Seine–Nord Europe Canal
The Canal Seine- Nord Europe ( CSNE ), and inland waterway Seine -Scheldt and Seine-Nord Canal, the project is a 106 km long canal in the south-north direction through northern France between the catchment areas of the rivers Seine and Scheldt. Vessels up to Category Vb ( pushed convoy with two barges ) are able to run on the planned waterway. She would the Paris Basin and the greater Paris area ( Ile- de -France ) with Belgian ports, especially the port of Antwerp connect. The project was included in the Transport Plan of the European Union ( Project No. 30 on the list of 30 priority projects ).
The project design was completed in 2010. At that time it was expected that commissioning in 2017.
After the change of government in France ( mid-2012 ) the construction costs were re-estimated. A finished in January 2013 and released on March 29, 2013 Report of the ' Conseil général de l' environnement et du développement durable ' ( CGEDD ) and the ' Inspection générale des finances ' (IGF ) estimated the actual cost to more than 7 billion euros and drew attention to project risks. Transport Minister Frédéric Cuvillier said, the costs were underestimated, overestimated the revenue; funding is unreachable. He proposed to change before the pipeline route; the European Commission should pay one-third of project costs. Even in the face of the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area, the financing of the project is considered questionable.
Course
The channel should lead parallel to the navigable only for Péniches Canal du Nord along a line Compiegne - Noyon - Peronne - Cambrai and connect the Oise, a right tributary of the Seine, with the Großschifffahrtsweg Dunkirk -Scheldt ( Escaut Canal Dunkerque - ). Between Compiègne and Noyon, the existing Oise - side channel is to be expanded to a new section between Thourotte and Ribécourt - Dreslincourt. From Noyon, a new route is planned, initially it leads to the Valley of the Somme and crosses at the western edge of the Autoroute A29, between Amiens and Saint- Quentin and west of Peronne with a 1,330 m long and 40 m high bridge the Somme. The Großschiffahrtsweg Dunkirk -Scheldt is reached north-west of Cambrai in Aubencheul -au -Bac. Seven locks, three channel viaducts and two water tanks are to be built along the canal.
Importance
The Seine- Nord Europe Canal will connect the region of Paris and the ports of Le Havre and Rouen to the sea ports of Dunkirk, Antwerp and Rotterdam and the Belgian, Dutch and German waterway network. A significant relief of road transport mainly due to the parallel Autoroute A1 is expected from the operation of the canal, a year to 7 million tons of cargo, mainly containerized cargo, can be shifted from road to sea. With favorable impact on the economy of the past in the new waterways regions is expected, the construction of several ports and loading facilities and the construction of infrastructure for port-related industrial zones and logistics centers are planned, as well as an industrial area along the canal in Marquion west of Cambrai. In Nesle is to be built at the railway Amiens Laon -Reims a hub Water Rail with connections. Also, new marinas are provided.
Planning
The decision for the 2013 targeted routing fell in 2002 after also further east alternative routes, among others, along the Canal de Saint- Quentin were examined. On 20 November 2006, the plan approval process for the Canal Seine- Nord Europe was initiated by the French government, the construction should start in 2010 originally. The financing is (te) take place in public-private partnership involving the French State, the Île -de -France, Picardie, Haute -Normandie and Nord-Pas -de- Calais and the European Union. The construction costs were estimated in 2006 to over 3 billion euros. The Belgian State should (if the Canal is being built ) Remove adjacent waterways, to make the connection to the Maas for larger ship types passable.
During the planning phase, among other security-related and historical preservation generic concerns were raised. The intended interpretation, in particular, the channel is referred to as viaducts not sufficient to prevent the escape of significant amounts of water in case of accidents or attacks. The canal route crosses some battlefields of the First World War ( Zone rouge ), recall the numerous monuments and military cemeteries. The former Western Front was about 750 km long (of which the northernmost 60 km on Belgian soil ); the channel might impair (since 1918 little changed ) appearance of these rural areas. Extensive archaeological exploration on parts of the route have already taken place.
To re- discussion of the project 2012/13.
Formerly planned pipeline route
According to statement by Transport Minister Frédéric Cuvillier in March 2013 following the previously planned route guidance is subject to change.
- 34 km in the department of Oise ( including 18 km in the valley of the Oise ),
- 19 km in the Pays Noyon,
- 26 km in the Somme region and Oise through farmland,
- 46 km through the Somme, of which 24 km of the river Somme and
- 26 km in the Nord-Pas- de -Calais.
Beginning in Brunémont, then Marquion, Bertincourt, Moislains, Peronne, brie, Nesle, Noyon, Ribécourt, Janville and Compiègne.
Seven locks planned: at Oisy -le- Verger, at Marquion - Bourlon in Havrincourt in Moislains, at Pont Canal de Peronne, at Campagne, at Noyon, in Montmacq.
Others
The Seine is to Nogent -sur -Seine = 560 km navigable. Seagoing vessels could the Seine to Rouen ( about 100 sq. km inland ) traveled. Rouen is both river and sea port. The maximum length of the ship is 260 meters at a maximum of 150,000 tons. Rouen is the fifth largest port in France (after Marseille, Le Havre, Dunkerque, Saint- Nazaire ).