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October 26, 2015
Chile has shelved a proposal for a new road route between the inland capital of Santiago and the Pacific Ocean port of Valparaiso through the…
October 26, 2015
The Asian Development Bank will loan US$800 million to Sri Lanka toward phase three of the country’s Integrated Road Investment Programme.
The…
October 23, 2015
In Bangladesh, the draft detailed design of the US$5.14 billion Dhaka-Chittagong highway has been approved by the government. The feasibility study…
October 23, 2015
The Chilean government has announced around 800 road projects for 2016, mostly linked to road concessions, costing about US$1.44 billion. Schemes…
October 23, 2015
Nicaragua has boosted it budget by $84 million for 2016 in an effort to stimulate the construction sector, local media report.
Public resources will…
October 23, 2015
Thailand has a serious problem with regard to road safety, which needs to be addressed. This is leading to a high number of deaths and serious…
October 23, 2015
A pilot programme to develop safer roads is being planned for India’s capital Delhi. The Indian Government is developing the programme which will see…
October 23, 2015
Bhutan has had some success in controlling road safety but could further reduce its death tool, according to the Global Status Report on Road Safety…
October 21, 2015
Plans are underway to widen a stretch of the Western High-Speed Diameter (WHSD) around St Petersburg in Russia. The northern section of the WHSD,…
October 21, 2015
A major upgrade of Mexico’s Atizapan-Atlacomulco road link is being planned. The work is expected to commence in 2016 and will cost in the region of…
October 21, 2015
The UN has set a global benchmark for reducing traffic fatalities on the world’s road network. Data shows that every year, almost 1.3 million people…
October 21, 2015
UK construction equipment manufacturer JCB is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The firm was founded on October 23rd, 1945 by the late Joseph Cyril…
October 21, 2015
China will loan Bolivia around US$7.5 billion for all types of infrastructure projects, according to the Bolivian vice-president Alvaro Garcia Linera…
October 21, 2015
India is considering a 28km expressway connecting the south of Indira Gandhi Airport in Delhi to Daulapura on National Highway-8.
The project, which…
October 21, 2015
Brazil expects the second phase of its logistics investment programme PIL (Programa de Investimentos em Logistica) to include 7,000km of new roads by…
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