1. C OUNTRY AND C OMPANY OVERVIEW C HALLENGES AND ACTIVITIES WITH LOW VOLUME ROADS MANAGEMENT Jānis Barbars ROADEX meeting, Oslo 5th April 2016

2. Functions of “Latvian State Roads” Management of the state road network; Planning of road expenditures & financial administration; Organisation of public procurement; Management of state road maintenance, reconstruction and construction programmes / projects; Supervision of road routine maintenance; Supervision of municipal roads; Supervision of traffic organisation.

3. Road Sector contracts & control Construction supervision private companies Construction supervision private companies Road management Latvian State Roads Road management Latvian State Roads subcontractors Design private companies Design private companies Repairs, reconstruction and construction private companies Repairs, reconstruction and construction private companies Routine maintenance 1 state company Routine maintenance 1 state company contracts & control contracts contract contracts control Ministry of Transport Ministry of Transport direct contract & control direct contract & control

4. General Background LatviaEU Territory, thous. km 2 64.594271.60 Population, mill.2.01505.66 Road length, thous. km73.285000.00 Road density, km per km 2 1.131.17 Road length maintained by 1 inhabitant, m36.409.89

5. Road Network Bituminous pavements Crushed-stone / gravel No pavementTotal length State roads, including: 874311350-20093 Main roads (A)1674-- Regional roads (P)43721016-5388 Local roads (V)269710334-13031 Municipal roads and streets, including: 565232828-38480 Roads110529388-30493 Streets45473440-7987 Forest roads248346283211202 Private roads5003000-3500 Roads and streets, total 1491955524283273275

6. Latvian State Road Network State main road with 1 carriageway State main road with 2 carriageways State regional road Byelorussia Lithuania Estonia Russia

7. Annual Average Daily Traffic Byelorussia Lithuania Estonia Russia

8. Low volume roads, AADT < 500 Road classTotal length, kmAADT <500, kmPercentage Main roads (A)161500 % Regional (P)5485121722 % Local (V)130751106585 %

9. Road Traffic: Vehicles

10. Road Financing Annually needed amount for sustainable road maintenance: 400 million EUR

11. Road Works, km

12. 2016 Road Financing: 339.0 mill. EUR

13. Road network condition

14. State main roadskm EU funds51.4 State budget114.3 Total165.7 Regional roads EU funds86.3 State budget68.2 Total154.5 Local roads State budget 18.5 Total18.5 Surface dressings Surface dressings on main roads8.8 Surface dressings on regional roads294.5 Surface dressings on local roads158.7 Gravel road resurfacing111.1 Surface dressing in the scope of routine maintenance150.0 Gravel road resurfacing in the scope of routine maintenance150.0 Total length of road works in 20161211.6 Indicators for Construction Works in 2016

15. Road Development Programme 2014 – 2020 Asphalt surfaces to be renewed – 2837 km; Road pavements to be reconstructed – 1560 km; New asphalt pavements to be constructed – 95 km; Gravel surfaces to be renewed – 1400 km; Bridges to be reconstructed – 206; Traffic safety projects to be implemented – 44 projects.

16. Challenges on low volume roads Weak foundations Backlog of maintenance Overloaded vehicles

17. Research on low volume roads Efficiency of timber haulage using Central Tire Inflation systems (together with Latvian State Forests and Skogforsk). Dust control of gravel roads.

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