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ESTONIAN ROAD ADMINISTRATIONThe New Road Administration with Its Four Regional Offices to Commence Operation on July 1st Since 1 July 2009, the Estonian Motor Vehicle Registration Centre (EMVRC), Road Administration, Road Administration of the Northern Region of Estonia (a regional office of the Road Administration), Road Centre of the Eastern Region of Estonia, Road Centre of the Southern Region of Estonia, and Road Centre of the Western Region of Estonia (state agencies managed by the Road Administration) will be reorganised and merged into the new Road Administration and its regional offices. From that day on, the tasks of the former Road Administration’s organisation and EMVRC shall be fulfilled by new Road Administration, and the tasks of the former EMVRC shall be divided between the Road Administration and its regional offices. Reorganisation of the Road Centres into regional offices of the Road Administration (regional road administrations) will allow them to exercise state supervision in addition to the former roads-related tasks. The situation where the Road Administration managed two types of agencies (1 regional office and 3 state agencies managed) will cease to exist. The number of tasks of the regional offices will increase on account of the activities of the former EMVRC, including the activities associated with the Traffic Register’s bureaus. The main tasks of regional road administrations shall be as follows: 1) arrangement of road management and creation of conditions for safe traffic on national roads; 2) traffic arrangement; 3) construction supervision over public road construction and repair works, owner supervision and supervision over requirements to road use and condition, organisation of state supervision over compliance with requirements arising from the legislation governing the administration’s area of activity and, if necessary, application of enforcement powers of the state; 4) implementation of state policies and development plans in the domains of traffic safety, public transportation and environmental safety of vehicles, as well as keeping of appropriate account over vehicles entered in the Traffic Register, tachograph cards, driver’s licences and other documents provided for by legislation. The Director General of the reorganised Road Administration is Tamur Tsäkko, former Head of the EMVRC. New regional road administrations will be managed by the heads of former Road Centres: the Road Administration of the Southern Region of Estonia by Kuno Männik, the Road Administration of the Eastern Region of Estonia by Eugen Õis, and the Road Administration of the Western Region of Estonia by Enn Raadik. Erkki Mikenberg is to continue as the Director of the Road Administration of the Northern Region of Estonia. The new organisation with its four regional offices administered by the central office will allow the new Road Administration to concentrate on planning of prospective tasks, co-ordination of the entire system’s activity, and searching for new solutions. This way, the regions will acquire greater decision-making rights regarding issues of regional importance and cost efficiency is achieved through concentration of the support services necessary for the offices’ activities. Both the home page of the Road Administration www.mnt.ee and the home page of the former EMVRC www.ark.ee will continue to provide information for our co-operation partners and customers. The address of the new Road Administration is not to change (Pärnu mnt 463a, Tallinn).
On June 6, 2005, a Road Museum was opened in Põlva county, on the historical Tartu-Võru mail road, in the former Varbuse Post Station and under the administration of Southern Road Administration. The foundation of the museum started in 2000 by the appointment of the Museum’s Supervisory Board; a team of three members started to work the very next year. The first exposition was opened in 2003. During the five years of its operation, the management has renovated most of the buildings and erected an equipment exposition hall demonstrating the essential road maintenance maschines. The ERA and its regional road administrations act pursuant to the laws of the Republic of Estonia, international conventions and agreements acceded to by the Republic of Estonia, requirements, regulations and orders of the Government of the Republic, regulations and directives of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications, and the Statutes of the Estonian National Road Administration; and also applicable regulations of other ministers. * * * GENERAL FACTS ABOUT ESTONIA
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From January 1, 2009 due to structural changes the ERA has four regional road administrations, which focus on planning and ordering whereas all maintenance work will be done by the private road sector. The Estonian Road Administration controls the following regional road administrations: