Plans in hand for major European transport investment

The European Commission is allocating the first portion of funds dedicated to the EU transport network. This first tranche is worth some €12 billion. The funds will go towards innovation, inter-modality and inter-operability. CEF, the Connecting Europe Facility, will allocate €26 billion in the period from 2014 to 2020 for transport infrastructure.
April 8, 2014 Read time: 1 min
The 2465 European Commission is allocating the first portion of funds dedicated to the EU transport network. This first tranche is worth some €12 billion. The funds will go towards innovation, inter-modality and inter-operability. CEF, the Connecting Europe Facility, will allocate €26 billion in the period from 2014 to 2020 for transport infrastructure.
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