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December 13, 2012
The German government is reported to be willing to take over truck toll operator Toll Collect – ending years of dispute over billions of euros in…
December 13, 2012
The Chhattisgarh government in India will receive a US$300 million loan from the Philippines-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) for upgrading more…
December 12, 2012
An enormous array of new construction projects is being planned for Qatar in the 10 year run-up to the 2022 World Cup, as well as its bid for the…
December 12, 2012
In India work is commencing on a new highway project that will boost transportation in the country. The US$135 million project is for a 193km highway…
December 12, 2012
Work is moving ahead on the plans for a new tunnel link in Hong Kong, with the detailed design work now underway. The Central Kowloon Route (CKR) is…
December 12, 2012
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supplying a finance package worth US$150 million for the new Bosphorus crossing…
December 12, 2012
The Colombian government and private investors is to invest US$6.66 billion (COP 12tn) in infrastructure projects like motorways, ports and El Dorado…
December 12, 2012
Polish regional government of the Podlaskie Voivodeship has granted a permit for the construction of a ringroad in Augustow. Weather permitting, the…
December 11, 2012
Parsons Brinckerhoff has won a contract from the Chicago Department of Transportation (DOT) in the US to provide final and preliminary design…
December 11, 2012
The US is seeing improvements in road safety overall, with a drop in road crash statistics for 2011. The data for 2011 is encouraging and the US…
December 11, 2012
Italy’s Rome-based anti-mafia police are now investigating road and highway construction work carried out in a number of regions in the country.…
December 11, 2012
The Indonesian Government is on track with its schedule of building new highway links to increase connectivity. The Indonesian Government looks…
December 11, 2012
Serbian Minister of Construction and Urbanism, Velimir Ilic, claims the China Roads and Bridges Company (CRBC) has verbally agreed to invest €2.5…
December 11, 2012
The number of Heavy Goods Vehicles travelling through Carlisle’s city centre is estimated to have been reduced by more than a third since the new…
December 11, 2012
Critics of Europe’s push towards biofuels are pointing out that the strategy is boosting the cost of foodstuffs around the world. The combination of…
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