Implementing and financing the ‘Regional Express (Rail) Network’ (REN)
general assembly on January 25, 2017
In a resolution of 17 March 2016, the Belgian House of Representatives requested the Court of Audit to examine the causes of the REN-Fund failure as well as those of the considerable delay of the REN-implementation works.
The House of Representatives asked the Court of Audit to examine the following:
- the use of the REN-Fund since its creation;
- the reasons of the cost overruns and of the delays;
- the original budget estimates and planning;
- the control, follow up and planning methods used (regarding the budget and at various sites);
- the co-operation between the different authorities and between the different entities of the Belgian railways group NMBS/SNCB.
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AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS:
- report ( document written in Dutch )
- report ( document written in French )
- press release in French or Dutch
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- The sound use of public funds by the NMBS/SNCB (The Belgian National Railways)