in the Valley of Susa (Italy), replacing the existing line from 1871. It also comprises the access routes from Lyon and Turin. The new base tunnel will be dug