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Road Planning
Process
Highways are
improved and built
to increase traffic
safety, among
other things.
Who Plans and Constructs Highways? for traffic, land use and areas are all integrated.
Highway planning is based on the Highway Act Co-operation is therefore necessary between the
and Decree, and other legislation concerning land different parties involved in planning.
use planning. Road maintaining and planning involves
The state is responsible for maintaining planning of maintenance, upkeep and develop-
and planning highways. The Finnish Transport ment of the highway network. It is based on
Agency acts as the responsible organisation at goals set by the Ministry of Transport and Com-
state level. The Centres for Economic Develop- munications, resulting in plans and programmes
ment, Transport and the Environment (EDTE to achieve these goals. These in turn direct
Centres) are regional-level authorities. The EDTE actions within different segments, such as the
Centre commissions the planning, construction planning of road projects.
and maintenance of highways from companies Road management programmes are
offering such services. drawn up in co-operation with the other parties
In addition to highways maintained by the involved in community planning. There are pro-
state, there are streets in urban areas, construct- grammes with three time scales: long-term plan
ed and maintained by the municipalities. In addi- (LTP, 10 to 30 years), operational and financial
tion, many private roads exist, especially in rural plan (OFP, 4 years) and an annual implementa-
areas, which are the responsibility of shareholders tion plan based on the state budget.
or the owner of the real estate in question. Major road network development projects
are drawn up in a centralised manner, with
Road Planning as Part of Road Network Parliament making implementation decisions
Management during budget debates. Other road projects are
Road planning is part of community planning. drawn up in the regional Centres for Economic
It is part of a planning system in which plans Development, Transport and the Environment.
Feasibility studies
Decision to start
planning
EIA
Preliminary engineering planning Impact
assessment
Approval decision
Approval decision
Implementation stage
Construction planning and construction
Commissioning
Impact
Maintenance and upkeep monitoring
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Road planning is part of
tavaraliikenteestä
community planning.
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A road project is given its form and Dividing project-specific planning into
details during a planning process which phases makes specifying the order and
becomes more and more detailed in time of road project implementation
phases, adjusted to correspond to land easier.
use planning.
CONSTRUCTION
PLANNING
Goals for further Approval of the plan Approval of the plan Construction
planning
Land use planning
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Uusi suojatie
Nopeusrajoituksen alentaminen
Nykyinen jk+pp
Nykyinen linja-autopysäkki
Nykyinen suojatie
Roundabout
Underbridge
Lateral clearance area
Drainage ditch
Ramp
Channelizing Drainage
Lateral
island ditch
clearance area
iNoise bank
Pedestrian Noise barrier Road area: right to expropriate the area
and bicycle Shoulder Traffic Traffic Turning
way lane lane lane Buffer zone: no new buildings
Lateral clearance area: no barriers which
Road way
pose a hazard to road safety
Extensive interaction
is especially important
during preliminary
engineering planning.
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The administrative
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follows the
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procedure stipulated in
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October 2010