The European Commission announced on 21 February the projects which have been awarded funding under the Trans-European transport network (TEN-T) calls for proposals published in 2010.  A total amount of 170 million euro has been awarded to 51 projects that will help Member States to build missing transport links, remove bottlenecks and increase the safety and security of transport, with a special focus on making transport more sustainable, multimodal as well as promoting public–private partnerships PPPs).

Over the course of 2010, 51 projects involving 24 Member States were selected to receive TEN-T funding as part of three separate calls under. All projects were evaluated on the basis of their relevance to TEN-T priorities and policy objectives, namely their maturity; their impact, particularly socio-economic and environmental, as well as their quality in terms of completeness, clarity, soundness and coherence.

Over the 124 proposals received by the Commission, most of them were related to rail transport (36) followed by multimodal transport (34), and have received funding for 14 and 13 projects respectively. It can be highlighted that, all 5 proposals which were presented under the River Information Services (RIS) call, have been awarded funding.

Funding awarded by the Commission under the 2010 multi-annual work programme  aimed to finance the highest priorities of the TEN-T network can be summarised as:

• Projects funded under Motorways of the Sea (MoS ) Call, providing viable alternatives for congested roads by shifting freight to sea routes – eight projects selected, 84.9 million euro in funding.
• Project funded under River Information Services (RIS) Call, involving traffic management infrastructure on the inland waterway network – five projects selected, 7.1million euro in funding.
• Air traffic management systems and functional airspace blocks (ATM/FABs) – four projects selected, 20.5 million euro in funding, which was allocated in a separate call for ATM/FABs published on 16 February.

The 2010 TEN-T annual work programme, funded with 78.2 million euro in total, complements the efforts developed under the multi-annual work programme with a view to better utilise scarce EU funds and maximise the impact in three priority areas: promoting the development of an integrated and environmentally friendly transport system as well as studies for the preparation of deployment projects contributing to the addressing of climate change, accelerating/facilitating the implementation of TEN-T projects as well as projects supporting the Single European Sky policy, and studies to support Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). I total 34 projects have received 78,1 million euro.

The awarded funding is aimed to help to attract substantial public and private financing, with the leverage effect being almost five times the level of EU assistance. The projects will be managed by the TEN-T Executive Agency, under the auspices of the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission.