April 25, 2017
Planning work for Chile’s Chacao Bridge project is underway at present. The new suspension bridge will provide a link to Chiloe Island and will be…
April 21, 2017
The government of Finland’s autonomous Åland will build a 0.5km bridge to connect the islands of Degerö with Gripö, according to the newspaper Nya…
April 21, 2017
A recent survey by Sweden’s National Audit Office (Riksrevisionen) shows that the Transport Administration (Trafikverket) needs better data to make…
April 20, 2017
Electric drive machines could represent the future for the construction and extraction industries. This is the finding of a new new report from…
April 20, 2017
Ethiopia’s road development programme is continuing. Nearly 1,200km of roads have been built in the country in the nine months to the end of the…
April 20, 2017
A loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) will fund work on a highway project in Nicaragua’s capital Managua. The US$136 million financing…
April 20, 2017
Work on New Zealand’s State Highway 3 will see upgrades to improve capacity and s well as safety. The country’s Ministry of Transport has unveiled a…
April 20, 2017
Florida’s road safety record is giving cause for concern. The stretch of US Highway 1 running through Florida has been identified as having the worst…
April 20, 2017
Vietnam is setting out plans for a massive programme of infrastructure investment. International investment is being sought, with many of the…
April 19, 2017
Concrete finishing work has started on the completed north approach viaduct of England’s new 2.13km Mersey Gateway project. Over the past three years…
April 18, 2017
Chile’s Ministry of Public Works has launched the bidding process for construction of a 150km dual-carriageway in the region of Antofagasta. The new…
April 18, 2017
Authorities in Vietnam’s southern Ho Chi Minh City are seeking prime ministerial approval for the nearly 2.2km-long Thu Thiêm Bridge 4 project. The…
April 18, 2017
The first stage of the 3.3km Escenica Alterna Tunnel in Acapulco was opened this month. The three-lane tunnel – one is reversible – is costing…
April 18, 2017
Thailand has seen a major improvement in road safety during the most recent Songkran holiday period. The number of road deaths during the Songkran…
April 18, 2017
Pakistan is planning a massive investment in transport development projects. The country has set a budget of US$1 billion for vital road projects,…
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