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Highway authorities worldwide are being asked to take action on a Transportation Research Board (TRB) committee resolution.

The US state of Michigan needs to invest in highway bridge repairs.

A new highway costing US$450 million is to be built in Mexico's capital, Mexico City.

A number of key road improvement projects are underway in Nepal at present, with funding from Kuwait and Japan amongst the outside source helping pay for the work.

New Zealand's Government is setting out its plans for transport infrastructure investment for the next 10 years.

Mozambique's necessary infrastructure work will receive a boost from foreign loans.

In Israel the authorities are well on track with the project to build northern extension of the Cross-Israel Highway. This road forms part of the US$7.98 billion Netivei Israel transport plan project. Israel's Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Finance will evaluate the tenders jointly and then announce firms that pass the prequalification stage at the end of September 2011. The companies that have prequalified are Electra, Ashtrom Properties, Minrav Holdings, Shafir Civil and Marine Engineering, Shikun

Work is commencing on a key a bridge link in China. The new bridge will be located in Shandong's Dongming County and will take four years to construct.

China's Anhui Province is planning key transport projects for 2012.

Road upgrades and improvements are crucial to improve infrastructure in Vietnam, according to the country's Directorate for Roads.

Keen interest is being shown in the tender stage for the first stretch of Qatar's US$700 million Lusail Expressway project.

A Turkish contractor is to handle a major road project in Oman worth over US$304 million.