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Transport in the Northern area strategies of Finland
and the Barents cooperation on Transport and logistics
08.06.2017 / Hannu Heikkinen / Planning Director
08.06.2017 Regional Council of Kainuu
KAINUU REGION
08.06.2017 Regional Council of Kainuu / Hannu Heikkinen
Finland´s Chairmanship Program for the Arctic Council 2017 - 2019
Some views:• Human activity in the Arctic region will incrise• Arctic resources may attract worldwide interest• Globally significant transport routes may be created
Four priority areas:• Environmental protection• Connectivity• Meteorological cooperation• Education
08.06.2017 Kainuun liitto / Hannu Heikkinen
A Strategig Vision for the North Confederation of Finnish Industries (ex PM Paavo Lipponen)
Road and rail network• The next major projects must be aimed at the north with the TEN network• The review of the TEN transport network in 2023 is an important milestone• New railway lines to the Arctic Ocean are on the long term agenda and
require sufficient transport volumes before they can be implemented
Three options for the Norwegian rail link• The rail link to Kirkenes build with the Finnish track gauge• The rail link to via Skibotn to Troms, built with the Finnish track gauge• To utilise the Swedish mine railway from Bothnian Bay to Narvik, need to be
built a track gauge interchange station on the border
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Barents cooperationBarents cooperation area
Norway:Nordland, Troms, Finmark
Sweden: Västerbotten, Norrbotten
Finland:Lapland, Oulu Region, Kainuu, North Karelia
Russia:Murmansk, Karelia, Arkangelsk,Komi and Nenets
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BARENTS COOPERATION - mutual cooperation on national and regional level
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NATIONAL LEVEL
Barents Euro Arctic Council(BEAC)Committee of Senior Officials(CSO)Working Groups- Some Joint working Groups
with regional level
- BEATA SteeringCommittee for the Barents Euro-Arctic Pan-European Transport Area
REGIONAL LEVEL
Barents Regional Council(BRC)- Rounding chairmanship on 2
years periods: 2015 – 2017Regional Council of Kainuu
Barents Regional Committee(RC)- Working Groups- Some Joint Working Groups
with national level
- BRWGTL Barents RegionalWorking Group on Transport and Logistics
Joint Barents Transport Plan”BEATA:s Expert Groups prioritized transport network” 2015
Some observations:- Development of the existing
connections- New possible railway
connections:Kolari – Svappavaara (SE-NO)Rovaniemi - Kirkenes (FI-NO)Salla – Kantalahti (FI-RU)BELKOMUR -project (RU)
- The ports of the Northern SeaRoute and the existing railwayconnections: Narvik, Murmansk, Arkangel
- Joint Barents Transport Strategyunder preparation (road connections)
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BARENTS REGIONAL COOPERATION ON TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS
- The backround is the Northern Dimension Partnership on Transport and Logistics, the national level BEATA cooperation, the national transport strategiesand cooperation between the regions of each country
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BRWGTL (Barents Regional Working Group on Transport and Logistics
- Mandate fromBarents Regional Committee
- Representatives from each(14) Barents Region(regional level athorities)
- Charirmanship in Kainuu- Includes all transport
modes- Financed by the budgeds
of the partcipants
Main activities: Barents Freeway –poject 2014Barents Transport and Logistics project application2017
Barents Freeway project 2014Barents Regional Working Group on Transport and logistics (BRWGTL)
• Construction of the new railway (456 km) comprises the following main sections:
• 1. Kemijärvi–Sodankylä 101 km, (Fin)
• 2. Sodankylä–Ivalo–Inari–Finnish/Norwegian border (Näätämö), 325 km (Fin)
• 3. Finnish/Norwegian border (Näätämö)–Kirkenes, 30 km (Nor)
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Barents Freeway project 2014
Potential freight transport volumes using the Rovaniemi–Kemijärvi–Kirkenes railway 2030
• The investment costs of 2025 (the assumed opening year of the railway) including the construction time interests are estimated at 2 264 million EUR.
• Discounted consignor benefits 2025–2055 are1 870 million EUR.
• The benefit/cost ratio of 0.8
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The Barents Freeway project 2014 Studied Kirkenes raiway lines
The studied Kemijärvi–Kirkenes railway line: Railway line Nikel – Kirkenes (dash line)- benefit/cost ratio of 0.8 - benefit/cost ratio of 1.1
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Regional council of Kainuu:Railway network 2050
Versatile connections improve the benefit / cost ratio
08.06.2017
Kainuun liitto / Etunimi Suku
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BARENTS COOPERATION
www.barentsinfo.orgwww.beac.stwww.barentsobserver.com
BRWGTL: [email protected]
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