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It is our opinion that the TINA Secretariat should give some advice in accepting or not
accepting the objections of the Romanian government towards construction of a
second combined (rail and road) bridge across the river Danube at Vidin – Calafat. …
[Also] we are extremely surprised that after all discussions, sent data and the
succeeding decisions on this page of the Final TINA Report Haskovo – Makaza is still
treated as a branch with no continuation on the Greek side. We absolutely object to
this reappearing problem to be included in the Final Report.
Petko Tabakov, Deputy Minister of Transport, Bulgaria
What will be the role of the Steering Committee of the Pan-European Transport
Corridors in comparison to the TINA follow-up?
Juhani Tervala, Finish Representative of the TINA Senior Officials Group
You refer to a “common method for socio-economic project assessment, as endorsed
in September 1999 by the Group.” To our knowledge, the Group has not endorsed
anything, and up to now, we have not seen such a method that would be acceptable
and workable. 12
G. Chatelus, French Ministry of Transport
Hungary feels that the realization of the Szekesfehevar – Bogond – Pustzaszabolcs –
Adony – Cegled railways alignment is not realistic until 2015 as indicated.
András Hardy, Director General, Hungarian Ministry of Transport
Who are the “respective authors”? Why [do] TINA countries have no access to the
database? … At present there are no three (3) lane roads and in future there will not be
[any] three (3) lane roads in Poland because the construction of such roads is not
permitted by the Polish Law.
Adam Grodzicki, Polish Ministry of Transport (re-iterating/re-including comments by
the Polish Steering Committee representative during the final meeting in Triest in
1999)
Given these continued misunderstandings and disagreements, the status of TINA
as the guiding tool for EU investment in CEE transport infrastructure was problematic –
and TINA always remained a somewhat disputed document even within the Commission
itself.
12 The above text represents an unofficial English translation provided the TINA secretariat. The original
French text read as follows: “Le rapport fait reference à une “common method for socio-economic project
assessment, as endorsed in September 1999 by the Group”. A notre connaissance, le Groupe n’a pas adopté
quoi que ce soit, et jusqu’à présent nous n’avons pas eu connaissance d’une telle méthode qui serait
acceptable et fonctionnelle.“