ICA, which undertook the operation of the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge and the Northern Ring Motorway after the successful construction process, continues to successfully represent Turkey in the world with its sector-leading activities in the field of private highway management. ICA, the first and only operator from Turkey to be accepted as a full member of the European Association of Toll Road and Infrastructure Operators (ASECAP), announced with a press conference that the ASECAP Days summit, organized by ASECAP every year, will be held in Turkey next year. At the meeting, ASECAP Secretary General Malika Great Wall and ICA General Manager Serhat Soğukpınar made statements. A total of 128 ASECAP member companies from 22 European countries are expected to attend the ASECAP DAYS 2023 event, which will be held in Istanbul in September 2023. “Infrastructure needs to be ready for the decarbonization target” Reminding the ‘zero carbon’ target of the European Union for 2050, the Paris Climate Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, ASECAP Secretary General Malika Great Wall said, “ASECAP General Assembly attended ICA’s ASECAP Days 2023 event in Istanbul. “Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing invasion of Ukraine, the world has shown that it will not give up on its decarbonisation target. European Union countries continue to work in all areas where change is required, from alternative fuel systems to new regulations, in order to realize the 2050 goals set by the union. Another important topic of the zero carbon target is ‘transportation’. We’re talking about alternative fuel technologies and new public transport applications. In order to realize all these solutions, our infrastructure projects must be suitable for ‘future tools and solutions’. Here, ASECAP determines what bridge, tunnel and highway operators should do for the target of decarbonization, ensures the dissemination of information by sharing successful examples, and tries to design the future from today by working together with all stakeholders on the problems to be encountered. “The future of transportation will be discussed in Turkey at the 100th anniversary of the Republic” Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge and Northern Ring Motorway Administration ICA General Manager Serhat Soğukpınar said in his speech, “ASECAP is a very important and valuable international platform that brings together private highway operators in Europe. As ICA, we strive to represent both our country and our industry in the best way possible within ASECAP. For this purpose, we became the first company to publish a ‘sustainability report’ among private highway operators. In addition to our sustainability reports that we publish at regular intervals, our Bosphorus Marine Pollution Detection project, which we developed with Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and which protects the Bosphorus from ship-borne pollution, won the ‘Green Transformation’ award at the ‘Common Tomorrows’ Awards organized by the Confederation of Turkish Employers’ Unions. placed first in its category. In addition, we signed a cooperation agreement with ITU to develop new projects in the field of sustainability. Our steps in sustainability, which is important for infrastructure operators, constitute the necessary infrastructure for the organization of ASECAP DAYS 2023 in Turkey. On the 100th anniversary of our Republic, European sector representatives will meet in Istanbul and the future of the private highway management sector will be discussed in our country.” Bringing together European private highway operators, ASECAP Days is the most important event where highway transportation technologies and trends developed with the highest safety, comfort and sustainability objectives in the field of highway management are discussed.
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