Today On April 23 at 10:00, Verners Akimovs, Member of the Board, LSR, will open the second day of the conference, which will be dedicated to technology and road maintenance issues. Juris Derevjanko, Director pf Road Management and Maintenance Division, LSR, will talk about routine maintenance of state roads in the next five-year cycle, while Toms Vičkačka, Head of Infrastructure Maintenance Department, Via Lietuva, will talk about Lithuania’s experience in maintaining state roads.

Sven Martin Nielsen, Head of the Transport Department of the German Road and Transport Research Association, will introduce the situation of German alleys and safe traffic guidelines regarding roadside trees.

Edgars Vaivods, Responsible Construction Manager from “Nordes būve”, Ltd., will talk about the progress, challenges and solutions of the construction of the bridge over the Salaca in Salacgrīva, while Sandis Junkers, Head of the Bridge Department from SIA ACBR, Ltd., will inform about the current events of the 4^th phase of the Southern Bridge project.

On April 23, from 11:40 to 12:30, LSR open microphone will be held live as part of the conference – by calling 22005531 everyone will have the opportunity to ask their question about state roads to LSR management.

Gints Alberiņš, Director of Construction Division, LSR, will explain today’s needs in road construction design and outline future requirements in this area.

Researchers from the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering of Riga Technical University Andrejs Kavlaks and Aivars Kļavinskis as well as Līga Gebauere,  Manager of Road Construction Materials Testing Laboratory of CBF Binders and Sergejs Gorņiks from “Madaberi”Ltd., will talk about technology and other current industry issues.

The discussion on the second day will discuss how to balance the development of state roads with the intentions of entrepreneurs, ensuring that both the interests of society and business are taken into account. The discussion will be attended by Verners Akimovs. Member of the Board, LSR, Olga Feldmane, Director of the Construction Policy Department of the Ministry of Economics, Tālivaldis Vectirāns, Director of the Road Traffic Department of the Ministry of Transport, Gatis Ģērmanis, Executive Director of Jelgava Regional Council, Ivars Liepiņš, Executive Director of Tukums Regional Council, and Māris Sīmanis,  Project Manager from Ignitis Renewables Latvia. The discussion will be moderated by communications expert Ivars Svilāns. The road industry conference is organized annually by State Limited Liability Company “Latvian State Roads”.