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11-13-2013, 01:51 AM
Corridor Vc, the part of Pan-European Network of Transport Corridors
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To ensure the uniqueness of the European transport system there has been defined Pan-European network of transport corridors. Ten main corridors CEMT were being defined at the conference of Ministers of Transport from European countries in Helsinki 1997. The main objective of this initiative was the corridor agreement with common standards, technical elements, traffic parameters and levels of service.
One of them is Corridor Vc which connects Kiev (Ukraine) to the Adriatic Sea through Lvov and Budapest (Hungary). It consists of three branches, and branch Vc follows European route from Budapest (Hungary) to Ploče (Croatia), via Osijek (Croatia), Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), interrelating with Corridor X on the route Zagreb - Belgrade.
At the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina there is the longest part - 335 km - Vc of arm of this corridor, which extends by its central area, mainly through valleys of Bosna and Neretva rivers, or areas with the highest concentration of population, natural resources and the work created ones. In the area of corridor in its width of 40 km (on less than 20% of the territory), there are more than 50% of the population, which achieves more than 60% of the total GDP of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Construction of motorway on Corridor Vc improves connectivity of Bosnia and Herzegovina with neighboring countries and advances the potential for economic development. The project has the strong support of the Government of Federation of B&H, and it is expected to have allowed better integration of the country with the European economic and social structures.
The pan-European Corridor V.c (Ploče– Sarajevo– Osijek-Budapest) is a branch of Corridor V (Venice - Trieste/Koper– Ljubljana– Budapest– Uzgorod-Lvov), and a section which passes through Croatia has been divided into two parts, the northern part (Beli Manastir-Osijek-Vrpolje-Slavonski Šamac, in the length of 106.6km) and the southern part (Metković– Ploče, in the length of 22.9 km). This Corridor plays an important role in connecting the eastern part of Croatia via Corridor X with the central part, neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary, as well as with Europe in general. The Osijek– Strizivojna/Vrpolje section is today the only connection between Osijek and Vinkovci. According to the current categorisation it belongs to the category of the main secondary lines, included in the network according to the TER project, as well as in AGC and AGTC agreements. Since it is in a technically extremely poor condition, its reconstruction is a must so that it could satisfy the stipulated parameters in the mentioned agreements. According to the existing project documentation there are four variants of reconstruction solutions, which differ mostly in the deviations in the region of Viškovci and Meteor. The work gives an analysis of the current condition of the mentioned section, the basic characteristics of the future condition of the railway line, and the technical and technological presentation of the solution variants. In order to select the best variant, the methods of multi-criteria and cost-benefit analyses have been applied. The variant solutions have been evaluated through technical and technological and economic parameters. The conclusion presents the results of the applied methods which are the basis for suggesting the most acceptable variant for reconstruction.
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To ensure the uniqueness of the European transport system there has been defined Pan-European network of transport corridors. Ten main corridors CEMT were being defined at the conference of Ministers of Transport from European countries in Helsinki 1997. The main objective of this initiative was the corridor agreement with common standards, technical elements, traffic parameters and levels of service.
One of them is Corridor Vc which connects Kiev (Ukraine) to the Adriatic Sea through Lvov and Budapest (Hungary). It consists of three branches, and branch Vc follows European route from Budapest (Hungary) to Ploče (Croatia), via Osijek (Croatia), Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), interrelating with Corridor X on the route Zagreb - Belgrade.
At the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina there is the longest part - 335 km - Vc of arm of this corridor, which extends by its central area, mainly through valleys of Bosna and Neretva rivers, or areas with the highest concentration of population, natural resources and the work created ones. In the area of corridor in its width of 40 km (on less than 20% of the territory), there are more than 50% of the population, which achieves more than 60% of the total GDP of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Construction of motorway on Corridor Vc improves connectivity of Bosnia and Herzegovina with neighboring countries and advances the potential for economic development. The project has the strong support of the Government of Federation of B&H, and it is expected to have allowed better integration of the country with the European economic and social structures.
The pan-European Corridor V.c (Ploče– Sarajevo– Osijek-Budapest) is a branch of Corridor V (Venice - Trieste/Koper– Ljubljana– Budapest– Uzgorod-Lvov), and a section which passes through Croatia has been divided into two parts, the northern part (Beli Manastir-Osijek-Vrpolje-Slavonski Šamac, in the length of 106.6km) and the southern part (Metković– Ploče, in the length of 22.9 km). This Corridor plays an important role in connecting the eastern part of Croatia via Corridor X with the central part, neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary, as well as with Europe in general. The Osijek– Strizivojna/Vrpolje section is today the only connection between Osijek and Vinkovci. According to the current categorisation it belongs to the category of the main secondary lines, included in the network according to the TER project, as well as in AGC and AGTC agreements. Since it is in a technically extremely poor condition, its reconstruction is a must so that it could satisfy the stipulated parameters in the mentioned agreements. According to the existing project documentation there are four variants of reconstruction solutions, which differ mostly in the deviations in the region of Viškovci and Meteor. The work gives an analysis of the current condition of the mentioned section, the basic characteristics of the future condition of the railway line, and the technical and technological presentation of the solution variants. In order to select the best variant, the methods of multi-criteria and cost-benefit analyses have been applied. The variant solutions have been evaluated through technical and technological and economic parameters. The conclusion presents the results of the applied methods which are the basis for suggesting the most acceptable variant for reconstruction.