ROAD SAFETY in ARMENIA - from ‘Safe Villages ‘to Safe Country

ROAD SAFETY in ARMENIAROAD SAFETY in ARMENIA--

from from ‘‘Safe Villages Safe Villages ‘‘ to Safe to Safe

CountryCountry

Aleksandr Bakhtamyan Aleksandr Bakhtamyan

Ministry of Transport and CommunicationMinistry of Transport and Communication

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National Road Safety Strategy of National Road Safety Strategy of

ArmeniaArmenia

One of the key elements One of the key elements -- Improvement of Improvement of

road safety engineeringroad safety engineering

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WB funded Lifeline Roads WB funded Lifeline Roads

Improvement ProjectImprovement Project

��Rehabilitation of rural roadsRehabilitation of rural roads

��Road Safety improvementRoad Safety improvement

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Road Safety improvementRoad Safety improvement

��Safe Safe ‘‘VillagesVillages’’ pilot projectpilot project

��Road safety audit systemRoad safety audit system

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‘‘SAFE VILLAGESAFE VILLAGESS’’

� Additional road safety Additional road safety improvement measuresimprovement measures

��The target village The target village -- Gyulagarak Gyulagarak village in the Northern part of village in the Northern part of ArmeniaArmenia

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ROAD SAFETY AUDITROAD SAFETY AUDIT

�In 2010 an Australian specialist Philip Jordan was

hired for designing the Road Safety Manual, doing

pilot audits for LRIP 2010 roads and delivering training

on road safety audit for Armenian specialists

�“The Road Safety Audit Manual for Armenia” was created

�In 2011 the road safety audit will become mandatory.

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