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NEWSLETTERAPRIL 2011

The Government of the Republic of Croatia adopted, during its session held on 17 March 2011, the Conclusion by which it proposed to the Supervisory Board of Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb d.d. to appoint Mr. Željko Denona as

Autocesta Rijeka - Zagreb d.d. appoints Management Board membersManagement Board Member for Technical Affairs, and Mr. Robert Tukač as Manage-ment Board Member for Economic Affairs.In the Supervisory Board session held on 30 March 2011, Mr. Željko Denona was ap-

pointed as Management Board Member for Technical Affairs, while Mr. Robert Tukač was appointed as Management Board Mem-ber for Economic Affairs.

Željko Denona, Management Board Member for Technical AffairsMr. Željko Denona was born on 30 June 1957 in Pula where he com-pleted his primary and secondary school studies.In 1982 he graduates from that Fac-ulty of Civil Engineering in Rijeka.After the end of university studies, he starts working at the company Adriamont, Rijeka, and then moves to construction company GP Primorje also from Rijeka, where he works in the Construction Sector, on practical engineering assignments, and gradually advances to the position of site manager.In his capacity as site manager, he inter alia manages works during construction of the thermal power plant Plomin II (1987 - 1989) and Croatialine office build-ing (1989-1991). In 1993 he founds, together with his spouse, his own private company DEN-ING d.o.o and operates this company until 2001.In 2001, he starts working at Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb as director of the Sector for Roadside Service Facilities.In response to the proposal made by the Government of the Republic of Croatia, the Supervisory board of the Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb d.d. appoints him on 30 March 2011 as Management Board Member for Tech-nical Affairs. Mr. Denona is married and the father of two children.

Robert Tukač, Management Board Member for Economic AffairsMr. Robert Tukač, born in Zagreb on 1 January 1957, completed in this city his primary and secondary school studies and graduated in 1980 from the Faculty of Econo-mics in Zagreb, academic major: Marketing.His first employment was with Ljubljanska banka d.d., Ljubljana - Principal Branch Office in Zagreb, where he works as official in charge of loans and guarantees at the Funding & Placement Sector.After twelve years he moves in May 1993 to Ilirija banka d.d., Zagreb where he works for the next four years as Manager in charge of loans and guarantees.As of 1997 he works as finance consultant at the Funding & Placement Sector of Partner banka d.d., Zagreb.In May 1998 he moves to Credo banka d.d., Split, Branch Office in Zagreb, where he assumes the position of Deputy Head of Branch Office.He is employed with the savings bank Štedionica More d.d., Zagreb, as from November 1999, first in the capacity of Chief of Loans Department. In early 2000 he passes the banker’s examination for the bank’s Management Board members. As of September 2000, he assumes the position of President of Management Board in this savings bank.After acquisition of the savings bank by Banka Kovanica d.d. Varaždin, Mr. Tukač works as of January 2002 as Executive Director of the Poslovni centar poduzetništva (Business Centre of Entrepreneurs).Following proposal of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, the Super-visory board of the Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb d.d. appoints him on 30 Mar-ch 2011 as Management Board Member for Economic Affairs. Mr. Tukač is married and the father of two children.

Autocesta Rijeka - Zagreb d.d.

Appointment of the new Supervisory Board at Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb d.d.On 17 December 2010 the Government of the Republic of Croatia proposed to the General Assembly of the Joint Stock Company Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb d.d. to recall the Supervisory Board members Bojan Hlača, Ph.D., Luka Matijević, M.Sc., Slavko Leban and Slobodan Vračar, and proposed to the General Assembly of Au-tocesta Rijeka-Zagreb d.d. to appoint new

Supervisory Board members as follows: Bojan Hlača, Ph.D., Luka Matijević, M.Sc., Krunoslav Šams and Ivo Zrilić.Following this governmental proposal, the general Assembly appointed on 16 Febru-ary 2011 the new Supervisory Board mem-bers: Bojan Hlača, Ph.D., Luka Matijević, M.Sc., Krunoslav Šams and Ivo Zrilić. Mladen Efendić was appointed as Supervi-

sory Board member - representative of the employees.The constituting session of the Supervi-sory Board was held on 22 February 2011.Bojan Hlača, M.Sc. was elected as Presi-dent of the Supervisory Board of Autoces-ta Rijeka-Zagreb, while Luka Matijević, M.Sc. was elected as Vice President of the Supervisory Board.

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Hrvatske autoceste d.o.o. Reorganization of Hrvatske autocesteThe reorganization in Hrvatske autoceste was undertaken at the level of the Compa-ny Management Board, at individual Sec-tors, and in Independent Departments. The Company Management Board is formed of the Management Board Presi-dent, Mr. Stjepko Boban, B.Sc. (Civ.Eng.), and the new Head Office Director is Mr. Mladen Čorda, M.Sc.

Changes were also made in the Trans-port Sector where Mr. Eduard Zaninović, B.Sc. (Transport Eng.) was appointed as Head of the Transport Sector, while Mrs. Snježana Vrkljan, LL.M. was appointed as Head of the Sector for Legal and General Affairs, and Mrs. Danira Čikara became Manager of the Division for Roadside Service Facilities.

New, updated issue of HUKA’s National Re-port for 2010 has been published in April this year and provides an overview of the most significant data dealing with the activities of motorway operators in Croatia. Here you can find information about construction of motorways in the previous year, openings of new sections, statistical data regarding in-come, traffic and safety for all motorway op-erators as well as their short and long term plans. HUKA’s National Report is now for the

HUKA’s National Report for 2010

Company 2009Total network

2010Total network

Total networkplan for 2011

1. HAC d.o.o. 858.0 858.0 869.5

2. ARZ d.d. 181.7 181.7 181.7

3. BINA-ISTRA d.d. 141.0 141.0 141.0

4. AZM d.o.o. 60.0 60.0 60.0

TOTAL: 1,240.7 1,240.7 1,252.2

MOTORWAY NETWORK

first time also available in printed version as well as on the Internet site www.huka.hr .As on 1 January 2011, the total length of the motorway network in Croatia amounted to 1,240.7 km. Motorways are operated by 4 companies: Hrvatske autoceste d.o.o. (op-erates all toll motorways, i.e. A1, A3, A4, A5, A10, A11, A12 and A13, except for the ones under concession), and three concession companies, i.e. BINA-ISTRA d.d. Pula (it op-erates the so called Istrian Y - A8 and A9),

On 3rd March, 2011 Croatian Government gave its consent to Croatian Motorways Company for the Construction and Main-tenance Programme.Croatian Motorways Ltd is planning to in-vest 275.780.920 EUR, which exceeds the Government’s initial programme for 2011. by a sum of 166.376.319 EUR. The exceed-ed expenses are based on:financing the section of the motorway net-work at Corridor Vc, along the northern and southern border of Bosnia and Herze-

govina through a credit from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European bank for European Bank for Reconstruc-tion and Development (EBRD) the results of a capital market survey – the realistic chances of financing the construction of a bridge over river Drava through favourable long-term credits transfer of unrealised in-vestments from previous periods into 2011The motorway investments for 2011 are planned according to types and values:Land acquisition and archaeological research

Construction 275,780,920 EUR

Extra maintenance 20,297,699 EUR

Regular maintenance 18,430,311 EUR

Total: 314,508,930 EUR

Hrvatske autoceste d.o.o. have start-ed with implementation of the infor-mation security management system based on the international standard ISO 27001:2005.On 26 January 2011, HAC signed with the company Bureau Veritas Croatia d.o.o. the Agreement on cer-tification of the information security management system in accordance with the international standard ISO 27001:2005.The harmonization with the interna-tional standard ISO 27001:2005 is a legal obligation arising from the In-formation Security Act (Official Ga-zette 79/07), i.e. from the Ordinance on Information Safety Measures, Ar-ticle 8 (Official Gazette 46/08).

Hrvatske autoceste are to implement the infor-mation security mana-gement system based on international standard ISO 27001:2005

Construction and Maintenance Programme for Hrvatske autoceste for 2011

amount to 25.390.257 EUR, diversion of utilities amounts to 5.297.699 EUR, design work amounts to 14.755.886 EUR, construction amounts to 24.263.870 EUR and supervision ex-penses amount to 6.073.207 EUR of total planned investments.

Autocesta Rijeka - Zagreb d.d. (A6, A7, part of A1, and the Krk Bridge), and Autocesta Zagreb - Macelj d.o.o. (A2).

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Bina-Istra d.d.

User satisfaction testingThe company Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb (ARZ) has set as its priority the task of en-suring that their users will reach their destination safely and comfortably, and is therefore constantly monitoring motorway users’ wishes, needs, objections, and also their commendations. Highly aware of the fact that loyal and satisfied users can only be gained through responsible provision of services, the company has been testing user satisfaction since 2005 via Internet, and also through direct interviewing on the motorway (at roadside rest areas). About two thousand users have so far taken part in these survey activities, and ARZ is thankful to all of them for their contribution in assisting the com-pany to raise the quality of services and to improve its overall performance.The total average grade of 3.7 was obtained in the survey conducted in 2010. Last year the total average grade was 3.62, while it amounted to 3.43 in 2008. It is nice to see that the grades have been steadily albeit slightly increasing over the past three years in a row.

Total average gradeAlthough we can be satisfied with this result, there is still something that we have to focus our attention to. In fact, although willingness to help and kindness of our personnel has been for a number of year our best graded aspect, it has come down this year to 3.8 from the last year’s 4.0. This is the customer re-lations element that should be growing year after year, or should at least remain at a con-stant level. Let’s remind ourselves of the an-cient Chinese proverb that goes like this: “Do

not open a store if you don’t like to smile”. Do we actually smile enough? Is our service ap-propriately received? Do our customers see us as satisfied and smiling provider of high-quality services? What can we do better? There is an ample room for improvement and, to this effect, we should constantly bear in mind some facts that each person dealing with users has to remember at all times:• customer is always right (even when he is

wrong),• a complaint is a gift,• user satisfaction is the measure of our

success.

In 2010, the best graded aspects, with an average grade of 4.0, were road signs and markings, and the overall appearance and cleanliness of our toll stations. The toll lev-el, with an average grade of 2.9, still remains the worst graded aspect. The grade of 3.9 was awarded for the appearance and clean-liness of roadside rest areas. The grade of 3.8 was given for the willingness to help and kindness of our personnel, for services offered at the roadside rest areas, and for traffic safety. An average grade of 3.7 was given for the speed of passage through toll stations, presence of road maintenance pa-trols, and timely provision of information about situation on the motorway.

Average grades for individual aspectsA novelty introduced in this survey was that the users were given the possibility to leave their contact information, which most of them actually did. This contact information

was used to apologise once again to users that were not satisfied with our previous answers, or with replies to complaints, and also to provide additional and more detailed information to such users.The second novelty is the question about the section most often used boy the users. This question was introduced so that, in case the user objects to signs and markings, some event, or behaviour of personnel, we can easier establish where the incident actually occurred.After filling in the questionnaire, the users have the opportunity to say if there is some-thing they have been particularly satisfied or unsatisfied with regarding the motorway, and to add something that is in their view impor-tant but is not covered by the questionnaire.Objections were mostly related to the functioning of the electronic toll collection system (account replenishment methods, traffic jams at ETC lanes, etc.), road clos-ing because of road works, and uncivilized behaviour and wild driving of other users.On the other hand, commendations were most often given good functioning of the ETC system which greatly facilitates the travelling, and for kindness of personnel.

Environmental incident drillA prominent place among numerous prin-ciples applied by Bina-Istra is reserved to environmental protection. In the course of its normal activities and daily operations, the company pays special attention to waste management and pollution abatement.In addition to well established activities through which the company contributes to the protection of our environment, Bina-Istra also undertakes activities to counter potential dangers that are not expected, and that pose an everyday threat to our environment. Sudden pollution can not be anticipated and is hard to prevent. It is therefore very significant to know how to undertake rapid and efficient action in such situations. Sudden cases of pollution in-clude spilling of toxic, hazardous and other

substances that are likely to pollute surface water. Sudden environmental pollution is an emergency situation that can occur at any moment, which is why rapid and proper reaction is needed so as to reduce harmful consequences.Bina-Istra organizes every year an envi-ronmental incident drill In order to review knowledge and skill already acquired by its employees. The drill is composed of two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part consists of a presentation in the scope of which levels of pollution ex-perienced during environmental incidents are defined, and measures to be taken are explained in detail for every individual lev-el. Preventive measures aimed at avoiding such incidents are defined, and procedures to be followed in case of sudden pollution are specified.

The theoretical part, which includes pres-entation and brief verification of knowledge, is followed by the second part of the drill, i.e. by on-site simulation of an environ-mental incident. An environmental incident classified as the first level of pollution was simulated, and Bina-Istra services were called upon to intervene. The company’s safety and operation services, and also maintenance services, practiced how to react in incidental situations in order to ef-fectively prevent pollution of natural envi-ronment.

Autocesta Rijeka - Zagreb d.d.

Total average grade

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The Učka Tunnel is a significant traffic link connecting the region of Istria with the rest of Croatia. The tunnel construction started in 1976 and the tunnel tube was fully exca-vated in 1978. The tunnel was opened to traf-fic in 1981. The tunnel has been operated by concessionaire BINA-ISTRA d.d. since 1995.The main “Učka Tunnel” is 5062 m in length. The traffic is operated in two directions, with one driving lane for each direction of travel. The other two tunnels “Zrinščak I” (196 m) and “Zrinščak II” (45 m) form a whole with the main tunnel, and the three tunnels are oper-ated remotely from the control centre facility situated at the Istrian side of the tunnel.In the past period, the Concessionaire con-ducted two safety checks for this tunnel, the first one in 1996 and the second in 2005, in order to obtain recommendations about how to increase the level of safety in the tunnel.Over the past several years, the concession-aire has been modernizing technical instal-lations in the Učka Tunnel, and some of these activities are still in progress. Major works undertaken in this respect are related to the following installations: remote operation system (ROS), lighting, ventilation, power supply, fire detection system, video surveil-lance system and automatic detection of accidents, emergency (SOS) station, traffic signs and markings, and radio broadcasting.Two program modules were included in the remote control system in the final stage of the ventilation upgrade effort:• use of ventilation in normal mode, based

on predictive mathematical model and fuzzy logic,

• use of ventilation in emergency (fire) mode.

Učka Tunnel ventilation systemThe ventilation system used at Učka Tunnel is of longitudinal type, and is formed of 144 fans divided into 48 fan groups. Each group contains three engines (fans) that are sus-pended from the tunnel vault. The fans are unidirectional i.e. they always operate in one direction (reverse operation is impos-sible). They are arranged in such a way that some groups act in one direction (groups 1, 3, 5 ..., 47 - towards Istria), while the other groups act in the other direction.Fan groups are not evenly distributed along the tunnel tube length, i.e. they are grouped towards the tunnel ends, so that the central part of the tunnel is not equipped with fans.The ventilation is remotely operated from the control centre although in case of emer-gency, or during routine maintenance oper-ations, the fans can also be operated via the local switchboard.

Mathematical model for ventilation man-agementTunnels are especially susceptible to pol-lution generated by vehicles powered by internal combustion engines. The follow-ing pollutants are most frequently encoun-tered: carbon monoxide (CO), solid parti-cles and nitric oxides (NOx).• Natural ventilation is in most cases insuf-

ficient, which is why mechanical ventila-tion systems must be installed in tunnels so as to keep pollution levels within allow-able limits.

• Besides lowering the level of pollution, the mechanical system also prevents spreading of fire and participates in fire combating in emergency situations.

• A special case is the regulation of air move-ment speed in order to increase safety dur-ing normal operation (e.g. regulation of air movement speed during transport of dan-gerous substances under conditions nota-ble natural air circulation, i.e. bora wind).

Most present day tunnels (depending on tun-nel length, traffic density and other parame-ters) feature mechanical ventilation systems which may broadly be divided into two major types - longitudinal and transverse. The ven-tilation is operated from the control centre using the remote control system. In general terms, the regulation of ventilation, i.e. the start-up or shutdown of individual fans, or regulation of fan power via engine control-lers, can be operated either “manually” (by operator working in the control centre) or using the program module for automatic op-eration of the ventilation system.The “traditional” system of automatic regu-lation takes into account the concentration of pollution, i.e. the level of pollution, through measurement of carbon monoxide (CO) lev-els, transparency (“visibility”), and nitric oxide (NOx) concentration. The advanced algorithm based on predictive mathemati-cal model and fuzzy logic takes into account the tunnel constants (shape, cross-section, difference in level between the two portals, etc.), momentary weather conditions (pres-sure, temperature, wind speed and direc-tion), and instantaneous traffic situation (di-rection and density of traffic, vehicle speed and category). The mathematical modelling enables prediction of both pollution level and fresh air requirement, which is why it is more favourable when compared to the “tra-ditional” automatic regulation algorithm.During operation based on mathematical model, a smaller number of fans is in op-eration, and so a lower peak velocity of air circulation is achieved, which is particularly

advantageous in case of accidents (fire) as in such situation it will be possible to switch more rapidly to the low air circulation mode which is required to achieve stratification of smoke in the tunnel.

Mathematical model implementation at Učka TunnelThe design and implementation of the math-ematical model-based ventilation started in 2005 in the scope of the remote operation system upgrade conducted at the company EXOR. In May 2010, this part of the task was transferred to and conducted by the com-pany ABB. In late 2009, following upgrade of ventilation switchboards, all preconditions were met and the system was placed in ini-tial operation in December of the same year.During initial operation and first year of use of the mathematical model-operated ventilation at Učka Tunnel, it has been dem-onstrated that all requirements have been met, with an increase in energy efficiency and with significant savings in electricity (600,000 kWh - EUR 43,978).

ConclusionThe system involving automated opera-tion of ventilation in the normal regimen of operation, as based on predictive math-ematical model and fuzzy logic, was put into operation at Učka Tunnel in late 2009. In addition to CO concentration levels and visibility, input parameters used by the model also include instantaneous weather information (air pressure), and instantane-ous traffic situation (direction and density of traffic and vehicle category). The math-ematical model is capable of predicting pollution levels, and is hence more advan-tageous when compared to the “traditional” logarithm with automatic regulation. As a result of mathematical model use, pollu-tion levels can be kept within defined limits, the number of start-ups and shutdowns of fans is reduced, which extends the life of the fans and electrical installations, lowers maintenance costs, and increases safety of the ventilation system. Significant savings in electricity have also been achieved, and energy efficiency has been improved.

Bina-Istra d.d.Electric power savings at Učka Tunnel - ABB mathematical model for ventilation management

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A round table on traffic safety on motor-ways was held in Zagreb on 15th December 2010 at the initiative of Croatian Association of Toll Motorways Concessionaries whose member include all motorway operators in the Republic of Croatia: Hrvatske Au-toceste, Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb, Bina-Istra, Autocesta Zagreb – Macelj ltd. All invited institutions participated at the conference: the Ministry of the Sea, Trans-port and Infrastructure – Directorate for Road Transport and Road Transport In-spection, The Ministry of the Interior – Road Traffic Department, Croatian Roads Au-thority, Croatian Automobile Club, and all motorway operators.The conference was brought on as a direct consequence of the new proposal of Pub-lic Roads Act and the passing of new Road Traffic Safety Act. As safety implies many things, so the dis-cussion at the conference primarily focused on motorway management and mainte-nance as one of the elements of traffic safe-ty. Through safety programmes motorway operators take numerous measures in or-der to make sure that infrastructure would function as planned and to minimize the number of traffic accidents.

Need for common safety actions Therefore the motorway operators urged for a course of action to be taken by other institutions in those areas which lie outside operators’ jurisdiction: in phase of design and construction of motorway practical experience of operators should be taken into consideration; level of education in driving schools should be improved; level of awareness among drivers through cam-paigns should be raised; regular controls and sanctioning of speeding should be in-tensified; drivers should become aware of their own responsibility for their lives. The motorway network in Croatia has un-dergone a process of intense development in the last ten years. The motorway network has almost entirely been developed based on road and traffic safety law and technical regulations from the 1990s. Motorway op-erators have gained first-hand experience through daily operations and have per-ceived certain issues which are not possible to solve through everyday management and maintenance as they lie beyond their juris-diction. At the conference motorway opera-tors have informed the proper ministries and institutions about their experiences so that during the defining of law and by-law regulations the aforementioned experience could be implemented in accordance with the actual requirements.

HUKA holds a Round Table on Traffic Safety on MotorwaysA Committee for Conclusion Compilation has been appointed including all mem-bers of HUKA’s Technical Committee for safety and traffic (Željko Kadijević – HAC, Ante Pribanić – ARZ, Tomislav Ladavac – BINA-ISTRA, Nikola Bulić – AZM) along with Brankica Bajić i Diana Benković from HUKA.

Conclusions of the ConferenceBased on the discussion of all present members the Committee have reached the following conclusions:• it is necessary to adopt subordinate regu-

lations immediately or within the maxi-mum legal deadline as they are crucial for the motorway operators’ activities. Most of the regulations are either obsolete or non-existent and this especially applies to:- Regulation on the basic requirements to

be met by the public roads outside and its elements from traffic safety perspective

- Road maintenance and road safety regu-lation

- Regulations and technical conditions for public road patrolling

- Regulation of traffic signs, equipment and road signals and other regulations related to the new draft of Public Road Act related to traffic and environment,

• while defining motorways and national roads network in relation to and imple-mentation of the new Public Roads Act, motorway alternative routes need to be taken into consideration as it is one of the primary goals also defined by Transport Development Strategy,

• motorways operators are to be involved in the execution of subordinated regula-tions, as their concrete suggestions and proposals from work experience will make a contribution,

• coordinate the activities of certain insti-tutions which are in charge of road safety (Ministry of Transport, Road Inspection,

Ministry of Interior, Croatian Roads Au-thority),

• ensure more frequent and regular control of compliance of drivers’ compliance with Road Act on motorways,

• not to require for the motorway opera-tors to correct eventual omissions made in the stage of construction and planning of motorways which do not fall under the regular maintenance domain,

• improve prevention, education and raise the level of driving culture through all edu-cation levels, especially in driving-schools,

• on HUKA level define type solutions to standard details on motorways and under-take legalization of such solutions through proper ministries in order to serve as guidelines for future motorway planning

• gradually make the protective fence on existing motorways compliant with re-quired safety standards (H2, H3, H4),

• continue the preparations and accelerate the implementation of speed controlling system on motorways, which would reduce the average driving speed and therefore reduce the number of car accidents sev-eral fold, especially their consequences,

• on HUKA level check and gradually coordi-nate methodology related to collection and analysis of data on car accidents which is implemented among HUKA members

• all the participants are expected to pro-mote and support the conclusions of this conference.

Read more on www.huka.hr

Source: HUKA, National reports 2005 - 2010

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On Tuesday 1st March 2011 the Greek Na-tional Road Fund (TEO) and ASECAP jointly organised in Athens the fourth edition of a high-level conference dedicated to road safety. Having in mind the European Com-mission’s Policy Orientations on Road Safety for the period 2011-2020, this ma-jor event was a unique opportunity for all key actors from all over Europe, ranging from experts in the field to national and European decision-makers, to discuss about the contribution that toll roads and the concession model are making and will continue to make to the creation of a com-mon European road safety area. Besides ASEAP members, representatives from the European Commission, European Par-liament and various Educational Institu-tions from Greece made their contribution to the event.

Toll revenues for safer infrastructureEC Director Mr Enrico GRILLO PAS-QUARELLI said that “ASECAP members are putting road safety in practice in their daily operations”. He added that PPP and earmarking of the revenues collected through road charging are the best models to further invest in safe infrastructures. He also stressed there is still a lot of room for improvement of road safety especially in domain of national roads and rural roads where the highest percent of accidents oc-cur and where the investments are most needed. He also pointed out that EU funds will only be available for building of infra-structure in compliance with the EU Eu-rovignette Directive and Directive on Road Tunnel Safety. These principles should also apply to other roads and not just the TEN-T network.

Fourth ASECAP Road Safety Event held in AthensLong term goal of 0 fatalities by 2050Conference evidenced that toll motor-ways are significantly safer compared to the secondary roads and enabled ex-change of the best practices regarding safety campaigns and technical improve-ments. Inés AYALA SENDER, Member of the European Parliament highlighted that ASECAP members could contribute to reach a common definition of injuries and, subsequently, a specific target to reduce them, by sharing their expertise and the information at their disposal. She underlined that there is a great need for increasing all control systems (cameras, alcohol and drug tests, availability of in-formation to drivers). EU Transport Com-mittee will soon set an Action Plan with a calendar, framework for evaluation of every safety action and all other needed for reaching the main goal of halving fa-talities and a long term goal of 0 fatalities by 2050.

Collection of reliable data on accidents is necessary for defining targetsIn this regard, Kallistratos Dionelis stressed out that the point is not where to go but how to go there, and for this tools like action plans and cost benefit analy-sis are needed. One of the main issues for the policy makers are the data given and in this respect there is a strong need to develop a way to collect reliable data that could be interpreted commonly and be distributed to users. Presented speakers also underlined the need of governments to include road safety as the first priority and invest money, need to take on board all stakeholders and for us to be human beings with ethics.

Main causes of accidents on motorways and corresponding awareness campaignsExamples of road safety campaigns in-cluded the speakers from ASFA (France), ASFINAG (Austria), APCAP (Portugal) and various institutions from Greece who presented their facts and figures in this area and ways of trying to improve them. Main causes of accidents were presented: sleepiness and drowsiness, alcohol, drugs and medications and speeding. Those are followed by failure to attach seat belts, failure to comply with weather conditions and tunnel safety requirements as well as by many other causes. Measures that are undertaken to raise drivers awareness include posters, dedicated motorway ra-dio with safety information in real time, encouraging people to have a break and relax when tired or sleepy etc.

ITS actions for road safetyThe ASECAP COPER III chairman Rui Camo-lino presented the latest ITS actions in Road Safety developments where the Easyway project, involving 27 EU Member States and 3 other European countries to address the major EU transport objectives and harmo-nise the deployment of ITS, also plays a sig-nificant role. EasyWay chairman Adams pre-sented the project and its strategic targets:• avoiding congestion (25 % reduction on

the TERN by 2020)• road safety (25 % reduction in fatalities

and severe injuries on the TERN by 2020)• protecting the environment (10 % reduc-

tion in CO2 by 2020).

Easyway 2 was launched on 1st of January 2011 based on the Action Plan and Direc-tive 2010/40/EU of the European Parlia-ment and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of ITS .ASECAP Road Safety Event showed once again the importance and success of the conference.HUKA and its members will continue to support and contribute to such events also in the future.More details on the event are available on www.huka.hr .

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The ASECAP Permanent Technical Commit-tee for tolling (COPER I) on 4th February 2011 organized, in concert with the Association of French Motorway Companies (ASFA), a sem-inar in Paris under the theme of “Concession tolling and user charging in ASECAP world”.The seminar was attended by some thirty participants from 13 ASECAP member coun-tries. HUKA’s delegation was composed of President M. Škrgatić and Vice-President A. Čaklović as well as coordinator B. Bajić. The main objective of this seminar was to present and exchange information about toll sys-tems and policies applied in member coun-tries as to allow better insight into systems and their administrative-contractual frame-works. A special emphasis was placed on the concessions and PPP projects, and status of national legislations in relation to the so called Eurovignette Directive 2006/38/EC on charging of trucks and Directive 2004/52/EC on interoperability of ETS.According to the Eurovignette Directive, the EU countries are allowed to charge fee, with-in their national networks, for the use of road infrastructure, especially for trucks. Thus a number of countries will get, in addition to the concession toll, new tolling systems run

Seminar on toll systems in ASECAP member countriesby the states. The revenues will not have to be reinvested in roads, but to railways and other modes of transport.

Current status and future plansAll members including HUKA gave presen-tations of their toll networks, toll collection models, the existing PPP projects and mo-torway concessions, principle of risk shar-ing between the concessionaire and grantor, and plans of national ministries regarding the Eurovignette Directive. In the context of the global economic crisis, the traffic and revenue data were presented for the past three years showing that the situation is im-proving and traffic is again on the increase.Presentations given during the seminar have shown the diversity of the toll systems between EU countries and also the diversity in treatment given to individual parts of the road network. In his closing address, General Secretary of ASECAP, Kallistratos Dionelis, empha-sized that great challenges will be fac-ing European private concessionaires in future years, as it will be very difficult to attract private investors to concession projects, if governments fail to guarantee

a certain level of traffic (up to 80 % should be guaranteed for). In addition, it will not be possible to achieve balance and sus-tainability of projects if concessionaires have to assume the risk of land purchase. The stability of concession agreements is essential for concession projects and unilateral changes should not jeopardise their balance. The General Secretary con-siders that more and more mega public companies will appear as road/motorway operators if application of the Eurovignette Directive, by national public companies, proves to be successful. He also added that ETC devices will probably become a standard on board equipment in the years to come. The cashless payment is also ex-pected to be increasingly present in the payment of fees for the use of roads.Therefore ASECAP should promote its knowledge and experience throughout the professional community and general pub-lic, in order to pave the way towards proper and efficient operation and maintenance of motorways. To this end, ASECAP should draft a statement explaining the global con-text for management of toll road infrastruc-ture. Read more on www.huka.hr.

In order to further strengthen and expand our bilateral cooperation on February 17th 2011 HUKA paid visit to the Austrian con-cessionaire ASFINAG. Its member of Man-agement Board, Klaus Schierhackl and his colleague Julia Huber organised once again an excellent and fruitful visit. In the Croatian delegation there were HUKA’s President Miro Škrgatić, Vice-President Aleksandar Čaklović and Deputy Coor-dinator Diana Benković. From Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb visit was attended by Ante Pribanić, Director of Operation and Main-tenance Branch and Zrinka Drozdek.

Update of the existing 25 years old tunnelsWe visited Tunnel Control Centre Bruck in Styria, 50 km from Graz, which cur-rently monitors 15 tunnel facilities, com-bined length of 42,5 km and also some fast roads, including associated emergency telephones, ice warning system and win-ter service. Most tunnels in this monitor-ing area are between 25 and 30 years old. The majority of them have been renovated and updated with state-of-the-art techni-cal installations. Three tunnel facilities are currently under renovation and will benefit from the same technical installations in 1 to 2 years.

Visit to ASFINAG Video wall control of tunnelsThe TCC is equipped with a video wall with approximately 480 camera pictures, not all of which can be over plugged, and presents an overview of all tunnels and the current traffic situation. For all cameras without a gyroscopic or tilt function an automatic alarm is set off if a slow-moving or station-ary vehicle, a wrong-way driver or smoke is detected in the area covered. The control station is operated by two men working in a three-shift rhythm. As of May this year addi-tional monitoring station will be integrated: Gleinalm Tunnel, (8,3 km and two-way traf-fic) and Schartnerkogel Tunnel (1,2 km).Further on we made an on-site visit to Tun-nel Gleinalm and TS Gleinalm where the staff presented traffic and financial data.

Latest safety innovations - project AKUTASFINAG places a great deal of importance on research and development as the goal of the company is to rank among leading mo-torway operators in Europe in road avail-ability, information and safety. One of the novelties presented to us was the operation and construction project AKUT (acoustic tunnel monitoring) focused on the develop-ment of a system to detect critical incidents in tunnels by automatically monitoring unu-sual sounds, such as collisions, loads falling from trucks, etc.

Platform for cleaning of snow and iceAnother, very interesting novelty from ASFINAG was a newly designed and con-structed platform installed at lay-by just before entering the tunnel. The platform enables the drivers of trucks to climb at the top of the vehicle and clean the re-maining of ice and snow. Platform was designed and installed to increase safety and diminish death accidents. Statistic showed that 1 to 2 fatalities per year were due to falling of ice and snow from the top of trucks in tunnels. In future, the plan is to install these platforms before entering the tunnels on the whole network, wher-ever it is possible.The next day we visited the Graz Raaba headquarters and traffic control place Strass where we came just in time for po-lice inspection of trucks overload and then we continued our way back to Zagreb. We thank our friends from ASFINAG for the great organization and welcome and are looking forward to future collaborations.Read more on www.huka.hr .

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Bank account (kuna): 2360000-1101710267Bank account (foreign currency): 2100247894Editorial Board: Miro Škrgatić, Editor in Cheif; Brankica Bajić, Technical editor; Diana Benković, Technical editor assistant; Darija Petrović, Vlatka Weiser, Nikola Bulić, Tea Balde Graphic design: Studio Domino dizajn, Hrvoje VražićPhoto on the header: Slides: Hand dizajn d.o.o. (Božidar Prezelj)Photos: Archive HUKAPublished: April 2011

Statistical data

CompanyUntil the end of March 2010 Until the end of March 2011

%(11/10)Light vehicles

(IA, I i II)Heavy vehicles

(III i IV)Total

Light vehicles(IA, I i II)

Heavy vehicles(III i IV)

Total

HAC 4,969,128 795,155 5,764,283 5,092,371 850,073 5,942,444 3.09

ARZ 1,853,103 282,622 2,135,725 1,962,070 295,482 2,257,552 5.70

BINA-ISTRA 594,312 78,307 672,619 963,937 116,184 1,080,121 *60.58

AZM 1,008,231 127,907 1,136,138 962,045 124,918 1,086,963 -4.33

TOTAL 8,424,774 1,283,991 9,708,765 8,980,423 1,386,657 10,367,080 6.78

NUMBER OF VEHICLES ON TOLL PLAZASTRAFFIC

TvrtkaUntil the end of March 2010 Until the end of March 2011 %

(11/10)HRK EUR **HRK EUR

HAC 197,000,131.58 26,657,663.27 201,963,178.37 27,329,252.82 2.52

ARZ 68,563,598.02 9,277,888.77 68,902,751.82 9,323,782.38 0.49

BINA-ISTRA 19,620,666.00 2,655,029.23 23,885,936.03 3,232,197.03 ***21.74

AZM 28,567,584.12 3,865,708.27 27,676,848.50 3,745,175.71 -3.12

TOTAL 313,751,979.72 42,456,289.54 322,428,714.72 43,630,407.95 2.77

1EUR = 7,39 HRK

TOLL REVENUES (without VAT)

Number of trafficaccidents:

Until the end of March 2011

HAC ARZ BINA-ISTRA AZM CROATIA

- with fatal casualties 2 0 1 1 4

- with injuries 33 8 0 1 42

- with material damage 266 73 14 11 364

TOTAL number of accidents 301 81 15 13 410

TOTAL number of deaths in fatal accidents 2 0 1 1 4

TRAFFIC SAFETY

* Data for year 2011 include also newly open section Kanfanar - Pula wich was not in service last year.

** Data on revenues are subject to minor changes since all data for March 2011 have not yet been accounted. Accounting will be completed end-April.*** Data for year 2011 include also newly open section Kanfanar - Pula wich was not in service last year.

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