Freycinet Plan for expansion of French railways and canals

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French government policy infrastructure development program public works program

The Freycinet Plan was an ambitious late-19th-century French infrastructure program that massively expanded and standardized the national network of railways and canals to promote economic development and regional integration.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French government policy ⓘ infrastructure development program ⓘ public works program ⓘ
aim	expansion of national canal network ⓘ expansion of national railway network ⓘ improvement of internal communications ⓘ promotion of economic development ⓘ reduction of regional inequalities ⓘ regional integration ⓘ standardization of transport infrastructure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Plan Freycinet NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	French canals ⓘ French railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
beneficiary	industrial regions of France ⓘ rural regions of France ⓘ
characteristic	ambitious scope ⓘ centralized planning ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
economicRationale	facilitate movement of goods ⓘ facilitate movement of people ⓘ support industrialization ⓘ
effect	densification of French railway network ⓘ integration of peripheral regions into national market ⓘ long-term modernization of French transport system ⓘ
field	civil engineering ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ
fundingMethod	state-funded public works ⓘ
government	Third French Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementedBy	French Ministry of Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes	construction of new canals ⓘ construction of new railway lines ⓘ modernization of existing canals ⓘ standardization of canal dimensions ⓘ standardization of lock sizes ⓘ upgrading of existing railway lines ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
legislativeAct	Law of 17 July 1879 ⓘ
motivatedBy	need to catch up with British and German transport networks ⓘ
namedAfter	Charles de Freycinet NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyArea	economic policy ⓘ regional planning ⓘ transport policy ⓘ
politicalContext	Third Republic nation-building ⓘ
positionOfProposer	French Minister of Public Works ⓘ
proposedBy	Charles de Freycinet NERFINISHED ⓘ
scale	national ⓘ
startTime	1878 ⓘ
timePeriod	late 19th century ⓘ

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