1. The main objective of the Action is to develop a framework for the management of winter
traffic for maximised road safety.
In doing so, the best policy is formulated and implemented through effective network strategies.
The framework for the Action includes both winter maintenance and traffic management tools,
including Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), for application and implementation by road
authorities on strategic, urban and rural networks. The expected outcome is a high level of service
performance, low accident risk, minimal traffic delays to freight, road users and pedestrians on the
whole European transport system.
Different demands need to be considered, differentiated by climatic regions and the different road
networks (strategic, rural, urban) to be maintained.
2. The Secondary Objective is:
“to integrate new methods of winter maintenance management through the use of the latest
technologies for data management, communication and vehicle positioning.”
The definition of which technologies are sufficiently well advanced to qualify for winter
maintenance management and the requirements of several components, such as communications or
positioning, need to be established as well as their possible integration into a modular total system.
In this respect, legal, institutional and social aspects as well as a cost-benefit analysis should be
taken into consideration.
