"DESIGN – Rapid and durable Maintenance Method and Techniques" is a trans-national joint research programme that was initiated by "ERA-NET ROAD II – Coordination and Implementation of Road Research in Europe" (ENR2), a Coordination Action in the 7th Framework Programme of the EC. The funding partners of this cross-border funded Joint Research Programme are the National Road Administrations (NRA) of Belgium (Flanders), Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia and United Kingdom.

The STARs project was running from November 2011 to July 2013. The deliverables are currently under review.

Consortium

Transport Research Laboratory www.trl.co.uk coordinator: Jill Weekley	Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute www.vti.se
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology www.ise.kit.edu	Trinity College Dublin www.tcd.ie
Belgian Road Research Centre www.brrc.be	Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute www.zag.si