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Atlantic CorridorThe corridor work plan
Next steps for the Corridor
Prof. Carlo Secchi – EU Coordinatorr
TEN-T Days, Riga, June 22nd 2015
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What happened so far:
● 4 Corridor Forum meetings in Brussels in 2014 with gradual involvement of Member States, infrastructure managers of all transport modes and Regions
● 2 Working Group sessions (Ports / Regions)
● Final corridor study with detailed analysis of corridor presented in December 2014
● Corridor work plan, based on corridor study & Fora by European Coordinator and sent to MSs on December 2014 – improvements by MS and agreement
● May 2015: Hearing in the European Parliament
● Today: open presentation on Work plan & State of play
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● Strong maritime component
● 13 core ports (Sea &/ IWW)
● RFC 4 as land backbone
● 4 Member States
● 4 cross-border sections
● Linking 3 capitals, crossing two large urban nodes
● Two gauges: UIC and Iberian
Work plan in a nutshell: Key features AC
Madrid
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● Electrification: almost 90% electrified; however 4 different power systems in use
● Two different gauges (UIC – Iberian) – need for a share deployment plan in the Iberian Peninsula
● ERTMS: almost absent (7%) but peaking up by 2020
● LNG deployment on the maritime needed to benefit from the position and connections with SECA (North America & North Sea-Baltic)
● Starting interoperable road tolling system, to be pursued
TEN-T compliance
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Corridor objectives and priorities
• Enhancing multimodality and rebalancing the modal split
• Deploying interoperability linking national networks, rail interoperability (gauge, ERTMS…), e-tolling systems
• Exploiting the external dimension, boosting the maritime–innovation, simplification and cleaner fuels
● Improve ports connectivity (notably IWW/Rail - electrified)
● Develop new models for logistic platforms
● Cooperation with ERTMS Coord. to accelerate its take-up
● Joint deployment plan for UIC gauge in Iberian peninsula
● Complete the missing link (Evora-Badajoz); urban crossing and cross-border routes/services
● Speed-up LNG & single window deployment in Corridor ports
● Enhance Corridor visibility vs. WW flows and logistic areas
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Atlantic Corridor state of Play:
Progress on Cross-borders and Main ports investmentsDark Blue=Works, Pale B.=Studies submitted to CEF call / EIB
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Today's Milestone
• Constitution of the Spanish-Portuguese working group of the Atlantic Core Network Corridor
• Announced jointly in the Iberian Summit and in TEN-T Days.
• Focus: development of the infrastructure of the Atlantic Multimodal Corridor consistently with EU, national and the Corridor planning.
• Side-measures to enhance maritime potential
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What's next? ● Selection of consultant for further development of the corridor
study and support to the European Coordinator - ongoing
● Aim: to deepen and consolidate the analysis of 2014
● Update and deepen the projects list with the aim to better define and highlight the key investments (detailed description of projects' timing and costs,; feasibility and maturity; added value for the corridor; …)
● Enhance coherence between CNCs, horizontal priorities (ERTMS and MoS); structure dialogue with the RFC
● Mainstream innovation, ITS, sustainability, interoperability
● Deal with environmental impact & climate change
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Planning 2015 - 2016● 5th Corridor Forum: 1 October 2015 BXL – inception
report on methodology to progress on the corridor study
● 6th Corridor Forum: 8 December 2015 BXL – first progress report of the consultant
● Working group on Cross-borders along the Corridor: 27-29 October (tbc)
● Two further Corridor Forum meetings in 2016
● June 2016: Update of corridor work plan