Code 24 Development Rotterdam-Genoa

CODE24 intends the interconnection of economic development, spatial, transport and ecological planning. The projects area of Corridor 24 covers a number of the most important economic re-gions in Europe within this major European North-South transport corridor across NL, D, CH and IT linking the North sea port Rotterdam and the Mediterranean port of Genoa. Its catchment area comprises 70 million inhabitants and oper-ates 50% (700 million tons/year) of the north-south rail freight. The opening of the Lötschberg tunnel in 2007 and the Gotthard tunnel (2017) and the parallel expansion of the feeders will further improve the importance of Corridor 24 as mile-stones. Nevertheless some major bottlenecks and a lack of transregional coordination still threaten the potential of the axis, limiting its economic and spatial development. Hence the project strives to provide planning tools and tailor made solutions to remove major bottlenecks and enable pro-active stakeholder participation.