July 2, 2015
Bangladesh has formally signed a US$705 million deal with China Communication Construction to build a multi-lane road tunnel underneath the…
July 2, 2015
Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the toll-free Pan Borneo highway should trigger economic growth in Sarawak state which has…
July 2, 2015
Future vehicles will no longer rely on power from internal combustion engines as the supply of oil dwindles and as climate change issues force a…
July 1, 2015
If you want to abandon your car, there is one sure way to do it and not be bothered by police, local town authorities and nosy neighbours complaining…
July 1, 2015
The Federal Highway Association (FHWA) has published a Traffic Volume Trends report, which reveals that over the past 12 months Americans have driven…
July 1, 2015
Plans are in hand in Bolivia for 10 road projects. The state-owned road operator ABC has started the projects, which involve investments of more than…
July 1, 2015
The IRF has announced the winners of its 2015 Global Road Achievement Awards. The winners were revealed by International Road Federation chairman…
June 30, 2015
A new book is available that is said to offer insight into green road design and construction. Called the Handbook of Road Ecology, this publication…
June 29, 2015
The World Bank Group is providing funding worth US$500 million for the development of a key transport corridor in the north-west of the country. This…
June 29, 2015
Chinese banks are providing US$297 million in loans for road construction in the Kyrgyz Republic. The loan will be used to carry out Phase II of the…
June 29, 2015
Plans are progressing in Kazakhstan for the project to construct the Big Almaty Ring Road. A number of investors are involved in financing the…
June 29, 2015
The UK’s Transport Rsearch Laboratory (TRL) is partnering with Transpolis in France to open an international test facility. This new partnership…
June 26, 2015
The Liebherr Group now has a new logistics centre located at Oberopfingen, Germany. This facility is supplying customers around the world with spare…
June 25, 2015
According to a report from US-based research firm Freedonia, world demand for construction machinery will grow by 3.9%/year to $218 billion by 2019…
June 25, 2015
The tender process for the road connections to the third bridge over the Bosporus in Turkey has been delayed once more. This is the third time the…
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