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DfT: The Department for Transport has called on interested parties to bid for funds to finance projects in the North Sea region as part of the EU's plan to establish ‘Motorways of the Sea’, which are intended to encourage high-quality regular services that can be combined with other modes of transport to provide efficient alternatives to road-only transport.
Following the close of this first stage (on 15 October 2007), all UK bids will be evaluated by the Department and any other relevant North Sea countries' administrations.
They will decide which bids will receive the necessary national government support to be eligible in the bidding process when the European Commission calls for bids for Trans European Network - Transport funding in December 2007.
