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New Projects, New Funds September 2014
Worksheet
1. feeder road – a minor road used to bring traffic to a major road
2. seamless transport - integrated transport = combining different transportation modes, e.g.
rail and road
3. bottleneck - a narrow stretch of road or a junction at which traffic is or may be held up
4. to remedy bottlenecks – to relieve or cure leevendama
5. to enhance - to intensify or increase in quality, value, power, etc; improve;võimendama,
tugevdama
6. to foster - to promote the growth and development of; edendama
The Cohesion Fund; cohesion countries
The Cohesion Fund contributes finances in the field of the environment and trans-European
transport networks. It applies to member states with a Gross National Income (GNI) –
rahvamajanduse kogutulu; rahvuslik kogutulu) of less than 90% of the EU average. As such,
it covers all 12 new member states as well as Greece, Portugal and Spain.
Fill in the blanks with suitable words:
The meaning of the abbreviation TEN-T is ………………………………..
The EU’s infrastructure policy was first introduced in ………………………
The European network will consist of nine main………………………………..
The network will include
.......................... north-south corridors
.......................... east-west axes
.......................... transportation routes running diagonally across Europe
In this network
 bottlenecks will be ...............................
 infrastructure will be …………………………
 cross-border traffic will ................................ flows
Timing: The core network will be completed by the year .......................
Funding: The funds from EU for the transportation infrastructure for the period 2014 – 2020
will amount to .............................
Additional investment will be provided by the ………………………
The focus is on the ………………………. connections. That is why half of the funding is
dedicated to the ………………………………………. countries.
The new core network will be enhanced with ……………………… at regional and national
levels. So all the regions will be connected.
By the year 2050 most citizens and companies in Europe will be no more than ……………….
minutes away from the …………………….. .
The new network will remedy …………………. and enable more …………………. , faster and
safer transport.
94 European …………………. and 38 …………………… will be connected to the new rail and
road network.
In addition, 15,000 km of …………………………….. for high-speed transportation will be
constructed.
Siim Kallas, EU transportation ………………………….., explained that without good transport
……………………………. European economy cannot grow.