Inspired by the NSR Interreg IVB projects the “TEN‐T and the North Sea Region” project will from a NSR perspective analyse opportunities and consequences for freight transport of the new EU TEN‐T Regulation, the Connecting Europe Facility, the Clean Power for Transport Initiative and the Europe2020 Strategy seen on a regional level. A toolbox of regional measures will be developed to optimise regional impact on TEN-T and freight transport development. The toolbox measures will be illustrated on a number of cases that reflects the NSRP project findings in relation to TEN-T development.