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Investment in Transportation Infrastructure in the Republic of Croatia

A specific configuration of Croatia with total area of 87, 661 km2 (land of 56, 594 km2), indicates vital importance of transport infrastructure for its development. However, due to exceptional geographical position, transit transport has very important significance in terms of connecting Central Europe with the countries of Southeast Europe. The Pan-European transport corridors which are passing through Croatia (Vb, Vc, VII and X) emphasises above mentioned statement. A basic network of transport infrastructure in Croatia is consisted of: roads (29, 038 km), railways (2, 722 km), sea ports of national interest, inland waterways, airports and terminals for combined transport. The paper will analyse the overall transport infrastructure in Croatia with special emphasis on investment in road and railway network and comparison of models of their funding as well. An investment in building a new transport infrastructure is one of the prerequisites of continued sustainable development. In the past ten years, very intensive investments in road infrastructure, particularly motorways, were carried out. The cycle of investing in Croatian motorways is in its final stage with more than 1000 km of the new network. The investment cycle in railway infrastructure is still expected, and it is essential due to infrastructure inadequacy. The main problem is on the Pan-European corridors, where infrastructure must comply with the European standards. It is expected that the investment cycle in railways will last at least 15 years. At the end of the paper suggestions for more intensive, efficient and transparent investment solutions will be proposed.

transport infrastructure; investment

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