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June 18, 2015
Hungary will spend just over €218 million (US$242 million) on road renovations this year, according to the State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry…
June 18, 2015
Italian civil engineering group Astaldi has underwritten a €4.5 billion (US$5 billion) loan towards the Turkish motorway project of Gebze-Orhangazi-…
June 17, 2015
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing financial support for a key Finnish highway project, which will be run on a PPP basis. The EIB is…
June 17, 2015
Bolivia's state-owned road operator Administradora Boliviana de Carreteras (ABC) has an ambitious road building programme. This will see the…
June 16, 2015
A new study shows that the risk level of a driver’s likelihood of a crash can be determined accurately. An independent study carried out by driver…
June 15, 2015
The EU’s targets for road safety are at risk due to increased fatalities in France, Germany and UK. This new analysis has been published by the…
June 15, 2015
Japan is planning to introduce new rules for elderly drivers. The scheme is intended to boost safety for older drivers aged 75 or more. There has…
June 11, 2015
In the UK, Kier Group has completed its purchase of Mouchel, the infrastructure repair and maintenance provider. The deal worth just more than €364…
June 10, 2015
Doosan has sold 100% of its holding in Montabert to Joy Global. The move is a strategic one for Joy, which is a major player in the worldwide…
June 10, 2015
There were 127 deaths on London's roads in 2014, according to official figures released by Transport for London (TfL). Of these deaths, 27 were of…
June 10, 2015
As a result of the agreement Shantui will now supply the organisation with over USD$4 million worth of equipment. Consisting of 240kW SD32 bulldozers…
June 10, 2015
Shantui is supplying a major export order for hydrostatic bulldozers to the Philippines in a key move Shantui recently completed its first bulk…
June 9, 2015
The government of the Saratov region (Volga) is considering building another bridge over the Volga River between Saratov and Engels. No details of…
June 9, 2015
Almost one year after work started on Mexico’s Atizapan-Atlacomulco highway, little progress appears to have been made. OHL Mexico, a subsidiary of…
June 9, 2015
Slovakia’s national motorway company NDS has put out to tender two sections of the D1 motorway near Presov and Kosice. Both tenders have been…
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