National Development Strategy Croatia 2030: Roadmap for a Better Future

Required actions 
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Further reduce motorway operational costs and introduce improved electronic tolling system for mo-
torways. 
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Expand and enhance suburban railway services in major urban areas to provide high quality lower 
emissions transport solutions that capture agglomeration benefits and increase access to both jobs and 
affordable housing. 
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Operationalize the “Treaty establishing the Transport Community” from 2017 through a combined 
domestic and foreign policy effort to initiate transport network projects with South East European 
Countries. The treaty provides the basis for open, non-discriminatory access to important freight and 
passenger origins / destinations outside of the EU and can support further demand generation on Cro-
atia’s key corridors. 
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Pursue divestiture of HZ Cargo by seeking synergies with an acquiring firm that enhance chances for 
long term viability and competitiveness in both Croatia and international markets. 
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Further support for road safety projects (e.g. speed cameras, removal of “black spots”) as well as sig-
nificant public education to decrease Croatia’s exceptionally high accident rates. 
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Enhance the program of railway maintenance and safety enhancement with a view to aligning Croatia’s 
railways safety record more closely to EU best practice. 
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Increase investment in railways to address maintenance and renewal backlogs that impeded competi-
tiveness relative to road-based modes.
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Prioritize modernization of traffic control and signaling assets in Croatia’s railway sector in order to 
reduce labor intensity of operations and associated operating costs that currently impose high fiscal 
burdens.
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Augment investment resources that are supporting rehabilitation, and modernization of railway infra-
structure on core TEN-T network and ERTMS / ETCS implementation. This should include financial 
resources beyond EU funds to scale up the railways capital program. 
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Continue with investments into modernization and extension of seaports and connected railway freight 
transport infrastructure that can support greener and safer freight movements relative to roads.
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Modernize floating stock and the governance regime that applies to Jadrolinija to improve the connec-
tivity to the islands
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Continue to support the transformation of Port of Rijeka, including through ensuring higher available 
handling capacity and better multimodal hinterland connectivity. 
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Enhance investments supporting suburban railway services in major urban areas. This would include: 
(i) expanded rolling stock fleets to deliver new timetables; (ii) infrastructure investments to improve 
reliability, increase passenger amenity, and reduce operating costs, (iii) timetable revisions to increase 
service frequency and quality. 
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Support projects enhancing multi-modal transport such as points of physical integration, integrated 
ticketing and fares, and intermodal facilities. 
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Continue with investments supporting more sustainable modes of public transport and development of 
integrated passenger transport. 

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Continue with development of secondary airports with a view to enhance point-to point connections 
with major origin /destination cities in the EU and elsewhere. 
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Ensure better connectivity between urban and rural areas. Consider solutions such as Demand Respon-
sive Transport (DRT) feeder service, road-based public transport alternative that typically uses smaller 
buses / vans that do not operate according to a fixed schedule and integrate those services with passen-
ger rail operations in order to improve the connectivity in rural areas and ensure higher quality of the 
service.
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Improve navigability of rivers Sava and Danube and enhance related port facilities, including through 
projects promoting regional and transboundary water cooperation and dialogue. 
Broadband development