September 2013, Projects Quality Audit Department, Latvian State Roads 1 Quality Action Plan (QAP) Juris Tauriņš Projects Quality Audit Department Latvian State Roads

September 2013, Projects Quality Audit Department, Latvian State Roads 2 Development of Quality Action Plan EU Studies and Inspections JASPERS/COWI Support to Improvement of Supervision Systems and Quality Assurance for Road Construction Contracts, JACOBS Consultancy Independent visual inspection of implemented EU co-financed projects Quality Action Plan Ministry of Transport, Latvian State Roads Reporting to MoT/MoF/Government/EC 2 times per year in June and December

September 2013, Projects Quality Audit Department, Latvian State Roads QAP. Administrative Measures (1) General measures – 7: –economically feasible offers + liability of designers and supervisers, warranty liabilities in construction, road technical audit, innovations and development JASPERS/COWI - 27 administrative recommendations: –design, construction, supervision, warranty period, maintenance Jacobs Consulting - 6 immediate technical measures: –longitudinal joint, cracks; –insufficient maintenance activities; –shoulders; –carriageway depression; –water runoff; –pothole repair 3

September 2013, Projects Quality Audit Department, Latvian State Roads Administrative Measures (2) Road Competence Center (RCC) under the Latvian State Roads* (vision) Main responsibilities of RCC: –Road Laboratory (existing); –Research and development (existing/new); –Inspections and expertises (new) * - planned from the 1st of January

September 2013, Projects Quality Audit Department, Latvian State Roads Technical Measures (1) In 2013 LSR has carried out the following number of non-planned inspections/tests: Bitumen emulsion – 46; Mineral materials/aggregates – 71; Drilled asphalt samples and asph mix – 181; Reflection measurements – 129 places; Road bearing capacity – 399 places 5

September 2013, Projects Quality Audit Department, Latvian State Roads Technical Measures (2) Publication of updated version of the Road Specifications 2012 (approved by the TC of LSR in June 2013) Preparation of the Road Specifications 2014 –Work group of representatives of LSR, road design, construction and maintenance companies, consultants, Riga Technical University –Approval by the Technical Commission of LSR 6

September 2013, Projects Quality Audit Department, Latvian State Roads Periodic Maintenance, ERDF projects, No.Road index, name Completion year Section Renovation method Contract price, EUR from km to km total km 1.P30 Cēsis - Vecpiebalga - Madona200711,6014,903,30Surface treatment P30 Cēsis - Vecpiebalga - Madona200514,9024,709,80 Renovation of wearing course 3.P105 Saldus - Ezere20069,0018,309,30 Renovation of wearing course P85 Rīgas HES - Jaunjelgava20050,008,86 Renovation of wearing course P131 Tukums - Ķesterciems - Mērsrags - Kolka ,9971,194,20Surface treatment P49 Krāslava - Ludza - Ezernieki20067,2017,009,80Surface treatment P69 Skrudaliena - Kaplava - Krāslava ,0633,879,81Surface treatment P33 Ērgļi - Jaunpiebalga - Saliņkrogs ,3035,5010,20Surface treatment P117 Skrunda - Aizpute20060,874,703,83Surface treatment Total:72,

September 2013, Projects Quality Audit Department, Latvian State Roads Periodic Maintenance, CF projects, 2013 No.Road index, name Completion year Section Renovation method Contract price, EUR from km to km total km 1. A2 Rīga -Sigulda – Estonian Border ,4114,902,49 Renovation of wearing course A7 Rīga - Bauska Lithuanian Border (Grenctāle) ,6065,2020,60 New wearing course Total:23, Total periodic maintenence budget for CF/ERDF projects in 2013 is 6,95 million EUR

September 2013, Projects Quality Audit Department, Latvian State Roads Periodic Maintenance, EU/ERDF, Measures Financing in 2014, million EUR State main roads (CF)5,00 Regional roads (ERDF)0,83 Bridges (CF/ERDF)0,18 Municipal transit streets (ERDF)0,50 Specific daily maintenance measures0,85 Total:7,36 Detailed periodic maintenance programme for 2014 will be approved after analysis of annual pavement visual inspection data in Nov/Dec 2013 Planned budget for 2015 is about 7,5-8,5 million EUR

September 2013, Projects Quality Audit Department, Latvian State Roads Road Network Financing 10

September 2013, Projects Quality Audit Department, Latvian State Roads 11 Conclusions Complex quality improvement measures in each stage of road project Technical design, construction, supervision, daily and periodic maintenance Periodic maintenance of investments as a part of road lifecycle