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The complex Carmel tunnel project in Israel is close to completion and due to open to traffic at the end of this year.

The Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ) which is the principal organisation in the country working for environmentally sustainable, socially just, and economically efficient mobility, has called for the introduction of truck tolls for rural highways.

A new bridge is to be built in Serbia's capital Belgrade.

Bolivia's authorities are planning to spend US$200 million on new infrastructure.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is providing a loan worth US$463 million for infrastructure investments in Uganda.

The 5th China Asphalt Summit is being held from 21-22 October 2010 in Shanghai.

Hill & Smith Holdings says it has delivered a performance in the first half of 2011 in line with the outlook given at the time of the full-year results in March.

RBF Consulting has been selected by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide transportation planning and engineering for the Measure R funded I-605 Congestion 'Hot Spots' Feasibility Analysis.

Only the last section of the Trans-Sahara highway remains to be built. The 4,600km highway is close to completion with just a 223km stretch in Niger requiring construction.

Work on the Pocitelj-Bijaca section of Bosnia's new Corridor Vc highway is due to begin in September of this year.

A new southern bypass is planned for Yekaterinburg in the Ural mountain area of Russia.

Problems have arisen with Colombia's Autopista del Bicentenario highway project.

A civil engineering tender worth U$4.73 billion for work in Saint Petersburg, Russia, has been awarded to a consortium of Russian, Italian and Turkish companies.

A new project is planned is Russian city St Petersburg that will extend Suzdalsky Prospect from Vyborgkoye Highway to the road to Kamenka.