The TEN-T project aims to establish a single, multimodal network that integrates land, sea and air transport networks throughout the EC.
A broad consensus was reached that a lack of financial resources, due to the current economic crisis, does not mean that the long-term aim to extend the network to the outer regions of the EU should be reduced.
Ministers welcomed an EC commitment to continue to make funding available to build the extended network.
Kallas said: “This policy review comes at a crucial time for Europe. This [network] will be vital if European businesses are to remain competitive and we are to make transport more sustainable.
“We will need to effectively link the eastern and western parts of the EU so that all member states enjoy full access to the internal market.”
Minister of State for Infrastructure Pál Völner added: “Social and economic cohesion cannot be achieved without the construction of all the missing elements of the complete TEN-T network and improving the existing infrastructure elements that are in a poor condition.
“Insufficient accessibility may slow economic development across the entire European Union.”
The EC is expected to publish its legislative proposal on the review of the TEN-T policy this summer.
Source: IFW
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