For many citizens, road construction zones mean dust, delays and detours, rather than innovation or sustainability. Roads, bridges and tunnels are omnipresent and vital to our mobility, yet conversations about how they are built, maintained and transformed rarely reach the public sphere. Meanwhile, the construction sector faces mounting environmental pressure: it is responsible for massive resource consumption, waste generation and carbon emissions. To ensure that future infrastructure remains both resilient and sustainable, Europe must move away from the traditional “build–demolish–discard” model and embrace circularity, a new approach that focuses on reuse, durability, digital monitoring and smarter material choices. But these transitions often unfold out of sight, discussed among engineers and policy-makers rather than the communities they serve. This invisibility represents a missed opportunity: citizens may benefit from greener, smarter infrastructures, yet rarely see how these innovations improve their everyday lives.
In CIRCUIT, We Right Click is turning technical progress into human stories, and making the circular future of transport infrastructure something people can understand, relate to and feel part of.
Construction can be noisy, messy… and surprisingly inspiring. When you look closer, every road or bridge hides a story of materials, design and renewal waiting to be told. Our job in CIRCUIT is to uncover those stories and share them in ways that spark curiosity and connection.
We are bringing people closer to circular construction through Open Days that turn pilot sites into living classrooms, where citizens can see how innovation reshapes familiar places. We designed an educational game that let kids and teenagers experiment with ideas like reuse and resilience, because play is often the best way to learn. For professionals and students, we’re developing an interactive workshop that challenges them to rethink the construction cycle, from design to demolition, in a collaborative“circular sprint.”
Meanwhile, our videos, articles and social media campaigns give visibility to the engineers, cities and researchers building this transformation. Through stories, videos and infographics, we make circular infrastructure feel less like a distant policy and more like a shared citizen adventure.
The first results of CIRCUIT’s communication and engagement work are already taking shape. Through our social media campaigns, blog articles, and short videos, we’ve started bringing the project’s innovations to life, turning complex construction stories into visual, relatable narratives.
We kicked off the first Open Day in Črnana Koroškem, Slovenia, where circularity comes to life through the reconstruction of a flood-damaged bridge. The day began in a local school, where 45 students discovered the project and tested our new educational board game ‘the CIRCUIR Road” about sustainable road design. Later, over 120 students and teachers joined us on site to see the bridge and learn how recycled and reusable materials are giving it a second life. The event ended with an open session for citizens, complete with interactive materials and conversations about how circular construction can reshape their community.
What started as a technical project became a day of curiosity, laughter, and genuine connection, proof that when people understand what circularity means, they don’t just listen. They care.
CIRCUIT is a Horizon Europe project that accelerates the transition toward circular, low-carbon and resource-efficient transport infrastructure. It brings together researchers, industry partners and public authorities to rethink how roads, bridges and tunnels are designed, built, maintained and reused across their entire life cycle.
The project develops and tests innovative materials, digital tools and design approaches that enable circularity in real construction environments. Across five pilot sites in Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, CIRCUIT demonstrates how reclaimed materials, smart monitoring systems and advanced modelling can extend the lifespan of infrastructure while reducing waste and emissions.
Beyond technology, CIRCUIT also delivers policy recommendations, training resources and guidelines for circular procurement, ensuring that its innovations can be scaled and replicated across Europe’s transport sector.
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