Parking Sites in 10 Member States

The European Commission is to provide funding for a further 14 safe and secure truck parking areas across 10 Member States

They are among 94 transport projects selected by the Commission to receive nearly €2.8 billion in EU grants under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The parking sites awarded funding – €92 million in total – will lead to the construction of new safe and secure truck parking places on the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) across Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, and Spain. 

“Given the increasing number of cargo thefts related to trucks stopping in unclassified and unsecured parking places, all expansion of secure parking sites in Europe is an important step forward, both in terms of driver safety and wellbeing as well as the security of vehicles and their cargos. 

“The EC is to be commended for recognising the supply/demand gap for secure truck parking sites and, as an approved training partner for its Safe & Secure Truck Parking Areas (SSTPA) Standard, TAPA EMEA is aligned with the Commission’s goal to increase the choice, quality and security of truck parking areas across the region. We look forward to further support for more locations in future rounds of CEF Funding,” said TAPA EMEA’s President & CEO, Thorsten Neumann.  

This is also a further indication that more Parking Place Operators are recognising the opportunities which stem from offering secure parking if their locations meet the required safety and security requirements. In the last 12 months, TAPA EMEA’s own Parking Security Requirements (PSR) Standard has extended its network to 113 parking sites in 19 countries across EMEA, up +20% year-on-year.