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Major mistakes in Rail Baltica Cost-Benefit Analysis made by Ernst & Young Baltic

Major mistakes in Rail Baltica Cost-Benefit Analysis made by Ernst & Young Baltic


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There are several fundamental mistakes in the Rail Baltica (RB) Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) prepared by Ernst & Young Baltic (EY). This book does not assess the truthfulness of the freight and passenger volumes forecasts; instead, the main object of our study is the assumptions used in the CBA and the calculations of the socioeconomic impact of RB. - EY has stated that the biggest benefit of RB will arise from liquidation of air pollution. In reality, the trucks do not generate the claimed volumes of air pollution in the Baltic States. Manipulation of emission of trucks has artificially increased the socio-economic benefits of RB. - The RB CBA does not cover the external costs of the environmental impacts arising during the period of railway construction, and also not the ongoing environmental burden of the railway during its operation. - Most of the road transport takes place without using any freight terminals; it is apparent from the response of RB Rail and EY that the replacement of such road transport with RB would not be feasible due to the costs of the last-mile delivery. - EY has assumed that RB will compete with a small part of road transport where terminal handling is included but has not taken into account the additional transportation costs from the railway freight terminal to the main trucking terminal. Even when considering only the mistakes from such assumptions that can be easily calculated, the total income of RB of 16 billion will be reduced by over 4 billion. It appears that the costs of RB will exceed the socio-economic benefits and therefore it will not be expedient but instead detrimental for the society. In addition, RB will not be eligible for EU co-financing, because the project is not viable.
About the Author: Priit Humal has studied physics in Tartu University and is a member of the Management Board of civic movement Openly about Rail Baltic. Karli Lambot has graduated from the University of Tartu with a degree in corporate finance. He is a supporting member of MTÜ ARB and a shareholder and member of the Supervisory Board of the logistics company ACE Logistics Group AS. Illimar Paul has a MSc. in economics. He is a Managing Partner, Supply Chain Management expert and consultant in Sensei OÜ, and a member of MTÜ ARB. He has been working as the country manager for Maersk Logistics and in several other logistics companies. Illimar Paul is a Honorary member of PROLOG (Estonian Supply Chain Management Association). Raul Vibo has a MSc. in transport engineering. He has managed various road construction projects that have included environmental impact assessment and feasibility analyses in accordance with the EU guidelines: Vaida-Aruvalla, Kose-Mäo, Rõmeda-Haljala, Eastern bypass in Tartu. He has participated in various other projects as well. For 4.5 years, he worked in the Estonian Road Administration as the manager of the Planning Department where he participated in all current international highway projects financed by the World Bank or the EU Cohesion Fund.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781985198630
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 84
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1985198630
  • Publisher Date: 14 Feb 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 267 gr


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