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Road Safety Investment Strategy and Safety Systems in Iraq

Road safety investment strategy and safety systems for Expressway No. 1

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Road Safety Investment Strategy and Safety Systems in Iraq

As sole consultant, with World Bank financing, SWEROAD supported Iraq’s Roads and Bridges Directorate on a multi-sectoral road safety investment strategy and safety systems for Expressway No. 1.

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Challenge

The Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities sought a road safety investment strategy consistent with international good practice and tailored to Iraqi conditions, together with crash data and speed management systems for Expressway No. 1.

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Solution

The scope covered a review of road safety management capacity; a multi-sectoral road safety investment strategy combining investment proposals with policy, regulatory and institutional reform actions; a crash data collection system and observatory for the southern and eastern segments of Expressway No. 1 (about 1,000 km); and a pilot speed management project on the southern segment (about 500 km).

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Outcomes

Delivered outputs and results for this assignment will be added once confirmed from SWEROAD’s project records.

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