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The Next Generation of Roads in France and in Germany
Josef Kunz Director General Road Construction Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development BMVBS, Germany
Christophe Saintillan Director of Transport Infrastructure at the General Directorate for Infrastructure, Transport and the Sea, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France.
Road infrastructures are facing huge challenges: An increase in maintenance requirement, a rapid increase in transport demand particularly for freight traffic as well as the reduction of the emissions from traffic. Furthermore, they also have to face more extreme weather events due to climate change and the future shortage of so far inexpensive natural construction materials or materials based on fossil fuels.