Infrastructure

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

News: Work to Restart?

The Polish government says building work on the controversial Augustów by-pass will begin again on 1 August.

July 26, 2007 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: Delays shorten Tens funding application period

Delays in approving financing plans for trans-European transport networks for the period 2007-13 have left member states with just two months to apply for funding.

June 21, 2007 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: Betuwe and LBT: a tale of two infrastructure projects

T&E has warned about false or excessive expectations of large transport infrastructure projects. With two rail schemes having opened this month, T&E Bulletin asks writers from the respective countries to see whether the projects are good news or not.

June 21, 2007 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: Legal judgements give teeth to EU protection

Two legal judgements have suggested that the battle to use EU environmental laws to stop a new motorway ruining Poland’s Rospuda Valley may be working.

May 9, 2007 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: European Court confirms legal action over Rospuda valley

The Commission has begun legal action against Poland to protect valuable wildlife habitats from a new motorway.

April 12, 2007 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: Why does the EU not respect the ‘polluter pays’ principle?

Editorial by Andras Lukacs

The EU is preparing to provide aid to Hungary’s national development reference framework under the Transport Operational Programme
and the Regional Operational Programmes. This money will be used mainly to fund long-distance road projects and to improve accessibility
to airports.

March 8, 2007 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: EU shows its teeth over controversial by-pass

The Commission is set to take rare legal action against Poland to force it to stop the highly controversial Augustow by-pass being built through the protected Rospuda Valley in north-eastern Poland.

March 8, 2007 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin

News: More cases of EIA rules being ‘ignored’

Concern is growing at the number of projects – mainly in central Europe – that are violating EU environmental legislation.

February 13, 2007 | Infrastructure | T&E Bulletin