{"id":5814,"date":"2025-09-01T22:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.temp.irap-dev.org\/first-irap-project-in-burundi\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:04:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:04:56","slug":"first-irap-project-in-burundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/first-irap-project-in-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"Eerste iRAP-project in Burundi ondersteund door SR4D en SR4S"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRED Engineering heeft de eerste implementatie van iRAP in Burundi aangekondigd om de verkeersveiligheid te verbeteren in samenwerking met de <a href=\"https:\/\/documents1.worldbank.org\/curated\/en\/099021725040510529\/pdf\/P172988-f5a79a46-9ef3-4f58-8c7f-fd42cc62f472.pdf\">Burundi Transport Veerkracht Project (PRT)<\/a>, gefinancierd door de Wereldbank. Het initiatief richt zich op het uitvoeren van een verkeersonderzoek en iRAP-beoordeling voor een belangrijke wegcorridor van 29,2 km in en rond Bujumbura, waaronder een grote nationale weg en twee stedelijke boulevards, met behulp van de <a href=\"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/star-rating-for-designs\/\">Sterbeoordeling voor ontwerpen<\/a> en <a href=\"https:\/\/starratingforschools.org\/\">Sterbeoordeling voor scholen<\/a> gereedschap.<\/p>\n<p>Het project, dat wordt gefinancierd met een subsidie van 120 miljoen dollar van de Wereldbank, heeft tot doel te zorgen voor veilige, effici\u00ebnte en klimaatbestendige wegverbindingen langs een belangrijke corridor tussen Burundi en Tanzania, en de institutionele capaciteit te versterken om klimaatbestendige wegen op duurzame wijze te plannen, aan te leggen en te onderhouden. Het project zal worden uitgevoerd met steun van het Ministerie van Infrastructuur, Uitrusting en Huisvesting en het Ministerie van Handel, Vervoer, Industrie en Toerisme.<\/p>\n<p>De <a href=\"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/accreditation\/\">iRAP Geaccrediteerd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredeng.eu\/\">FRED Engineering<\/a> het team zal een verkeersveiligheidsaudit en iRAP-beoordeling uitvoeren van het gedetailleerde ontwerp van twee belangrijke secties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Het 25 km lange stuk van de nationale weg RN 3 tussen Bujumbura en Gitaza.<\/li>\n<li>Het 4,2 km lange traject dat de Mwambutsa en Ndadaye boulevards in Bujumbura omvat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>De iRAP Star Rating for Design (SR4D) tool zal worden gebruikt om potenti\u00eble gevaren te identificeren en verbeteringen aan te bevelen om de wegen veiliger te maken voor alle weggebruikers, met name voor kwetsbare groepen zoals voetgangers en fietsers.<\/p>\n<p>Een belangrijk deel van de missie is het beoordelen van de verkeersveiligheid bij scholen langs de projectwegen met behulp van de iRAP Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) tool. Het doel is om veiligheidsmaatregelen aan te bevelen om een beoordeling van minimaal drie sterren of hoger te bereiken voor deze schoolzones.<\/p>\n<p>Daarnaast zal het FRED-team vijf jaar aan historische gegevens verzamelen over crashes, sterfgevallen en verwondingen uit politie- en ziekenhuisregisters om een beter beeld te krijgen van het huidige veiligheidsklimaat. Het project zal naar verwachting in ongeveer vier maanden worden voltooid, waarbij de missie deze maand van start gaat.<\/p>\n<p>Door het ontwerp van deze wegen te verbeteren, streven we ernaar een aanzienlijke reductie van fatale ongevallen te realiseren, met als doel deze te verminderen van 50 naar 15 per jaar op het RN-3-traject.<\/p>\n<p>Volgens\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/safety-insights-explorer\/\">iRAP\u2019s Safety Insights Explorer<\/a>, het behalen van VN-doelstelling 4 \u2013 namelijk dat in 2030 meer dan 75% van het verkeer in Burundi over wegen van 3 sterren of beter plaatsvindt voor alle weggebruikers \u2013 zal naar schatting 683 levens per jaar redden en 423.746 sterfgevallen en ernstige verwondingen voorkomen gedurende de levensduur van 20 jaar van de wegmaatregelen, met een economisch voordeel van $51,1 miljoen USD \u2013 $4 voor elke $1 die wordt uitgegeven.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/burundi-BcSR.png\" alt=\"burundi BcSR\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Hoofdafbeelding en artikelbron: FRED Engineering<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRED Engineering has announced the first implementation of iRAP in Burundi to improve road safety\u00a0in partnership with the Burundi Transport Resilience Project (PRT), funded by the World Bank. 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