Baltic Road Association Cycle 2013-2017 Martins Dambergs
Baltic Road Association 1989: Foundation of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian joint organization Baltic Road Council (BRC); 2000: Foundation of Baltic Road Association; Chaired by Council (4 members from each Baltic State); 7 working Technical Committees; 4 year period ending with International Baltic Road Conference.
Baltic - Nordic Co-operation 1989 / 1990: first official contacts with the Nordic countries; 1992: signing of the 1st memorandum between NRA and BRC. 20 NordBalt seminars held in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland; 4 Seminars on Restructuring Road Management; road museum directors and internal auditors work continuously since 2005; BRA / NRA board members are invited to Via Nordica and the International Baltic Road Conference free of charge.
BRA Technical Committees Via Baltica Pavements and Heavy Vehicles (6) Via Baltica Parking Lots (6) Land Acquisition (6) Via Baltica Intelligent Transport Systems (6) Traffic Safety (6) Road Maintenance (6) Administrative (6)
Pavements and Heavy Vehicles Via Baltica 1st Pavement Design Workshop, Nov 3-4, 2015, Latvia: 3 Baltic States + Byelorussia, Russia, Germany, Finland Analysis of pavement calculations in the involved countries. Possible test run of TSD equipment on Via Baltica (deflection measurements) in 2017/2018.
Via Baltica Parking Lots Review of existing LT «RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF REST AREAS ON MOTOR ROADS» and LV parking lots study on secure parking according to EU regulations; Information for road users every country has different system; Beginning of 2016 draft of minimal requirement; Spring of 2016 visiting all Baltic countries to have a overview of parking lots (6 people and 6 days); End of 2016 document should be ready.
Traffic Safety Treatment of «black spots» (October 2015) Traffic management solutions: characteristics, field of application, requirements, cost-effectiveness (March 2016) Road Safety Strategies in BRA member states (October 2016) In-depth accidents investigation as a tool for better understanding of accidents occurrence and optimal chose of treatment measures (March 2017) Report Road Safety Performance on E67 Estonia Latvia Lithuania corridor to be presented at the International Baltic Road conference.
Land Acquisition 1 st workshop September, 2015, Latvia; Mutual visits during 2016; Proposals for improving the land acquisition process; Meeting with colleagues from Poland 2017; Report on land acquisition in different Baltic States for BRA conference.
SMART E67 Project Partnership between Latvian State Roads and Estonian Road Administration; Implementation of adaptive traffic management (VMS, smart traffic lights); Improvement of traffic information infrastructure (RWIS, Cameras); Total budget 2.4 MEUR (LSR 1.4 MEUR, ERA 1.0 MEUR, FTA advisor without budget); 85% co-financed by Interreg Central Baltic.
SMART E67 Project Actions
Road Maintenance 1 st workshop in August, 2016; Comparison of routine road maintenance requirements on E-roads. In future - comparison of routine road maintenance requirements on support and side roads in a similar form. Proposals for potential harmonised requirements in the future.
BRA Secretaries Ms. Ulvi Põllu +372 611 9421, Ulvi.Pollu@mnt.ee Mr. Mārtiņš Dambergs +371 67028178, martins.dambergs@lvceli.lv Mr. Algirdas Radauskas, +370 5 232 9735, algirdas.radauskas@lra.lt
brc2017.mnt.ee
International Baltic Road Conference More than 500 participants are expected; Over 120 abstracts have been received; 15 keynote speakers, for example: Anthony Foxx, Minister of Transport, USA Henrik Hololei, Director General for Mobility and Transport / European Commission Thierry Goger, Secretary General, FEHRL, Antti Vehviläinen, Director General, Finnish Transport Agency More than 100 exhibitors in in- and outdoor exhibition 4 routes for technical excursion; Partners programme: 28th 30th August - interesting sights in Tallinn and outside.
Conference Topics Strategic Road and Transport Planning - 21 Road Financing - 7 Road Construction - 22 Road Maintenance - 15 Road Pavements and Materials - 24 Road Safety - 14 Intelligent Transport Systems and Smart Road Solutions - 11 Bridges - 15 Environment, Climate Change and Energy and Energy - 5
Accommodation Tallink Express Hotel *** 50 eur/sgl, DBL Nordic Hotel Forum **** 135 eur /SGL, DBL Radisson Blu Sky Hotel **** 125 eur/sgl; 135 eur/ DBL Swissotel ***** 145 eur /SGL; 160 eur /DBL Schlössle Hotel ***** 200 eur/sgl, DBL
Conference Fees 490 EUR till 30 December 2016 (will be extended) 530 EUR till 1 May 2017 580 EUR till 1 August 2017 3 NRA board members per country are invited free of charge.
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