The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (Finnish: Väylävirasto, Swedish: Trafikledsverket) – FTIA in English orVäylä in Finnish – is a Finnish government agency responsible for road, rail, and waterway maintenance, operating under the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
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| Formed | 1 January 2010 (as Finnish Transport Agency) |
Preceding agencies |
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| Type | Government agency |
| Jurisdiction |  Finland |
| Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland |
| Employees | 430[1] |
| Annual budget | 2.1 billion € (2022)[1] |
Government agency executive |
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Parent Government agency | Ministry of Transport and Communications of Finland |
| Website | vayla |
The agency was launched in its current form on 1 January 2019. In 2025, the agency operated with an annual budget of 1.6 billion euros.[2]
History
editOperations
editRoad network
editThe Finnish road network consists of highways, municipal street networks and private roads. Along with ten regional economic development centres [fi], the FTIA is responsible for the maintenance and development of the state-owned road network. There are 78,000 kilometres of highways maintained by the FTIA, of which about 50,000 are paved.[4] In all, the Finnish road network is 454,000 kilometers long, of which about 350,000 are privately owned. There are a total of 5,000 kilometers of pedestrian walkways and bicycle tracks in Finland.
Railway network
editThe FTIA is responsible for the planning, construction and maintenance of the Finnish railway network, mainly used by VR but open to competition under the open access model since 2021.[5] At the end of 2014, the total length of the Finnish railway network was 5,944 kilometers, of which 3,256 was electrified. The FTA spends about 200 million euros on rail infrastructure maintenance annually.[6]
Waterways
editThe FTIA maintains approximately 8,300 kilometers of coastal fairway and 8,000 kilometers of inland waterways as part of Finland's waterway network.[7] FTA is also responsible for producing charts (ENC & RNC) covering Finland waterways and coastal waters.
References
edit- 1 2 "Operating philosophy". Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ↑ "Väylänpidon perussuunnitelma 2025–2028 on julkaistu". Väylävirasto (in Finnish). 2025-01-20. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ↑ "Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority and Transport Safety Agency merge into Transport and Communications Agency – Transport Agency becomes Transport Infrastructure Agency". Ministry of Transport and Communications. 22 November 2018.
- ↑ "Road network". Finnish Transport Agency. Archived from the original on 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ↑ "Rail market and legislation in Finland". Rautatiealan sääntelyelin. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ↑ "Railway network". Finnish Transport Agency. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ↑ "Waterways". Finnish Transport Agency. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-19.