Work is due to start shortly to connect the Avenida Balboa and Avenida de los Poetas roads in Panama. The deal is worth close to US$777 million and includes work on the third phase of the Cinca Costera road.
The tender process is opening for Israel's Road 531 project, which will link Tel Aviv with Sharon. The highway contract will form part of the country's largest ever road project, according to the Israel National Roads Company.
The American Crisis in Transportation Coalition (ACT) has been formed to expand national understanding of the serious deterioration of America's transportation system, and to educate the public and Congress on the funding needed to save the system from continued decline.
Construction work is underway in Nepal on one of the biggest box-girder bridges ever built in the country. The bridge is located in Mid West Nepal and measures just over 1km long.
Plans are now in hand for Oman's massive new Batinah Expressway project. This 265km expressway is expected to cost US$649.25 million. The project is being divided into phases and should take 36 months to complete.
A key road project is now commencing in Peruvian port Callao. The work is costing some US$186.4 million and is being carried out by Brazilian contractor Andrade Gutierrez.
The go-ahead has been given for a major contract worth US$472 million in the Dominican Republic. The deal covers the design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of the Vial Viadom road project.
