The National Operational Programme (OP) on Infrastructures and Networks 2014-2020 applies to regions in Southern Italy and pursues objectives like strengthening rail transport, improving port competitiveness, and improving regional mobility. It follows EU priorities to improve mobility of people and goods. The OP is divided into three axes focusing on the trans-European transport network, sustainable regional transport, and technical assistance. It is funded with over 1.8 billion euros primarily from the European Regional Development Fund and Italian National Revolving Fund. Key actions include investments in rail and airport infrastructure, ports and intermodality, and intelligent transport systems.

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OP INFRASTRUCTURES
AND NETWORKS 2014-2020
The National Operational Programme (OP) on Infrastructures and Networks 2014-2020 applies to the regions of Basilicata,
Campania, Apulia and Sicily and pursues the following objectives:
• The strengthening of rail transport and the improvement of services in terms of quality and travel times
• Improvements in the competitiveness of the port and inter-port systems
• Improvements in regional mobility, modal integration and improvements in multimodal connectivity
• Optimisation of air traffic

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The Programme follows the priorities laid down by the European Union in the field of transport infrastructures, helping to
improve conditions for the mobility of persons and goods and with the aim of ensuring the competitive development of less
developed regions in Southern Italy and reinforcing economic, social and territorial cohesion.
The OP Infrastructures and Networks foresees tangible results in line with each of the three growth objectives set out in the
Europe Strategy 2020:
• Sustainable growth
This pursues the objective of significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions by limiting co-financing for more contami-
nating modes of transport
• Smart growth
Investments in technology aimed at reducing clearance times for goods and implementation of telematics systems to opti-
mise procedures
• Inclusive growth
Development of goods traffic, improvements in the general quality of transport services, thus generating indirect benefits
for all citizens and users of infrastructures
The OP is divided up into three main Axes:
AXIS I - To promote the creation of a single European space for multimodal transport with investments in the TEN-T
(trans-European transport network)
AXIS II - To develop and improve sustainable transport systems promoting sustainable regional and local mobility from an
environmental point of view, encompassing low-noise and low-carbon solutions, including internal waterways and
maritime transport, ports, multimodal links and airport infrastructure
AXIS III - Technical assistance aiming at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the actions supported by the Pro-
gramme

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FUNDING
The funding for the OP Infrastructures and Networks 2014-2020 is 1,843,733,334 of which 1,382,800,000 is provided
by the European Regional Development Fund and 460,933,334 by the National Revolving Fund.
Priority Axes Eu Funding National Funding Total Financing rate
(a) (b) (a)+(b)
Axes I 866.217.132 288.739.044 1.154.956.17 75,00%
Axes II 468.182.868 156.060.956 624.243.824 75,00%
Axes III 48,400,000 16,133,334 64,533,334 75,00%
Total 1,382,800,000 460,933,334 1,843,733,334 75,00%

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ACTIONS
The Rail Network
The OP finances investments aimed at eliminating the existing bottlenecks on the national rail network in the priority Cor-
ridor ‘Scandinavian-Mediterranean’. The Programme’s resources will also be used to support the modernisation of the
network’s infrastructure and technology both through the completion of work in progress and with new projects.

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The Airport System
The increasing demand for air transport requires a strategy operating on two ostensibly different fronts, but which are
nevertheless linked to one another: the development of a next-generation technology platform for managing air traffic and
expanding the terrestrial accessibility of airports, in particular as regards rail access.

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Ports, intermodality and logistics
The OP sets out to reinforce the available port services. It will make investments so as to increase the production capacity
of stopovers, the supply of technology and IT and the facilitation of greater integration between harbour and inner harbour
areas.

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Intelligent Transport Systems
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITSs), based on the interaction between IT and telecommunications, enable the incorporation
of transport operations into an integrated system in which flows of traffic, passengers and goods are evenly distributed
between different modes of transport, resulting in greater efficiency, productivity and safety.

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The AXIS
The types of actions supported within the context of Axis I encourage the modal rebalancing of modes of transport in favour
of those with less environmental impact, such as rail. In fact, the OP provides for interventions in infrastructure and techno-
logy, on the one had seeking to expand the rail services available and on the other hand aimed at controlling rail traffic and
optimising the management of air traffic.
Axis I pursues the following objectives:
1. Completion of the strategic infrastructures relating to the branches and nodes of the central European network, concen-
trating on the priority transport routes crossing Italy.
2. Completion of the strategic infrastructures for the national feeder lines providing connectivity with the European railway
corridors of the central network.
3. Optimisation of air traffic by way of a contribution to the implementation of the Single European Sky ATM Research
project (SESAR).

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Axis II pursues the following objectives:
1. To reinforce port and interport infrastructures and facilities of national interest with the aim of decongesting and increa-
sing traffic passing through infrastructure nodes in Southern Italy
2. To strengthen the multimodal links of ports and interports with the global network (last mile) encouraging a unified ap-
proach for systems, limited to integrated logistics areas
3. To optimise the procedural efficiency, including customs, even through interoperability between different telematics sy-
stems/platforms under development.

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INTEGRATED LOGISTICS AREAS
As defined in the Agreement concluded between Italy and the European Commission, the measures relating to the port and
interport system should be structured in Integrated Logistics Areas (ALI - Aree Logistiche Integrate) and their goal should be
that of improving the competitiveness of local regions. The aim of the investment programme in each of the five Integrated
Logistics Areas is to construct harbour, inner harbour and interport infrastructures, with corresponding connections to the
multimodal corridors of the European transport network.
The following five integrated logistics areas have been singled out:
1. South-eastern sector of Sicily. Sicily, given its geographical position, has for some time served as a logistics platform in
the heart of the Mediterranean. There are plans for measures at the ports of Augusta, Messina, Catania and the Interport of
Catania. The stretch of railway between Catania and Syracuse, part of the Scandinavian-Mediterranean corridor, will have
to be developed and higher levels of efficiency guaranteed for the Interport of Catania.
2. Gioia Tauro Logistics Pole. The aim is to increase the traffic transiting through the port and encourage the process of
modal diversion towards the rail system. Measures are envisaged to improve the accessibility of the node and the opera-
tional capacity of the wharves and to complete the rail network on the Metaponto-Sibari-Paola track section, which is part
of the Tyrrhenian railway Salerno/Battipaglia-Reggio Calabria.
3. System in Puglia. The status of Puglia within the Italian network of major transport infrastructures is still peripheral in
relation to national and international flows of traffic and some of the areas located within the region remain marginalised.
The measures envisaged must begin by creating an integrated system comprising the three ports and the Interport of
Bari, making the most of their specialised roles which, by now, have emerged with sufficient clarity. In particular, the ‘last
mile’ connections to the harbour nodes making up the triangle Bari-Brindisi-Taranto must be strengthened, with special
emphasis on Interporto Regionale della Puglia.

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4. Campanian logistics area. The main shortcomings in the Campanian network of infrastructures concern its poor road
and rail networks and the lack of integration between the various types of infrastructure and transport. The OP focuses
on developing the connections between the Ports of Naples and Salerno, the Interports of Nola and Marcianisee and the
trans-European transport network (TEN-T). Actions will be required to increase international commercial marine traffic
towards Southern Italy so as to develop use of the port system Naples-Salerno. There will be a need to connect the various
industrial districts in the zone with the existing logistics nodes: Interports of Nola, Marcianise-Maddaloni and Battipaglia
and the ports and airports of Naples and Salerno through rail connections and/or intermodal terminals.
5. Western Sicily sector. This area features a transport and distribution hub for trade along the Corridor and is one of the
nodes for the interception of traffic flows towards the northern and western Mediterranean. There is agreement on the
need for a governance system for the port system Palermo-Termini Imerese and the Interport of Termini Imerese and on
the rail network providing access.

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