INQUEST summary
The project aims at coordinating communication and dissemination of past and present research pertaining to guidance on the use of low-noise technologies for road surfaces to European countries with less access and experience in applying knowledge in that field.
- The main focus for the dissemination are the contents of the “Guidance Manual on the implementation of low-noise road surfaces” developed by SILVIA (“Sustainable Road Surfaces for Traffic Noise Control”, a European-funded project completed in August 2005; www.trl.co.uk/silvia) together with the latest findings of on-going research activity carried out a European and national level.
- The main instrument for the dissemination will be a series of workshops in countries that were not involved in SILVIA, with priority given to new member states.
- One of the main outputs from SILVIA is proposals for an acoustic classification procedure for road surfacing materials and technologies. A European network of users of this and other similar classification procedures will be established for the exchange of experiences and data. It is anticipated that this network will include all of the relevant main stakeholder groups involved in the planning, specification and procurement of road surfaces, e.g. road administrations and highway authorities, planners, surface contractors, etc. as well as those parties directly responsible for performing the classification measurements. The user group may also offer the opportunity for equipment comparison tests although it is noted that these tests are not proposed as part of the INQUEST project.
- The partners in the project are BRRC (the Belgian Road Research Centre), DRI (the Danish Road Institute) and FEHRL. BRRC and DRI were leaders in SILVIA and key staff from SILVIA are also working for FEHRL
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