Summary:

EcoLanes was a three year FP6 project funded under the priority thematic area of Sustainable Surface Transport, FP6-2005-Transport-4 call 3B. The key area and activity code associated with EcoLanes was SUSTDEV 2.6: design and manufacture of new construction concepts for road, rail, waterborne and inter-modal infrastructures. The project main aims were to develop infrastructure for surface transport using slip forming and roller compaction techniques based on existing asphalt laying equipment and steel fibre reinforced concrete. The benefits of the new construction concept will be manifold, such as to reduce construction costs by 10-20%, reduce construction time by 15%, reduce the energy consumption in road construction by 40%, minimise maintenance, use waste materials in road construction and make tyre recycling more economically attractive.To achieve its objectives, the project drew expertise from six countries and had to overcome serious scientific and technological barriers in fibre processing, concrete manufacture and road design. The project delivered new processes, design guidelines and full-scale demonstration projects in four diverse European climates and economies.

Consortium:

• THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD (COORDINATORS)
• UNIVERSITY OF AKDENIZ
• TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
• EUROPEAN TYRE RECYCLING ASSOCIATION
• AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES UK LTD
• ANTALYA MUNICIPALITY
• COMPANIA NATIONALA DE DRUMURI NATIONALE DIN ROMANIA
• ADRIATICA RICICLAGGIO E AMBIENTE S.R.L.
• PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
• CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Partner, PI: D.G.Hadjimitsis)
• SCOTT WILSON GROUP PLC