Europäischer Rechnungshof - European Court of Auditors
EU transport megaprojects: where do we stand?
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EU transport megaprojects: where do we stand?
- Online press briefing under embargo on 19 January at 10.30 CET (RSVP)
- Publication the same day at 17.00 CET
- Video and audio statements available upon request
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) would like to invite you to an online press briefing on its upcoming special report on recent developments in EU transport infrastructure, focusing on the cost of and schedules for megaprojects. It will be held in English and under embargo at 10.30 a.m. CET on Monday 19 January.
The purpose of the briefing is to provide you with a detailed overview of the audit, and to put its conclusions and recommendations into context. It will also give you a chance to discuss the report with ECA Member Annemie Turtelboom and representatives of the audit team.
RSVP: Please let us know by 1.00 p.m. on Friday 16 January whether you intend to take part in the virtual briefing; we will then send you detailed instructions on how to connect.
To allow for an informed discussion, confirmed participants can receive an embargoed copy of the report and press release upon request ahead of the briefing. Both documents will be published on the ECA’s website on 19 January at 5.00 p.m. CET.
Background
EU megaprojects are at the core of the Trans European Transport Network (TEN-T), which aims to achieve better connectivity across Europe, remove bottlenecks, and facilitate cross-border mobility.
Five years after publishing a report on the subject, the EU auditors have reassessed the key data collected and observations made in 2020 so as to check whether the issues identified back then have been tackled, particularly as regards costs and timing. Eight TEN-T megaprojects directly concerning 13 EU countries are being examined: four railways (Rail Baltica, Lyon-Turin, the Brenner Base Tunnel, and Basque Y), one waterway (Seine-Scheldt), one motorway (the A1 in Romania), and two multimodal connections (the Fehmarn Belt road/rail link, and the E59 rail link to ports in Poland).
The follow-up report will determine whether these multibillion-euro infrastructure projects and their access lines are on track to be operating at full capacity by 2030 as initially planned.
Contact:
ECA press office: press@eca.europa.eu