The importance of trafficable private gravel roads in the Aurora programme area is considerable. Today, information on the trafficability of gravel roads is based on the local knowledge of residents and road users. This information is fragmented, imprecise and difficult to obtain and use. New road information would help people make decisions for the personal road use, for road maintenance, and for business transport in agriculture, forestry, tourism and green businesses.
The main objective of the Interreg Aurora funded project Northern Traffic Lights is to develop digital solutions for monitoring and predicting i) trafficability and ii) maintenance needs of private gravel roads. The results of the project are strongly based on the use of rapidly developing open data sources, increased use of vehicle data and digitization opportunities to develop visual map-based decision support concepts for road users and other stakeholders.
The project consists of five work packages:
1. Information systems for private gravel roads,
2. Extension of road weather stations,
3. Dynamic trafficability modelling,
4. Online trafficability platform Northern Traffic Lights,
5. Networking and dissemination.
Contact: Kari Väätäinen, Project manager, LUKE, kari.vaatainen@luke.fi
