BASIC  PROJECT  DATA  –  PROJECT  IDEA

Project ID: PA1A036

 

NEED  AND  ADDED  VALUE  FOR  THE  DANUBE  REGION  STRATEGY

Currently, there is no connection between the Sava and the Danube river, except through the mouth of the Sava river near Belgrade, which considerably extends the navigation route from the Sava basin to Western Europe.

Connecting the Danube and the Sava, the fairway will be shortened for more than 400 km upstream and about 90 km downstream. The Canal was initially designed as a transport link, but eventually gets a multifunctional role.

The canal would start in Vukovar on the Danube river and end at Šamac on the Sava River. Length of the canal route is 61.4 km. The route passes through a low agricultural land, forest areas and near settlements.

The main feature of the canal would be a benefit for the transport of goods and cargo over long distances. It will have three main functions: irrigation, navigation and drainage. The surface for the irrigation will be increased as well as the drainage of excess water when the water level is high.

 

OBJECTIVE(S)  OF  THE  PROJECT

The main objective of the project is to improve the waterway network in the Danube region and to shorten the navigable route from the Sava into the Danube as well as to manage the water regime in the wider area of the canal.

 

PLANNED  PROJECT  ACTIVITIES

Excavation of the canal on a length of 61.5 km, with necessary infrastructural facilities (locks, pumps, siphons, weirs, etc.).

 

TRANSBOUNDARY  IMPACT

The canal would benefit the upper Sava river riparian states of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, creating direct access to the Danube waterway via the canal. As the transport of goods on the Danube and its tributaries has an international and long-distance character, the entire Danube region would benefit from the project.

 

PROJECT  BENEFICIARIES  /  TARGET  GROUPS

• Industries in the Danube region (especially steel, oil, fertilizer and agriculture production)
• Shipping industries
• Ports
• Tourism

 

 

STATUS  AND  TIMEFRAME

The project was not realised.
A feasibility study is available, but not made according to EU norms; a geotechnical study is partially completed; an environmental impact study was adopted.

 

 

FINANCING

Total budget: 850,000,000 EUR (indicative)
Financing is only partly available.

 

 

PROJECT  TEAM

Project leader: Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure of Croatia
(website: www.mmpi.hr)
For each part of the project (e.g. detailed design, EIA, works) different project leaders would be nominated.
Address: Krležin Govozd 1a, 10000 Zagreb / Croatia

 

 

PROJECT  ENVIRONMENT

STRATEGIC  REFERENCE

• European Action Programme for Inland Waterway Transport (NAIADES)
• White Paper: “European Transport Policy for 2010: Time to Decide”
• TEN-T Policy
• Platform for the implementation of NAIADES (PLATINA)
• Transport strategies of Croatia

 

RELEVANT  LEGISLATION

• TEN-T Guidelines
• European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN)

 

 

EUSDR  EMBEDDING

 

 

EUSDR  COMPLIANCE

 

 

OTHER  RELEVANT  ISSUES

FOLLOW – UP  PROJECT

Development of ports on the Danube–Sava Canal.

 

 

META  DATA

Data provided by: Ana Barišić (Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, Croatia) – 28.12.2011
Last update by: Ana Barišić (Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, Croatia) – 13.01.2014

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