Special Report 10, 2020, EU transport infrastructures: more speed needed in megaproject implementation to deliver network effects on time.

This is a report by the European Court of Auditors into delays in the implementation of eight transport infrastructure “megaprojects”:

  • Rail Baltica: a rail line connecting Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to Poland andenabling a link to Finland (on the North Sea Baltic corridor);
  • the Lyon-Turin link: a cross-border rail link connecting France and Italy (on the Mediterranean corridor);
  • the Brenner Base Tunnel: a cross-border rail link connecting Austria and Italy (on the Scandinavian-Mediterranean corridor);
  • the Fehmarn Belt fixed link: a rail/road connection between Denmark and Germany (on the Scandinavian-Mediterranean corridor);
  • the Basque Y and its connection with France: a high-speed rail connection linkingup Vitoria in Spain to Bordeaux in France (on the Atlantic corridor);
  • the Seine-Scheldt link: originally an inland waterway link between the rivers Seine and Scheldt, evolving into an inland waterway network in France and Belgium (on the North Sea Mediterranean and Atlantic corridors);
  • the A1 motorway in Romania (on the Rhine-Danube corridor);
  • the E59 railway line in Poland and its connection to the ports of Szczecin and Swinoujscie (on the Baltic-Adriatic corridor).

Press release is here.

Politico Article discussing the report is here.

Copy of the report is here.

Graphic showing megaproject locations