Road safety audit concept has been applied successfully in many developed countries in the past twenty years. But this concept has been applied to few projects in the pre-opening and trial operation stage in China. This paper will describe how to use road safety audit concept in pre-opening and trial operation stage for Qinglian Freeway. The objective of this paper is to illustrate the successful experience of the safety audit concept and to discuss the problems in real world application. In addition, treatments for typical safety issues recommended for this project can be applied to similar highway upgraded projects.
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