Trans-European road network
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The Trans-European road network (TERN) was defined by Council Decision 93/629/EEC[1] of October 29, 1993, and is a project to improve the internal road infrastructure of the European Union (EU). The TERN project is one of several Trans-European Transport Networks.
The decision of 1993 was further expanded by the Decision No 1692/96/EC[2] of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, which added definition not only to the proposed road network, but to other Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T), as they came to be called.
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[edit] Details of the road network
The trans-European road network, as laid out by the 1996 Council decision, is to include motorways and high-quality roads, whether existing, new or to be adapted, which have one or more of these characteristics:
- they play an important role in long-distance traffic
- they bypass the main urban centres on the routes identified by the network
- they provide interconnection with other modes of transport
- they link landlocked and peripheral regions to central regions of the European Community
[edit] Selected TERN Projects
- Øresund Bridge, Denmark & Sweden (1992-1994)
- Sidcup Bypass, Kent, United Kingdom (1985)
- M25 motorway upgrades, UK (1985)
- M20 motorway upgrades, UK (1986, 1989)
- E-18 (Nordic Triangle) route in Finland (1995-2001)
- A6 extensions in Germany (1997)
- A43 improvements in Maurienne, France (1998)
- A8 autobahn, Germany (2000)
- N-340 from Cádiz to Barcelona via Málaga, Spain (2001)
- P.A.Th.E. (north-south) and Via Egnatia (east-west) motorways, Greece (1990-2004)
- Ireland-UK-Benelux Link
[edit] Projects of common interest
In addition to specific priority axes and projects, projects of common interest to be included relate to the general development of the network, such as the widening or upgrading of motorways, and the construction or improvement of bypasses or ring roads. The network is also to include infrastructure for traffic management and user information, based on active cooperation between traffic management systems at European, national and regional levels. These systems include the establishment of telematic infrastructure for collecting traffic data, the development of traffic information centers and traffic control centers, with the ability to operate across national borders, and the establishment of road information services, in particular the RDS-TMC system.
[edit] References
- ^ Council Decision of 29 October 1993 on the creation of a trans-European road network
- ^ Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network
