(ANSA) - BELGRADE - Around 6.7 billion euro in investments in
the next two decades would be needed to improve the
infrastructure and railway services in Croatia, bringing them
back to the level of 40-100 years ago. This is the forecast
emerged during a debate organized by Croatian Chamber of Economy
(HGK) and the Employers' Association (HUP), the regional N1
television reported, quoting the local Poslovni Dnevnik.
Panelists pointed out that Croatia, regarding railway
infrastructure, is lagging behind other EU countries, in
particular due to the lack of structured development strategy in
the sector and the low level of investments in the sector in the
previous decades.
As a result, it was noted during the event, average speed on
the railway network generally decreased in the past decades. For
instance, a train trip from Zagreb to Vinkovci, in the East of
the country, took two hours in 1990. Today the same trip may
take more than four hours, N1 said. (ANSA).
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