http://www.balticroads.net/ service is provided in cooperation between the National Road Administrations of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to inform the road users of the current road weather conditions in the Baltic Sea Region.
Automated Road Weather Information System (RWIS) is used to continuously record the current and predicted status of driving conditions on the road network. By the end of 1999 there were a total of over 60 road weather information stations in the Baltic States, and an additional 275 stations in Finland. The four countries have now joined resources to develop a common Internet interface to share and transfer the existing RWIS data collected around the Baltic Sea Region more effectively to the transport sector and other road users.

The overall goal of the Internet interface is to provide better access to accurate road weather information for the transport industry and the driving public thus resulting in better service and improved traffic safety. The co-operation between the national road administrations improves the utilisation of the information from the existing road weather information stations in road maintenance operations. In addition, the co-operation includes enhanced training for local authorities in RWIS management.

The possibilities to expand the Internet service are endless. It is possible to access the service through an Internet connection on border stations, and gas stations, as well as to transfer the date via local radio operators and text-TV providers. The vision is also to extend the Internet service to cover the road weather data of the neighbouring countries in the Baltic Sea Region, such as Sweden, Poland, and Leningrad area in Russia, etc.

The Baltic RWIS Internet interface provides current data (less than 30 minutes old) on the local road weather displaying data such as: road and air temperature; type of precipitation; road condition; wind speed and direction; as well as dew point and humidity.

For more information on the partnering organisations, please contact them directly:

Finnish Road Administration
http://www.tiehallinto.fi/

Estonian National Road Administration
http://www.mnt.ee/

Latvian Road Administration
http://www.lad.lv/

Lithuanian Road Administration
http://www.lra.lt/

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