The Seine-Scheldt inland waterway network - cross border secƟon ...

Commission Decision:
C(2008)8141
Member States involved:
France, Belgium
Implementa� on schedule:
Start date: January 2007
End date: December 2013
Es� mated end year: Post 2015
Budget:
Total project cost: €4,258,697,340
EU contribu� on: €420,190,000
Na� onal budgets: €874,457,340
Regional/local budget: €962,110,000
Ac� on promoter: €1,986,290,000
Other sources: €15,650,000
Percentage of EU support:
Studies and Works: 9.867% (average)
The Seine-Scheldt inland waterway
network - cross border sec� on between
Compiègne and Ghent
2007-EU-30010-P • Part of Priority Project 30
This project, part of Priority Project 30 Inland Waterway Seine-Scheldt is designed to connect the Seine and Scheldt river
basins, and, to a broader extent, the en� re Rhine-Scheldt delta and the Rhine basin (Priority Project 18 - Waterway axis
Rhine/Meuse-Main-Danube). It will not only help alleviate serious road conges� on which aff ects the north-south economic
axis, but also open up a new European freight corridor between Le Havre, Paris, Dunkerque, Antwerp, Liège and Ro� erdam/
Amsterdam.
Along this corridor, the project will allow the concentra� on of freight in push-tows carrying up to 4,400 tonnes. At the same
� me it will provide high capacity access to the northern seaports – and a catchment market of more than 60 million people. The
project investments will be aimed at elimina� ng the main bo� lenecks, and will concern the following three sec� ons:
• Seine-Ghent
• Condé-Pommeroeul to Sambre
• Upper Scheldt
MAP Review
The Mid Mid-Term Term evalua� evalua�on on concluded that the proj project is signifi cantly behind schedule due to poli� cal, fi nancial and technical
issues. Thus, it will not be completed by the end of 2015. Given this delay, it will not be possible to maintain the EU support
for the part of the ac� vi� es to be carried out a� er 2015. This entails a reduc� on of the TEN-T contribu� on of approximately
€44.3 million. The comple� on of around 85% of the project by the end of 2015 is more realis� c, provided that the following
condi� ons are met:
• the compe� � ve dialog of the PPP process is launched by the end of 2010
• the compe� � ve dialog is completed and the contract awarded by the end of 2011
• the project con� nues to respect the revised implementa� on planning provided in the 2010 ASR

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MAP Review
End
2010
End
2011
End
2012
The Seine-Scheldt inland waterway
network - cross border sec� on between
Compiègne and Ghent
2007-EU-30010-P • Part of Priority Project 30
Planned, updated and revised cumulative costs (€ Million)*
4,258.7
End
2013
End
2014
End
2015
4,593.7
4,593.7
Post
2015
Planned costs (Decision) Revised costs (MAP review) Updated costs (as reported by the beneficiary)
End
2010
Planned and revised cumulative TEN-T contribution (€ Million)*
End
2011
End
2012
420.2
End
2013
End
2014
375.9
End
2015
Planned TEN-T contribution (Decision) Revised planned TEN-T contribution (MAP review)
*Rounded fi gures