Al servizio di gente unica Workshop II. Regional Airports. Regional airports: accessibility and intermodality AER SUMMER SCHOOL 2010 – August, Tuesday

Al servizio di gente unica

Workshop II. Regional Airports.“Regional airports:

accessibility and intermodality”

AER SUMMER SCHOOL 2010 – August, Tuesday 24th 2010

Regional Airports: Accessibility and Intermodality

AER SUMMER SCHOOL 2010 – Workshop II – Tuesday, August 24th

Starting points:

• Regional airports accessibility has increasingly become a critical question;

• investments on airport accessibility through sustainable modes of transport are required, also by passengers;

• exchange of information and best practices regarding specific national solutions and measures taken in congestion cases are recommended at EU level.



How to proceed:

• Taking into account budget constraints;• Improving existing infrastructure network;• Upgrading accessibility through

intermodality and sustainable modes of transport;

• Looking for best practices on passengers’ accessibility to Airports.



Funds finding: open questions

• EU TEN-T funds within Annual and Multi-annual Programme 2007 - 2013?

• Are EU structural funds to be exploited?• Which are the most suitable 2007 – 2013

Objectives/Programmes? Objective 1 “Convergence” and 2 “Regional

Competitiveness and Employment”? Or Objective 3 ““European Territorial

Cooperation”?• Is there any State Aid issue?



Friuli Venezia Giulia “case study”: 1) infrastructural development of the intermodal

hub annexed to Ronchi dei Legionari airport (Trieste) – Objective 2 2007 - 2013

2) setting up a light railway network with bordering regions/states –

Objective 3 2007 - 2013



1) Type of intervention: development of existing infrastructure• Target: the whole intermodal hub

including the regional Airport• Objective: support of the small regional

airport by improving its accessibility via development of the infrastructural environment

• Small regional airport = pivotal trigger investment for the whole regional intermodality



Geographical location:



Geographical location:



Accessibility: railway network and ports

Bologna

Rimini

Trento

Ferrara

Forlì

Fiume (HR)

Klagenfurt (A)

Padova

Belluno

Bolzano

Rovigo

Venezia

Pordenone

TrevisoVicenza

Udine Lubiana (SLO)

Trieste

Gorizia

Pola (HR)

Porto Nogaro

MonfalconeCapodistria (SLO)

Zagabria (HR)



Area of intervention:



Area of intervention:

Existing railway line



Development phase: first funtional tranche



Transport demand estimation (medium):



Transport demand estimation (max):



1) Type of intervention: what is planned to be financed? PUBLIC INFRASTRUSTUCTURES

• new internal viability for a speed and smooth connection of all the parts of the intermodal hub

• Parking area • New train-stop next to the

airport (~ 200 m) • Public transport bus station



Funds involved:

• Regional laws and administrative acts transferring public resources from the Regional budget to the Gorizia Province and Ronchi dei Legionari Municipality budget

• EC Dec. C(2007) 5717, 20/11/2007, approving ROP ERDF (2007 – 2013, Objective 2)



Possible State aid involvement?- Regional Airport Guidelines (2005 C-312/01)• This section concerns aid for the construction of

airport infrastructure and equipment or facilities that directly support them as defined in paragraphs 53(i) and 54 above

• airport infrastructure and equipment (runways, terminals, aprons, control tower) or

• facilities that directly support them (fire-fighting facilities, security or safety equipment)NOT part of the airport GROUNDS in the

strict meaning of the EC definition of “airport infrastructure”



Possible State aid involvement?- it’s a matter of economic advantage -• The infrastructural intervention is meant to

improve the regional intermodality as a strategic transport policy which indirectly benefits among others the pivotal actor within the intermodal hub = the airport manager

positive externality

Reasonable conclusion:General measure of economic policy

within the regional transport and land-

use / location planning strategy



Possible State aid involvement?- precautionary “competition friendly” attitude

“If it is not possible to rule out the possibility of State aid, the measure in question must be notified”

if aid is involved, it may be declared compatible if the infrastructure …

1) airport infrastructure and equipment (runways) is constructed and operated pursuing a clearly defined objective of general interest

2) is necessary and proportional to the objective which has been set

3) is open to all potential users in an equal and non-discriminatory manner

4) has satisfactory medium-term prospects for use, in particular as regards the use of existing infrastructure

5) does not imply the affection of trade to an extent contrary to the Community interest



2) Type of intervention: making the most of territorial cooperation• Crossborder cooperation project “ADRIA

A” – (Programme Italy – Slovenia 2007 – 2013) will carry out a study on airport development in the crossborder Programme area and on the impact on the competitivity of airports of a new railway link among Venice, Trieste and Ljubljana airports

Venic

e Ljubljana

Treviso 120 km



2) Type of intervention: making the most of territorial cooperation - ADRIA A project• Phase 1): definition of airport

competitivity and status quo assessment; • Phase 2): definition of the role of rail

transport and assessment of its impact on airport competitivity



Thank you for your attention!

Massimiliano AngelottiTel. 0039 040 3774720

E-mail: [email protected]

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