by David Edwards-May | Jul 12, 2012 | Inland water transport, New waterways, Waterway funding
The Seine-Nord canal project is now very close to being abandoned by the French Government, along with the Lyon-Turin rail link and base tunnel and about 15 other sections of the high-speed rail network, promoted in 2010 under the ‘Grenelle’ package of...
by David Edwards-May | Jul 6, 2012 | Inland water transport, New waterways, Policy, Waterway funding
The Seine-Nord Europe Canal project is still alive! The proposed Seine-Nord Europe Canal will create a high-capacity freight corridor from Le Havre to northern France, the Benelux countries and the Rhine, for a cost estimated at €4.3 billion, of which €2.1 billion to...
by David Edwards-May | Jun 24, 2012 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Waterway funding, Waterway restoration
A report commissioned by former prime minister François Fillon has delivered its verdict on the scale of works required to restore the Canal du Midi’s priceless tree canopy. The 42,000 plane trees (82% of the trees lining the banks) are being decimated by canker...
by David Edwards-May | Jun 7, 2012 | Inland water transport, New waterways, Policy, Waterway funding
French president François Hollande supports inland water transport as a carrier of freight to and from the country’s struggling seaports. While still a candidate in the second round of the presidential election, he signed on May 2nd a letter to two waterway...
by David Edwards-May | May 21, 2012 | Inland water transport, New waterways, Policy, Waterway funding
Barge owners and operators will contribute up to half of the cost of building the 106km long Seine-Nord Europe canal through the toll levied by the canal’s future private-sector operator. Two approaches were discussed at a meeting on April 18 in Ghent, bringing...
