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Road resilience, from a technical, planning and funding perspective

09 November 2022, Dakar (Senegal)

All presentations made during the Council's conference-debate in Dakar on November 2022

Moderator: Dr. Mohamed Laye, Head of the Major Road Works Division, AGEROUTE Senegal

Presentations

Country

Speaker

Présentation 1 - Between land and sea, resilience of transport networks in coastal areas - Towards an integrated and concerted management of infrastructures affected by erosion and marine submersion

Canada-Québec

Frédéric Pellerin, Assistant Deputy Minister – Engineering and Infrastructure, Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable, PIARC First Delegate

Présentation 2 - Resilience Management Concept for the Federal Trunk Road Network of Germany

Germany

Peter Schmitz, Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport

Présentation 3 - Road Administration’s Initiatives for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, and Building National Resilience in Japan

Japan

Yuichi Odawara, Director, Road Traffic Control Division, Road Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Présentation 4 - Road resilience from a technical, planning and financing perspective - the case of Mali (in French)

Mali

Mamadou Samake, Director General of Roads, PIARC First Delegate, Current President of AGEPAR

Présentation 5 - Resilience: the challenge for Mexican road infrastructure (in Spanish)

Mexico

Juan Manuel Mares Reyes, Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport

Présentation 6 - Opening up through resilient roads: the case of Morphil Island (in French)

Senegal

Dr. Mohamed Laye, Head of the Major Road Works Division, AGEROUTE Senegal

Présentation 7 - South African case studies

South Africa

Randal Cable, SANRAL, PIARC Executive Committee member

Présentation 8 - Roads as a public service

Spain

Javier de Las Heras Molina, Directorate General for Roads

Présentation 9 - Road resilience in the UK

United Kingdom

Stephen Fidler, Local Transport Manager, PIARC First Delegat

Présentation 10 - Incorporating resilience into the transport planning, development, and building process: an overview of the U.S. experience

United States

Leslie J. Wright, Director, Office of International Programs, Federal Highway Administration

Slideshow of the conference-debate in Dakar

  • Assembly

  • Yuichi Odawara