WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4041/98 by Alexandros ALAVANOS Transeuropean transport networks - Egnatia highway - vertical road axes
Date: 1999-01-13
Institutions: ALAVANOS, European Parliament
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, EU financing, Greece, cross-border cooperation, frontier region, motorway, road building, road transport, trans-European network, transport network













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91998E4041

WRITTEN QUESTION No. 4041/98 by Alexandros ALAVANOS Transeuropean transport networks - Egnatia highway - vertical road axes  


Official Journal C 341 , 29/11/1999 P. 0027 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-4041/98by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission(13 January 1999)Subject: Transeuropean transport networks - Egnatia highway - vertical road axesThe Egnatia highway, which is currently under construction as part of the trans-European transport network, will provide an effective and operational link and, at the same time, make an essential contribution to forging closer relations between the regions on either side of the border once the vertical road axes linking it with Greece's neighbouring countries, Albania, FRYOM, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, have been completed.What stage has been reached by the various projected sections of the vertical road axes linked to the Egnatia highway, with regard to budgeting and the necessary preparatory works, in each of the third countries concerned?Answer given by Mr Kinnock on behalf of the Commission(9 March 1999)The Commission agrees that the efficiency of the Egnatia motorway, a trans-European network priority project in Greece that is linked to pan-European corridors IV, IX and X, will be improved by the construction and operation of the vertical road axes linking Egnatia to Albania, to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and to Bulgaria. These axes will also contribute to trans-border co-operation in the area.The Community support framework 1994-1999 for Greece, the Community initiative Interreg II and the Cohesion fund already co-finance, in Community territory, the construction of the following road axes linking Egnatia with Albania, FYROM and Bulgaria:- Greek/Albania border: Ioannina-Kakavia and Siatista-Kristallopigi- Greek/FYROM border: Kozani-Florina-Niki- Greek/Bulgarian border: Thessaloniki-Serres-Promachon and Alexandroupolis-OrmenioWork is progressing on all of these axes.The PHARE programme co-finances the continuation of the axes Ioannina-Kakavia and Siatista-Kristallopigi up to Durres in the Adriatic Sea and the continuation of the axis Thessaloniki-Serres-Promahon up to Sofia.In Albania, PHARE is financing the road rehabilitation from Kakavia to Gjirokaster with 15 millions euro. The contractor is expected to start the works in May 1999.In FYROM, PHARE is financing construction on the E75 (4,6 kilometres) at Gevgelija with an amount of 6,2 millions euro. This road connects FYROM with Thessaloniki. Also on the E75, PHARE will finance the section Negotino-Demir Kapija with 30 millions euro. 11 millions euro have already been allocated by the 1997 and 1998 cross border co-operation (CBC) programmes. The balance is to be financed by the 1999 and 20 programmes. Technical design is available.In Bulgaria, the 1998 PHARE CBC assistance was intended to improve the road between Thessaloniki and Sofia as well as the axis Alexandroupolis-Ormenio up to Haskovo.Regarding Yugoslavia, appropriate information is not available.The Community will of course continue its efforts to utilise all possibilities for further co-financing these links within existing and future Community instruments, in the framework of the Agenda 2000 of the period 2000-2006.