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March 22, 2012
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing major funding in Albania’s road network. A loan worth €53 million will help…
March 22, 2012
A Chinese construction firm has managed to win a series of key highway contracts in China as well as overseas. The China Railways Group has contracts…
March 22, 2012
The Brazilian authorities are looking to renegotiate contracts for a series of state road concessions that were auctioned up to 15 years ago. The…
March 22, 2012
A joint venture comprising Impregilo and Astaldi is to handle a key road upgrade contract in Italy. The deal is worth some €791 million and will be…
March 22, 2012
Following its December Forum on ITS for Urban Mobility, Ertico ITS Europe has published a 20-page report of the presentations from the high level…
March 22, 2012
Mexico’s president Felipe Calderon has inaugurated the new Baluarte Bridge, which crosses the Baluarte River in the Sierra Madre mountain range in…
March 22, 2012
Serbia has managed to reduce the cost of building the Corridor 10 highway by €80 million. These funds will instead be used to pay for upgrades and…
March 22, 2012
The tender has now been published by the Israel National Roads Company for the upgrade to Road No 85, a project expected to cost US$134.2 million (…
March 22, 2012
Reports suggest that up to 1 in 7 vehicles (14%) on US roads may be uninsured. Based on vehicle population figures this indicates that over 37…
March 21, 2012
Contractor Bechtel has worked with Network Rail to complete a major road bridge upgrade in the UK. A construction team worked 104 hours consecutively…
March 21, 2012
With China slated to be the world’s biggest market for auto sales and exports by 2025, and demand for electric vehicles expected to be the highest in…
March 21, 2012
China’s Standardisation Administration is now giving its approval for new legislation covering charging of electric vehicles. The legislation is for…
March 21, 2012
Work is now commencing on a new highway megaproject in China. The 204km highway will be built in China’s Hebei Province and will cost around US$4.09…
March 21, 2012
Austrian construction firm STRABAG has won a major road contract from Poland’s General Directorate for National Roads and Highways (GDDKiA). The deal…
March 21, 2012
A new coalition of executives from blue chip companies in the US transportation and utility industries has come together to design a large-scale…
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