Alps-Adriatic Chambers of Commerce meet in Austria

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, OCT 23 - Joint European projects, macroeconomic analysis of the opportunities for growth of a supranational group representing more than 900 thousand companies. Moreover, a shared position towards the respective governments to raise awareness concerning infrastructural interventions that will affect the Austrian highway and rail network with direct repercussions on the economies of neighboring countries.
    These were some issues at the 13th Conference of the Presidents of the New Alps-Adriatic Chambers of Commerce network, held in Klagenfurt, Austria. The network includes the Chambers of Commerce Pordenone Udine, Bolzano/Bozen, and Venezia Giulia.
    Among the crucial topics are road conditions and restrictions on the free movement of goods in Europe on what has been called the Brenner "bottleneck." "From January 1, extraordinary maintenance work will start on the Lueg bridge in Tirol, about 6 km from the Italian border.
    This work is the first of a plan to modernize the A13 Brenner freeway that will involve the renovation of various bridges and viaducts until 2044," underlined Antonio Paoletti, head of the Venezia Giulia Chamber of Commerce.
    This will bring some disruptions to trucking, partly because the A10 Tauern is also affected by work during the same period.
    At the conference, an appeal was made to speed up the works to create as little impact as possible on relations between Italy, Germany, and northern Europe and to lift the night ban to allow for more dilution of traffic over 24 hours. (ANSA).