Development Of Pan-European Road Corridor X In Last Two Decades

In view of the European Union Enlargement, the Pan-European corridors it was more intensively attention especially after the stabilization and association process started in western Balkans. In the region of south east Europe, the transport strategy has been expressed for non-EU countries, notably after 1990. In the context of EU enlargement, the focus of the European Commission related with the transport was the development of Pan-European corridors, it proposed five priority axes and one of them being the South East European Axis that covers the South East European region and further near to the middle east etc. The Pan-European Corridor X was considered as a strong pillar for the national network for all the countries around and especially for these that are affected by it. Over the last decades the infrastructure is insensibly improved. In particular, the SEETO (South East European Transport Observatory), categorized the criteria to five groups connecting economic and development impact, environmental and social impact, regional interest, financial sustainability and technical standards. The purpose of this paper was to present these changes during the last twenty years with focus on the development of the region and especially analyzing the effect of Corridor X in transport facilities. There were analyzed the effects of the Corridor X on the environment and in social life, as well.