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JOINT TASK FORCE EC-EIB-MEMBER STATES ON DEVELOPING INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN THE EU
PROJECT LIST OF BELGIUM
Public / Included in Total Investment
Public- national investment in 2015 –
Private / Implementing investment cost (EUR 2017 (EUR Socio-economic
Sector Sub-sector Private Project name agency Description plan (yes/no) Status bn) bn) Barriers / solutions justification

FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION 19,73 12,58
MINISTRY OF MOBILITY 5,62 1,84
TRANSPORT 5,62 1,84
Transport public ETCS Infrabel For the Belgian government Yes Under 2,20 0,76 -International This program has
deployment on and the infrastructure construction coordination is needed, multiple
Belgian manager Infrabel, safety is - Network effect at EU objectives:
network the key element for the level (importance of first • Major
development of the Belgian investment) improvement in
railway network in the years - Lack of financing the level of safety
to come. For this reason, the on the entire
national ETCS Masterplan network;
has set the target of • Improvement in
equipping the whole of the the interoperability
Belgian railway network with of the Belgian
ETCS by 2022. network situated in
the heart of the
European railway
network for freight
(connection of
three railway
freight corridors to
the port of
Antwerp and
Zeebrugge) and
for passengers
(European high-
speed network);
• To meet
European
requirements set
by ITS CCS and
by the European
deployment plan
for ERTMS;
• Equipping the
Belgian Core
Network with
ERTMS by 2030
(requirment of the
TEN-T Guidelines,