Infrastructure

News: EIA rules

A third of transport projects in Poland are breaking EU rules, according to a government spokesman.

May 14, 2008 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: Nature sites at risk from EU transport projects

Over a thousand protected nature areas in Europe are under serious threat from high-profile EU-funded transport infrastructure projects according to a new report by BirdLife International, RSPB and other environmental groups [1], which was presented in the European Parliament today.

May 13, 2008 | Infrastructure | Lorries & Road Freight | Railways

News: 13/05/2008 - Transport and Natura 2000

On 13 May 2008 at the European Parliament in Brussels, T&E together with BirdLife International, CEE Bankwatch and EEB launched a groundbreaking report on unifying EU transport and nature conservation policy.

April 23, 2008 | Events | Infrastructure | Lorries & Road Freight | Railways

News: TEN priority projects €40 billion over budget

Europe’s 30 trans-European network transport priority projects will overrun in cost by at least €40 billion, according to a new report by the financial services firm PriceWaterhouse Coopers. The overspend leaves four countries facing heavy bills.

April 16, 2008 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: Poland assurance

The European Court of Justice has confirmed that Poland has agreed not to do any more work on the controversial Augustow by-pass through the Rospuda wetlands until the current legal dispute with the Commission is settled. The Polish government has agreed to look at alternative routes for the by-pass, which was one of the main objections of protesters.

March 12, 2008 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: Third court questions environment assessment of Rospuda bypass

The stretch of the Via Baltica motorway through Poland’s Rospuda valley, which has become a test case for EU environmental safeguards, has once again hit a roadblock.

February 6, 2008 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: Commission Claims Sustainability In Tens Funding List

The Commission has said which trans-European network transport projects will qualify for funding out of the TEN-T budget. It advertised the announcement as a boost for sustainable transport, but there are environmental questions hanging over many of the schemes.

December 13, 2007 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: EIB launches transport policy, but is it different?

The European Investment Bank has published its first investment priorities specifically on transport projects, but environmental organisations are not convinced that much has changed.

October 16, 2007 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: Poland stops work on bypass for now

Poland has backed down for the moment on the controversial Augustow bypass, saying it will not resume construction work until its dispute in the European Court of Justice has been resolved.

September 19, 2007 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: Bypass or impasse? Finding a win/win solution in Augustow

Editorial by Nina Renshaw

Environmentalists versus security guards (or are they vigilantes?), road safety versus nature, residents versus tourists. These are the either/or ways in which the debate over the proposed Augustow bypass in Poland is being reported and hyped.

September 19, 2007 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin