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Friday, 29.03.2024, 12:23
EU Commission: Rail Baltic cost-benefit analysis is correct
"The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport have no reason to
doubt the methodological quality of the analysis that - once again - was
carried out in accordance with the standards of the European
Commission," Herald Ruijters,
director of the MOVE B directorate of the Directorate-General for Mobility
and Transport of the European Commission's TEN-T mobility program said in
a letter to opposers of the Rail Baltic project from the Estonian
NGO Avalikult Rail Balticust (Openly About Rail Baltic) according to RB Rail AS, the joint venture
established by the three Baltic countries for the construction of the Rail
Baltic high-speed railway.
Ruijters said that both those who carry out the project and those who
compiled analysis have always been prepared to carry a constructive dialogue
with all parties. The full version and results of the report are publicly
accessible on the project's website. In addition, public presentations of the
report have taken place at Rail Baltica Global Forum events both in Riga and
Estonia.
The Estonian NGO Avalikult Rail Balticust has previously expressed the
opinion that the cost-benefit analysis carried out by Ernst&Young (EY) is
not in accordance with the standards of the European Commission and thus does
not qualify for EU funding.
RB Rail is a joint
venture established by the three Baltic countries in October 2014. The Rail
Baltic project seeks to establish a direct railway connection between the
Baltic states and the European railway network enabling speeds of up to 240
kilometers per hour for passenger trains and 120 kilometers per hour for
freight trains.