4 Amendments of Samuli POHJAMO related to 2008/2218(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. emphasises that Structural Funds, in particular the Cohesion Fund, could contribute to TEN-T objectives more efficiently if regional development and transport policy were dovetailed to more useful effect and if priorities were more focused and funding concentrated on bottlenecks and cross-border sections of projects as well as on new challenges affecting transport, namely climate change and energy supply;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. also points out that better interconnection of TEN-T and third country transport networks will improve the position of border areas in particular and bring added value to interregional cooperation and the EU as a whole;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. emphasises that peripheral regions are strongly penalised by their limited access to TEN-T corridors; recommends that Member States improve local interconnections in order to minimise the costs associated with a peripheral situation and that they ensure that the TEN-T networks cover the whole of EU territory;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. is of the opinion that a real bottom-up approach fully involving regional and local authorities, business, stakeholders of civil society and local populations in the decision- making and planning process, is a prerequisite to ensuring fast implementation of TEN-T projects and their durability in the long term;