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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has released a significant study aimed at exploring and promoting Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to fund critical infrastructure projects across nine countries in North Africa and the Middle East.

Chinese firm Jiangsu Expressway Company is to invest a healthy US$600 million in the Kunshan-Wujiang section of the Changshu-Jiaxing Expressway.

Work is now underway on a new highway in Bolivia connecting Villa Tunari and San Ignacio de Moxos.

A tunnel currently under construction should help deliver a solution to the endemic traffic congestion problems suffered in Russian capital Moscow.

Traffic jams in Israel cost the country's economy US$5.57 billion/year, according to official estimates.

Tenders are now being placed for a ?€1 billion a contract to double the capacity of the A1/A6 highway in the Netherlands

The flotation deal for Chilean highway operator Autopista do Pacifico is on track.

A new report from international consultancy EC Harris says that highway investors consider developed nations to provide the best economic benefits at present.

The Indonesian Government is helping fast-track work on several key toll road projects in the country.

Uganda's Government is investing some US$512 million in upgrading and maintaining the country's national and district road networks.

A bridge under construction linking Bhoteodar and Bharate in Nepal's Lamjung District has collapsed. The bridge is located in Western Nepal and spans the Marsyangdi River. Work on the truss type bridge commenced in February 2009 and the structure has a span of 65m and is 4m wide. At the time of the collapse, 25 construction workers were at the site and three are posted as missing while two were injured and were taken to hospital for treatment.

Five consortia have been selected for the pre-qualification phase of Egypt's US$1 billion Rod el-Farag highway tender by the Housing, Utilities and Urban Development Ministry (MHUUD).