page_title: Roadex Project
section_title: ROADEX IV, 2009–2012
hierarchical_section_title: Roadex Project / Projects 1998–2012 / ROADEX IV, 2009–2012
caption_attribution_description: English: ROADEX IV logo reduced
context_page_description: The ROADEX Project was an EU-funded collaboration of northern European roads organisations from Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden that aimed to improve the condition of rural road networks. The project started as a pilot in 1998 to share best practice, to research and develop new knowledge, and to implement and test new solutions; it is still active, as the ROADEX Network, and currently comprises 13 partner organisations.
  It has now been running for 22 years and has become a centre of information for all things concerning the management of rural roads. Its website averages over 5,000 hits per month from around the world seeking information and strategies for dealing with issues of poorly performing roads, including Banked turns, Cross slopes, traction, Drainage gradients, and in the European Campaign for Safe Road Design.
  The project was awarded a European Union RegioStars special mention in 2009. and in 2018 its strategies and technologies were recognised in a Global Road Achievement Award by the International Road Federation for ″Asset Preservation and Maintenance Management″
  The project became self-funding as the ROADEX Network in 2012.
context_section_description: The fourth project carried out a programme of demonstrations of strategies on live public roads. The work was supported by a new consultancy service and web-based knowledge centre. New research and development continued in the areas of climate change, road widening and driver health issues. The Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) and Coillte of Ireland joined as Associate Partners.
  In all 30 technical reports were published at the end of the project, covering issues such as road drainage methods in different countries and road types, demonstrations of road repairs and widening, road condition surveys and proposals for forest roads. The project concluded with a summary report on the benefits and savings that could be achieved using the new strategies.
  The ROADEX project was listed as a best case study for tangible benefits in the final summary report of the Northern Periphery Programme 2007–2013, "Achievement".
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