Besides the TEN-T network, the set of so-called Pan-European transport corridors
was considered. Those ten corridors were defined at the second Pan-European
Transport Conference, in Crete in March 1994, as routes in Central and Eastern
Europe that required major investment over the next ten to 15 years. Additions were
made at the third conference in Helsinki in 1997. (These corridors are thus sometimes
referred to as either the ‘‘Crete corridors’’ or ‘‘Helsinki corridors’’, regardless of their
geographical locations.) A tenth corridor was proposed after the end of hostilities
between the states of former Yugoslavia. These development corridors are distinct
from the Trans-European transport networks that include all major established routes
in the European Union. This is despite the fact that there are proposals to combine the
two systems; most of the countries involved are now members of the EU.
The corridor list was supplemented with the Pan-European corridors mentioned
above (not listed here due to space limitations). Where applicable, a combination
of TEN-T and Pan European corridors was made. A new list of 45 corridors was
formed as a result of this consolidation.
An internal pre-selection workshop was then arranged. The aim was to preselect
10–15 corridors for further work. Criteria for pre-selection are shown in
Table 9.3. Assessment of the corridors according to these criteria was carried out
using the Delphi method. Table 9.4 shows the final corridors selected.
It should be made clear that the above corridors were chosen only for purposes
of the SuperGreen project. Selection by no means implies any endorsement, either
by the SuperGreen consortium or by the EC, of these corridors vis-à-vis any other