ROADEX II Description

13 August 2008 - After being hosted for a few months on a temporary web site the
e-learning package is now running directly from the ROADEX web site's server.

24 March 2008 - Final reports and videos published on this web site.

21 February 2008 - Steering Committee and potential new partners from Greenland, Russia and Ireland meet in Rovaniemi, Finland to prepare ideas for future ROADEX research.

31 December 2007 - NPP funding window closed.

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ROADEX II - The Research & Innovation Project

The Project proposed a 3 year trans-national technical collaboration across the Northern Periphery to develop ways for interactive and innovative road management of low traffic volume roads. It builds on the networks created during the successful Article 10 ROADEX project with additional inputs from local industry involving heavy road haulage. The Project deals directly with roads and transport issues raised by the unique combinations of remoteness, climate, ground conditions, low traffic volumes and long distances to markets. Reports are published through the ROADEX website and presentations have been made to seminars and conferences to spread the assembled knowledge to the fullest extent.

The objectives were to ”Develop and Trial Interactive and Innovative Road Management Practices for Low Traffic Volume Roads” through research and application to:

Map the weak sections of road and focus in on them

Understand the processes causing the problems

Innovate - find new ‘fit for purpose’ construction and treatments

The objectives have been achieved through:

Close co-operation and understanding of all participants including

networking between Partners
sharing in-house information

Communication with, and involvement of, stakeholders

Focussed project management and research (using external consultants, universities & technical institutions and partners’ staff) through

Questionnaires, internal and external, and seminars
Mapping the weak sections of road and focus in on them
Understanding the processes causing the problems including carrying out trials in the Partner areas
Innovation - developing new ‘fit for purpose’ construction and treatment methods

Providing access to written outputs and the network through a web-site – www.roadex.org and a multi-media DVD

The success of the initial ROADEX project in creating a transnational technical exchange network was such that a follow up project was promoted and completed. ROADEX II added partners from the forest and haulage industries with Highland Council as the lead partner. It followed up on the first project, concentrating on road condition management and involving road users in identifying their specific needs and the potential solutions which were trialled by the partner countries with research and reporting through ROADEX II.

The project work was divided into the following phases :-

Phase 1 - Problem Identification

Phase 2 - Understanding and Analysis

Phase 3 - Innovation and Testing - Evaluation