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La seguridad vial, en el punto de mira de la Asociación Española de CarreterasRoad safety, in the crosshairs of the Spanish Road Association
March 12, 2009
Aware of the problem of road safety, makers of the
Spanish Road Association (AEC) have been prepared for the first months of the year an intense schedule of activities in which this issue will be dealt with amplitude. The catalogue of congresses, conferences and courses for 2009 surely either side other issues relevant to the road sector, such as the sustainability of the infrastructure, funding, or the most important innovations introduced recently in its construction.
The calendar of the AEC opened last February in Granada with fair road and snow and will continue to April 2 at Santiago de Compostela with a technical Conference on 'The equipment of the road and the road safety'which will deal with issues such as the installation of reducers of speed, orientation signage or the importance of the repainting of the road markings. Will at this meeting, organized jointly with the Association of enterprises of conservation and exploitation of infrastructures (Acex), also be discussed on the equipment of the road more beyond that picks up with the rules and a space will be devoted to the intelligent transportation systemswhich seek to make more secure, sustainable and efficient mobility. On 20-22 may, the Palace of congresses of Logroño will host the IV National Congress on road safety, which counts as general rapporteur with Antonio García Cuadra, director-general of roads of La Rioja. The meeting being called representatives of the Ministry of public works and Interior as well as of various administrations and territorial entities, that will make their contributions on the solutions that the infrastructure provides for the improvement of road safety in our country. In addition, expected some 400 technical assistance.
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