Integrating Mega Transport Infrastructures with the Complex Territories of the Veneto Region—A Weighted Programmatic Approach

Abstract

The Veneto Region in Italy has always been considered a binding crossroad from and to eastern Europe, moving goods and people along this direction, and along the north–south axis, in particular toward central Europe and toward the gateway represented by the Adriatic Sea and the Mediterranean countries. This inherent characteristic is recognized by the fact that three out of four Trans-European Network for Transport (TEN-T) core network corridors passing through Italy cross the Veneto Region (i.e. Baltic–Adriatic, Mediterranean and Scandinavian–Mediterranean). In particular, two of them cross the province of Venice, while one of them, the so-called “Mediterranean Corridor”, includes a portion of the Major Transport Infrastructure (MTI) TEN-T Priority Project 6 investigated by the Veneto Region Administration within the framework of the POLY5 project.