News

July 6, 2012
At a ceremony attended by senior EC and Member State officials, FEHRL’s President, Claude Van Rooten joined with other surface transport research…
July 6, 2012
The UK Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) has produced a DVD entitled ‘Maintaining the Nation’s Roads’ which gives an introduction to asphalt road…
July 6, 2012
A loan worth US$1.20billion for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge project has been cancelled by the World Bank (WB). The decision was said to have been…
July 6, 2012
Racing against 46 elite operators from 20 countries, Sebastian Behr from Germany achieved the highest points in the eight tests included in the…
July 6, 2012
A consortium led by Porr Technobau und Umwelt of Austria has launched the construction phase of the E88 million bridge over the Sava river in…
July 6, 2012
Netherlands-based engineering consultants Royal Haskoning and DHV are merging. The new business will be called Royal HaskoningDHV. The company is…
July 6, 2012
The Polish General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) plans to announce over 30 tenders for road investments during the first half…
July 6, 2012
The UK Department for Transport has commissioned a consortium led by TRL, with MVA Consultancy, ITS Leeds, Simon Christmas, SHM and ARUP as partners…
July 6, 2012
New guidelines have been introduced to improve how the Highways Agency (HA) and emergency services work together. Under the guidelines, part of a…
July 6, 2012
The International Transport Forum has announced plans for Forum 2009 to be held in Leipzig on 26-29 May, 2009 on the theme of ‘Transport for a Global…
July 6, 2012
The British Cement Association (BCA) has welcomes the agreement reached between the European Council of Ministers, the European Parliament, and the…
July 6, 2012
The Swedish Road Administration (Vägverket) says preliminary figures that point to a lower level of road fatalities in Sweden in 2008. The data…
July 6, 2012
Work is in hand for a new Formula 1 racetrack in Moscow. The facility will be built by Strategiya and will be located close to Volokolamsk. The…
July 6, 2012
Spain’s General Traffic Office (DGT) reported a 20.4% drop in the number of deaths in traffic accidents during 2008. The number of people killed on…
July 6, 2012
The Inzhtransstroj Building Corporation is reported as having delivered three modernised routes for regular use in Russia: two sections of the M-9…
catfish1