委员会宣布了“Marco Polo II”计划下的一轮资金，供旨在降低道路拥堵和环境影响。申请资金的公司必须计算其项目的总环境效益，从道路，二氧化碳储蓄等因素转移的货运量。T&E policy officer Nina Renshaw said: ‘The Marco Polo programme is a good example of how the EU could spend its money wisely, but €59 million for a full year is a fraction of the vastly higher sums available from the structural and TENs funds where the environmental criteria aren’t so demanding.’