28 March 2018 | Nice, France

The Pavement Preservation and Recycling Summit (PPRS2018) closed its second edition in Nice (France) on 28 March. Around 1000 attendants participated in 16 dedicated sessions to maintenance on the infrastructure asset complemented by three major plenary sessions.

While the first edition aimed at raising awareness of regulators and decision-makers, this year´s event represents a continuation in the action by identifying and promoting successful experiences to develop a road infrastructure safer, smarter and more sustainable following latest mobility trends.

PPRS is the response of the industry to the current challenges faced by the transport sector. Concretely, the 3–days event had the main objectives main objectives:

•  Discussion of current road maintenance and modernisation practices including follow-up of conclusions adopted during last summit in Paris
•  Identification of opportunities, solutions to overcome challenges and adaption to new social, economic and environmental scenario
•  Incorporation of latest technologies and innovative solutions to achieve policy goals in the mobility sector both in urban and non-urban areas

The event has been consolidated as a unique opportunity for all stakeholders, from public and private sectors, to present their latest developments and get better acquainted with good practices from like-minded professionals around the globe.

6 February 2018| Brussels, Belgium

The Road Federation Belgium organised in Brussels Kart the technical seminar ‘Your roads tomorrow’ to discuss future trends in road mobility.

This event gathered some 80 participants from the Belgian road industry as well as from the Flemish and Walloon Road Authorities and was highlighted by the opening speech of the Belgian Federal Minister of Mobility, Mr. François Belot.

The Director General of the ERF, Christophe Nicodème, was also invited to deliver a presentation on the investments in road infrastructure and the annual road statistics yearbook of the ERF. His intervention focussed on the need to develop a real cooperation between public authorities and regulators with the entire industry as a vector to put in the market cutting-edge technologies which are being tested presently under different prototypes. He stressed various EU Research & Innovation project with involvement of the ERF as HEALROADS for self-healing pavements, ALTERPAVE to deploy the circular economy framework or DURABROADS for greener, more durable and resilient infrastructure.