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The Australian Government is allocating additional funding to renew its infrastructure and to improve transport in the major cities work in its 2011-12 budget.

Two new road tunnels in Abu Dhabi are due to open at the end of this year.

In all 90 bridges have been built in Turkmenistan in under 24 months by a Turkish contractor, significantly improving the country's transport infrastructure.

Automotive manufacturer Ford is developing an electric bike prototype called the E-Bike.

US States spent an estimated $131 billion on transportation in fiscal year 2010, but many cannot answer critical questions about what returns this investment is generating, according to a new report by the Pew Centre on the States and the Rockefeller Foundation

Interest is already strong in the TRA 20120 event scheduled for 23-26 April 2012.

An upgrade to the road link connecting the cities of Kampala and Entebbe in Uganda will be funded by a loan worth US$350 million being provided by the Chinese Exim Bank.

Work is now underway on the new Myeik-Mawtaung road linking Myanmar with Thailand.

Colombia is planning a massive investment in infrastructure up to 2021.

Construction work has commenced on Albania's latest highway project.

The Bangladesh Government has announced the winner of the bidding process for its huge elevated highway project in Dhaka.

Work on the new Avenida Costanera road in the Paraguayan city of Asuncion is progressing on track.

The Government of Barcelona has announced it will introduce a new measure as part its air quality plan, which will see a discount of around 20 per cent for toll access fees in Barcelona.

The recently launched CE-compliant Genie GS 4047 compact electric scissor lift has a 14metre working height.

The number of fatalities resulting from reported road accidents has climbed by 6% in Pakistan, raising concern over the country's safety record.