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Special project chaired by Jorgen Christensen (Denmark)
Participating countries
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.
Objectives
Identify the policy direction of road administrations in the management and financing of roads infrastructure.
Review the evaluation framework to determine the economic viability of large-scale use of such pavements on heavily trafficked roads.
Summarise and consolidate existing knowledge about alternative binders for pavements in the road infrastructure.
Establish the functional and environmental properties of such binders in pavements for large-scale applications.
Plan and prepare for the execution of suitable demonstration projects.
Status Report
The report for Phase 1 of this project is currently being finalised. Preparations are underway for Phase 2 Concept Development. This will involve initial testing of new pavement materials and examination of construction technology and methods.
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