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Engineering firm Mott MacDonald has completed its 30 month commission to assist the Jamaican government with the management of its highways.

According to Business Monitor International (BMI), Qatar is expected to spend US$80-100 billion over the next five years to prepare and deliver the infrastructure required to support the huge influx of visitors forecast to attend the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Road improvements on the key Tinkune-Jadibuti road in Nepal are now complete, with an official opening of the route having taken place.

An interesting development is being seen in Puerto Rico, with various financial institutions bargaining hard to win a key highway concession.

CONEXPO Russia at CTT 2011 has opened with a positive mood and show growth as the Russian economy continues to improve and billions of dollars are allocated for infrastructure and related building projects.

Earthquake repair works continue in Chile, with several bridges reopening and new links being constructed.

Telvent GIT has announced the completion of its MxVision WeatherSentry online platinum package.

In Romania the road authorities have signed a deal for the construction of a 22km stretch of highway in a contract worth €91 million.

A legal tussle is unfolding in Bosnia over the Sarajevo Ringroad project.

Blythe Construction is working on a major interchange project close to the US city of Charlotte in North Carolina.

After a solid first quarter 2011, STRABAG, Central and Eastern Europe’s largest construction company, has raised its outlook for the financial years 2011 and 2012.

Lithuania's Ministry of Transport proposes that the country's major international transport routes be added to the EU's Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). Sections of national roads and logistics centres under development in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, and Siauliai be included into TEN-T under the proposal.

Some 433km of roads in six states in India's North East region will be upgraded in work that forms part of the North Eastern State Roads Investment Programme.