The Adriatic Corridor: a Strategic Part of the European Transport Network

The article describes the project of the Adriatic Corridor,analysing the European and Italian framework in which itcould be collocated, the planned structure of the Corridor interms of geographic extension and infrastructure elements, themain objectives of the project, the works that it includes, thepresent obstacles to its development and, finally, the presentand future freight and passenger transport demand in the areacovered by the Corridor.The realisation of the Adriatic Corridor is considered strategicin order to contribute to achieving the main objectives ofthe European transport policy: the territorial and economic cohesionof the EU Countries, the development of the trade withthe non-EU regions and a sustainable mobility.