The Department of Rural Roads, Thailand (DRR) was rewarded for a comprehensive road safety initiative around schools, especially in rural areas. The award ceremony was held in the IRF offices in Geneva
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Thailand ranks among the countries with the highest number of traffic fatalities/ capita. In 2015, the country saw a road death rate of 36.2/100,000 of population. With this, Thailand ranked second in fatal traffic crashes worldwide and its situation regard
The British Government policy paper ‘Action for Roads: A network for the 21st century’ sets out radical change to the strategic way roads are funded and managed – including plans to turn the Highways Agency into a Government-owned company and a pledge to invest over €33.4 billion (£28 billion) in roads maintenance between 2015 and 2020. Jenny Moten, Highways Agency divisional director for Network Services, gave a keynote presentation on the new approach to strategic highways management during the Road Safet
Highway organisations around the world will need ever-more sophisticated frameworks to ensure their asset management is up-to-date and fit-for-purpose.
Jacques Tavernier, chairman of PPRS Nice 2018, and Claude van Rooten, president of PIARC, the World Road Association emphasised the point at at this week’s Pavement Preservations and Recycling Summit.
A nation’s roads are its first and most important “main asset … essential for a country’s economic, social and environmental development”, said van Roote
The International Road Federation's (IRF) conference in Portuguese capital Lisbon was a major success, attracting 1,500 industry professionals from all over the world
