Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (repealed)

Section 2U.K.Road network

In addition to projects relating to the links in Annex I, projects of common interest will be deemed to include any infrastructure project relating to such links which deals with:

A.

Development of the network, and in particular:

  • widening of motorways or upgrading of roads,

  • construction or improvement of bypasses or ring roads,

  • increasing the interoperability of national networks.

B.

Development of traffic management and user information systems, and in particular:

  • establishment of telematic infrastructures for collecting traffic data,

  • developing traffic information centres and traffic control centres, as well as exchanges of data between traffic information centres in different countries,

  • establishing road information services, in particular the RDS-TMC system(2),

  • technical interoperability of telematic infrastructures.

(1)

These critera and specifications refer to the corresponding sections referred to in the enacting terms and/or Annex I.

(2)

A radio-based digital road traffic message system in which the general message stream can be tuned to the individual needs of the road user.