Results of a study on Environmental Practices and Regulations

Résumé

Growing interest in the environment in today’s society has led to increasing focus on environmental issues. This also applies to the road sector. By its very nature, this sector involves appreciable loading on the environment, so there is every reason to take active measures to achieve more environmentally appropriate operations. Appreciable gains can be made, environmentally as well as economically. The major environmental loading from the road sector originates principally from the exhaust gases and emissions from road traffic, although road building, rebuilding and maintenance of the road network also can cause significant environmental impact in certain cases. This paper is a part of the ROADEX II project.