Training in road development: new sustainable materials

Municipalities carry out numerous developments in their territory (VRD, public spaces, securing pedestrian/cycle paths, etc.) to improve the living environment of citizens.

Today, it is necessary to integrate sustainable development issues and the effects of climate change into the design of these developments from the outset.

The purpose of the training is to clearly define the need and to integrate innovative technical solutions for the works that municipalities will be responsible for as project owners.

CONTENT (Educational progression)

Case study: rehabilitation of a road in a rural municipality in the Jura

Framing a road/square project

• Actors and available resources
• Objectives and constraints
• Classic road, pavement, network techniques

Solutions integrating new environmental constraints

• Issues of sustainable development: mobility, safety, definition of spaces, rainwater management
• New techniques integrating climate change and sustainable development
• Review of the case study

• Know the main techniques related to urban and road development
• Understand the challenges of climate change…