• Road transport data are currently in isolated national databases and not typically available to other experts. Now the Internet technology allows sharing of this data. Technical measures will be undertaken so as to make this data and information sharing possible between the national road authorities.

• The main roads have been defined from the perspective of national interest. However, big industries and businesses have a more global view to their business development and road authorities have difficulties to follow this up with new road investments. Also, harmonisation of road corridor standards and maintenance practices are necessary. Furthermore, the Barents road corridors will help define the roads of the Northern Transport Axis between the EU, Norway and Russia as proposed by the EU in Nov 2005.

• The Barents roads have a higher than average share of heavy goods vehicles (HGV), which are accident-prone in winter. Conditions of serious accidents will be analysed as well as common measures recommended for preventing them from occurring.

WP 4 includes three subprojects

1. Setting up a road information sharing system over the Internet

2. Pilot project for establishing the road corridors of the Barents region

3. Second phase of the joint heavy vehicle safety subproject

• Krister Palo, Swedish Road Administration, Northern Region

• Per Eriksson, Swedish Road Administration, Northern Region

• Irina Jonsson, Swedish Road Administration, Northern Region

• Stig Carlsson, Swedish Road Administration, Northern Region

• Eilif Mathisen, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Region North

• Heino Heikkinen, Finnish Road Administration, Oulu District

• Jorma T Leskinen, Finnish Road Administration, Lappi District

• Valeri Alikin, Highway Agency, Komi Republic

• Anna Tsaplina, RADOR, Moscow

• Marko Mäenpää, STBR II Secretariat