Parts of this article (those related to the progress of the developments) need to beupdated.(September 2010) |
The tenPan-European transport corridorswere defined at the second Pan-European transport Conference inCrete,March 1994, as routes in Central and Eastern Europe that required major investment over the next ten to fifteen years. Additions were made at the third conference inHelsinkiin 1997. Therefore, these corridors are sometimes referred to as the "Crete corridors" or "Helsinki corridors", regardless of their geographical locations.
These development corridors are distinct from theTrans-European transport networks,which is aEuropean Unionproject and include all major established routes in theEuropean Union,although there are proposals to combine the two systems, since most of the involved countries now are members of the EU.
The corridors variously encompass road, rail and waterway routes.