The present annual report of the Estonian Road Administration gives a thorough review about the financial resources, the specific activities and the achieved results of the ERA in 2008. As for an organization maintaining national roads, the last year was for the Road Administration differently notable and plenty of transformations. First, funding of road management: based on the concretized prognosis the road management funds were reduced in the middle of 2008.
Second, restructuring the road management organization: five state trading companies were established on the basis of former road operations departments and performing of road operations works in Lääne-Viru, Pärnu, Saare, Tartu and Võru counties were rendered to entrepreneurs. The Road Administration with its subsidiary units was formed into a customer organization, as a result of what the total number of personnel decreased by a half.
Third, improvement of traffic safety: during the year 1863 personal injury accidents including 132 killed were registered in Estonia that is the smallest number of victims in last 50 years.
Being so far in the rear part of EU countries by traffic safety level, Estonia could be compared with Italy, Spain and Belgium today.
Fourth, decrease of traffic flow: changes in country’s economy reflect directly in traffic flow. Fast growth of traffic density on main and basic roads in previous years has been replaced by fall first time in last 10 years.
Fifth, developments on Tallinn-Tartu road: Vaida-Aruvalla 6.8 km long I class road section was completed, construction of similar section on Mäo by-pass started and the tender for public procurement of design-construction works on Aruvalla-Kose section announced.
Sixth, studies to investigate satisfaction of road users: based on the inquiry carried out in 2008, 79% of drivers estimated the summer road conditions as “good or excellent”.
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Koit Tsefels
Acting Director General of the ERA
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