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In Vietnam the authorities in the city of Hanoi are reducing the budget available for tackling traffic congestion control.

Plans are in hand in Canada for a replacement for the Pattullo Bridge.

The construction of a fifth Lao-Thai bridge crossing Mekong River is among proposals by the Borikhamxay Public Works and Transport Department in central Laos to improve development of the province.

Bidding is healthy for key road projects in Romania. Four companies and one consortium have submitted bids for the modernisation of the DN18 national road linking Baia Mare with Iacobeni.

The National Highway Authority of India has signed a package deal with Ramky Infrastructure and Chinese firm Jiangshu Provincial Transportation Engineering Group for a major highway project.

Leica Geosystems has opened its Hexagon 2011 technology event, which is running from 7-9 June.

The Romanian road authorities are trying hard to get the country's network improvement plans back on track.

Austrian contractor STRABAG will build a 24km stretch of highway in Romania in a deal worth €166 million.

Work is now underway on Turkey's new Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir highway link.

Compact equipment specialist Wacker Neuson is starting work on a new factory at Hörsching in Austria.

Mobility for Prosperity in Europe (MPE) recently ran a Dinner Debate in the European Parliament to discuss the White Paper on Transport policy with a view to 2050.

Problems are appearing with regard to plans for transport funding set out by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

A string of legal and political battles look likely in the aftermath of a broken highway contract in Poland.