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A demonstration of innovative, sustainable road construction technologies is planned in France. The ERA-NET Plus Infravation has selected the BioRePavation project as part of its European and American transport infrastructure innovation programme.

Construction work on a new expressway project in China is now starting. The new route will run from Lantianxiang in Huizhou City to Xinliangwu in Wengyuan County.

The tender process for a tunnel project on Bulgaria’s Struma Highway is now reopening. The project did go to tender earlier this year but has now had to be restarted following unexpected technical issues.

Switzerland has seen a 15% drop in road deaths in 2016. Deaths have declined by 34% since 2010, and by 60% since 2001.

Work-related crashes account for up to 40% of road deaths in Europe. This is the finding of research by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC). The findings come as safety gains on Europe’s roads have hit a plateau. According to the ETSC, employers could be essential to tackling road risks and improving safety overall. The report by the ETSC says that employers, national governments and the European Union must boost efforts to tackle the problem of work-related road risk. In 2016, 25,671 lives were lo

Three build-operate-transfer road projects are being planned in Mongolia. The projects will be carried out between 2017 and 2020.

India’s road network development programme is facing a series of delays with several major projects now well behind schedule.

Interest is strong in the Polish project being planned to connect Wolin Island and Uznam Island in the north of the country. In all 14 bids were received for the design and build contract during the tender process. The contract should be signed at the end of 2017 and the work is expected to be complete by late 2021. The project has been planned by the Polish roads authority, GDDKiA, and involves the construction of a 3.4km tunnel connection.

Plans are moving forward with regard to the upgrade work to the highway connecting Kenya’s capital Nairobi with the port of Mombasa.

Construction work could commence on Chile’s landmark Chacao Bridge project as early as July 2017. The construction work is being carried out by a consortium called CPC. The new suspension bridge will be 2.6km long and will connect Chiloe Island with the mainland, costing some US$800 million to build. The design allows the structure to cope with massive earthquakes, due to the risk in this region of Chile.

Work is now underway on a major road construction project in the UK using a fleet of brand new Caterpillar earthmoving plant. UK Caterpillar dealer Finning supplied the machines to earthmoving firm Flannery Plant for use on the Norwich bypass project. The fleet includes some of the latest Caterpillar machines such as the new 730C ejector type ADTs and five 50tonne excavators, as well as a number of dozers. The ADTs are equipped with the sophisticated Cat production monitoring (CPM) package, which helps the

The latest data from the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) reveals that traffic congestion is worsening.