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July 4, 2014
Thailand’s Highways Department is asking the country’s interim military government to decide on a planned US$2.59 billion highway project. The four-…
July 4, 2014
Plans are in hand in Paraguay for the new Carmelo Peralta-Pozo Hondo highway stretch. This route lies in the country’s Chaco region and is expected…
July 3, 2014
In Hungary the national infrastructure development company, NIF, says that a new stretch of the M0 orbital between the number 1 road and the number…
July 3, 2014
The Indonesian Government is aiming to start work on 16 major infrastructure projects before October 2014. These include the development of Cilamaya…
July 3, 2014
Turkey has plans to construct 1,470 new bridges by 2023. This follows on from a previous bridge building programme that saw 1,635 bridges built…
July 2, 2014
Bechtel and its joint-venture partner Enka have won a contract to build a 60km highway connecting Kosovo’s capital Pristina with neighbouring…
July 2, 2014
Plans are once more being put forward for a new bridge spanning the River Thames in East London. The proposed structure is expected to cost in the…
July 2, 2014
A major highway connection project located in Tampa, Florida has won a 2014 Outstanding Project Award from the Florida Department of Transportation (…
July 2, 2014
LiuGong Europe now has a new website platform that is said to be more convenient easier to use. The new site allows is said to offer increased…
July 2, 2014
The Latin America and Caribbean Region suffers from a high number of crashes on rural roads and also in the urban areas. Road crashes are now one of…
June 30, 2014
Chinese Construction Company (CCCC) has won contracts to build roads, a bridge and an interchange in Ethiopia. In all the deal is worth some US$132.5…
June 30, 2014
A series of new road and bridge projects worth some US$186 million will help connectivity in New Zealand. The plans include studies for three…
June 30, 2014
The Spanish construction firm Ferrovial is to handle a US$655 million contract in North Carolina. The 50 year concession package is for the I-77…
June 27, 2014
What a mother should tell you - image courtesy of World Highways reader Bogdan Schiteanu
June 26, 2014
The European Union Road Federation (ERF) has put out an “urgent” call for “EU Member States to prioritise road maintenance” as neglected surfaces…
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