THE TRANSBOUNDARY IMPACT GENERATED BY WORKS OF IMPROVING THE NAVIGATION CONDITIONS ON THE ROMANIAN-BULGARIAN COMMON SECTOR OF THE DANUBE
THE TRANSBOUNDARY IMPACT GENERATED BY WORKS OF IMPROVING THE NAVIGATION CONDITIONS ON THE ROMANIAN-BULGARIAN COMMON SECTOR OF THE DANUBE

Summary/Abstract: Improving navigation conditions on the Romanian-Bulgarian sector of the Lower Danube over a distance of 450 km will contribute to the implementation of the agreed European standards of the inland waterways between the Black Sea and the countries in Central and Western Europe, during periods with low river flow. As a result of implementation of dredging and technical solutions proposed by this project for the Romanian – Bulgarian common sector, and solutions developed for other river sectors (Tulcea branch, Calarasi – Braila sector), the Danube waterway will also meet the navigation conditions stipulated by the Danube commission in Budapest. The functionality of the Pan-European Transport Corridor number VII will be improved, resulting in benefits for the European Union member states, but also for other countries in the north – western Balkans (Serbia, Croatia) and in eastern Europe (Ukraine, Republic of Moldova). This Danube sector is also in line with the priority axes of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) of which the Rhine/Meuse-Main-Danube inland waterway axis is part. This waterway axis crosses Europe from the North Sea to the Black Sea, and has a great number of connections to road transport and railways. The transboundary impact will be analyzed considering the benefits and the negative effects over two major aspects: the impact on upstream countries and the impact on downstream countries.

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