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17TH World Congress on Road Winter Service, Resilience and Decarbonisation - Pre-proceedings of the Congress

Winter Service Session 16 -Strategies and Guidelines for Winter Maintenance Management

Thursday, March 12 09:30 - 11:00
Chair: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Cypra, htw saar - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Room: Room 1

The session highlights strategic approaches and guidelines that strengthen winter maintenance management, with speakers from the call for papers. Presentations include Germany’s latest experiences with liquid brine spreading, Morocco’s sustainability strategy for winter service, Austria’s research and implementation of predictive winter maintenance strategies, and the deployment of a sustainable Winter Viability Action Plan in France. Together, these contributions showcase how innovative guidelines, harmonization, and forward-looking strategies are shaping safer, more efficient, and sustainable winter road operations.

  1. Welcome and session introduction
  2. Presentations
  3. Questions and Answers
  4. Conclusion
  5. Organization

Welcome and session introduction

• Prof. Dr. Thorsten Cypra, htw saar - University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Presentations

  • New Guidelines and Experiences for Liquid Brine spreading in Germany
    Horst HANKE (German Road Administration, Germany)
  • Winter maintenance strategy adopted by the Ministry of Equipement in Morocco. Case study of the resilience of road infrastructure in the Province of El Hajeb
    Nouaman TAFRAOUTI (Ministère de l’Equipement et de l'Eau Maroc, Morocco)
  • Predictive Winter Maintenance – key role for effective winter service: research strategy, implementation & results
    Markus HOFFMANN (Hoffmann Consult and TU Wien, Institute of Transportation, Vienna, AT, Austria)
  • Deployment and Support of a Sustainable Winter Viability Action Plan
    Rémi REIFF (Etablissement public, Cerema, France)

Questions and Answers

• Moderator: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Cypra, htw saar - University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Conclusion

• Prof. Dr. Thorsten Cypra, htw saar - University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Organization

Session Organiser: Horst Hanke, Leader of the German Winter Service Committee, Germany
Session Secretary: [To be confirmed]