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Transport public Removal of Infrabel This project concerns the Yes Under 0,33 0,02 - lack of financing The Belgian
level crossings elimination of the level construction railway network,
(belgian crossings. It involves the for which Infrabel
network) construction of bridges, is the
tunnels or roads where infrastructure
necessary, in consultation manager, currently
with local authorities. In encompasses
addition others measures 1,857 level
will be implemented to crossings, 670 of
improve the level of safety of which cross lines
some level crossings which that are included
can not be removed. within the TEN-T
network. These
level crossings
generate three
types of problem:
- safety: they
generate
additional risks for
train traffic and
road users;
- capacity: the
existing level
crossings are
bottlenecks that
reduce among
others the smooth
flow of train traffic
and thus reduce
capacity on the
railways
concerned;
- punctuality:
incidents at level
crossings cause
delays.