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China's Lin'an City plans to invest US$110.6 million on transport infrastructure projects in 2011.

Cost concerns have entered the discussion arena for Denmark's proposed bridge linking the islands of Jutland and Funen.

US-headquartered Brammo has announced that following extensive evaluation by multiple departments of the Hong Kong Government to explore the adoption of more electric vehicles for public sector use, it has selected Brammo electric motorcycles to replace existing conventional petrol motorcycles in the government fleet which have been in service for several years.

The Pakistan Highway Rehabilitation Project is now moving forward in a programme that will see repairs and improvements to key sections of the country's road network.

Improving road safety statistics are being noted in Morocco.

A key route in Sri Lanka is to see a major upgrade programme following provision of a US$100 million loan by the World Bank (WB).

Spanish construction firm OHL is taking a loan worth €449.5 million (US$628 million) so as to invest in the Regis Bittencourt highway project in Brazil.

Major developments are in hand with regard to providing charging solutions for electric vehicles.

The project to construct a new ring road around Ukraine capital Kiev is now building momentum.

Swedish conglomerate Skanska reports that it plans to sell its 50% share in Chile's Autopista Central Highway shortly.

Forward bookings for the upcoming Intermat construction equipment exhibition in French capital Paris are extremely bullish.

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.