March 25, 2014
TISPOL general secretary Ian Hamill has died. A spokesperson for the European traffic police network organisation said that Hamill died suddenly in…
March 24, 2014
The Spanish government may launch a state-owned motorway operator as part of a plan to solve the economic difficulties that nine operators are…
March 24, 2014
The Canadian province of Saskatchewan has set one of the biggest highways budgets in its history for the 2014 fiscal year. The budget of US$591.11…
March 24, 2014
The Estonian government is said to have channelled only half of fuel excise revenues into highway construction and maintenance works – despite…
March 24, 2014
Habtoor Leighton Group (HLG) has been awarded a US$1.7 billion contract to design and build a new orbital highway and truck route near Doha. Under…
March 24, 2014
Work on the new 218.5-kilometre Mianyang-Jiuzhaigou Expressway in Sichuan province, China is expected to begin later this year. Upon completion of…
March 24, 2014
Work has begun on Section II of Indonesia’s Cinere-Jagorawi Toll Road. The 5.5km route is costing US$210.25 million (IDR 2.4 trillion) and Section II…
March 24, 2014
Brazil's São Paulo state is due to call a tender by March 28 2014 to concession its Tamoios highway, a government official is reported to have told…
March 21, 2014
The Ministry of Transport and Public Works in Ecuador (MTOP) has announced that a Chinese loan of US$367 million will fund the restoration of the…
March 21, 2014
The best option for a bridge or tunnel to connect the Taman Peninsula in Russia with the Crimea Peninsula across the Kerch Strait will be chosen by…
March 20, 2014
Deutz is forecasting low double-digit revenue growth in 2014 after describing 2013 as an “encouraging year” for the German company. Last year saw…
March 20, 2014
CEA (Construction Equipment Association) chief executive Rob Oliver has described this week as a “good week for the [UK] Construction Industry” -…
March 20, 2014
Volvo Construction Equipment has carried out the official opening for its new technology centre in Jinan, China. The 50,000m2 facility is located in…
March 19, 2014
Slovak national motorway company NDS plans to start the reconstruction and modernisation of the D1 motorway section between Bratislava and Trnava in…
March 19, 2014
The number of hours spent stuck in traffic jams on Swiss motorways almost doubled between 2008 and 2012, according to Credit Suisse. The bank also…
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