TEN-T Days Riga22 June 2015

A view from peripheriesA focus on the Bothnian

Corridor

Erik BERGKVIST, President of the Regional Executive

Committee of Västerbotten

The Bothnian CorridorThe Bothnian Corridor on both sides of the Bothnian Gulf in Sweden and Finland, is part of the TEN-T Core Network.

It connects the Northern Axis with the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor and the North Sea-Baltic Corridor.

Important issues:- Fulfilment of the Corridor

especially the North Bothnia Line- Connect Bothnian Corridor with

the TEN-T Core Corridor Scandinavian-Mediterranean.

EU-program för bästa nytta

Midway Alignment of The Bothnian Corridor- Kvarken Multimodal Link between Vasa and Umeå -

Main objectivesStrengthening a transport link connecting Finland and Sweden

• Fully integrated transport solution in the Baltic Sea Region within the TEN-T system.

• Providing wider benefits: LNG as ship fuel, new innovative ice‑breaking technology.

• Improve the hinterland connections.• Reliable transport connection

between several regions in northern Sweden and western Finland.