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9 WINNERS FOR INNOVATION ROADS PROJECTS AND STREETS PRESENTED TO THEIR MINISTERS

SEGOLENE ROYAL AND ALAIN VIDALIES


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French Minister of Ecology Segolene Royal
(Source: Official Segolene Royal)
USPA NEWS - On September 11, Segolene Royal, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, and Alain Vidalies, Secretary of State for Transport, Sea and Fisheries, unveiled the nine winners of the call for applications led by the innovation committee roads and streets. I
French Minister of Transport Alain Vidalies
Source: Official Alain Vidalies
INNOVATIONS SUBMITTED HAVE SATISFIED THE COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY JEAN FRANCOIS CORTE This device is one of the tools put in place by the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy to encourage innovation, in association with the Institute of Roads, Streets and Mobility Infrastructure. A wide range of sector companies submitted their projects, in line with the needs of the different actors of the road which are intended for recipients to be eligible for concrete experimentation on the road network.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The committee, chaired by Jean-François Corte, a member of the General Council of the Environment and Sustainable Development, is fully by the innovations received, through a broadening of their subject and the increase in urban projects adapted. Segolene Royal and Alain Vidalies, the two ministers congratulate the winners: "Witnesses of the dynamism of the French road industry, these projects combine technological innovation, better consideration of the environment, and sustainability for public actors of the road. They reflect the actions of this sector in favour of the ecological transition and green growth. " The nine winners are as follows : 1. Siemens: Optilane, driver assistance optic monitoring service dedicated lanes. 2. SEA signaling: operation of junctions with continuous feeding. 3. Colas: ECOFAST, surface sealing and adhesion complex. 4. OTT Hydromet: Embedded real time weather sensor for monitoring the condition of roads in winter. 5. General Council of the North, ANAXA-VIDA: automatic sensor measures the number of occupants in vehicles. 6. Eiffage Travaux Publics: R6PONT, seismic reinforcement of bridges lining UHPC batteries. 7. Geotechnics and Special Works: Wall nailed AD / OC®. 8. Reinforced Earth: TERRALINKTM: strengthening solution and road widening. 9. Eiffage Travaux Publics: RECYCLEAN® - polluted pavement recycling in place by encapsulation.
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