Interesting work from VINCI.
VINCI is testing the "the effectiveness of a lightcoloured road surface as regards improving visibility and limiting energy consumption, notably by reducing the need for lighting" in a Greek tunnel.
The article says the method already been tested in Germany and France and found to be effective.
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Pilot project to test road surface in a tunnel (21/11/2022)
www.vinci.comOn the Olympia Odos motorway (VINCI Highways/VINCI Concessions), in the Theseus tunnel in the Athens direction, a pilot project is to test the effectiveness of a lightcoloured road surface as regards improving visibility and limiting energy...