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June 25, 2012
Councillors in South Yorkshire, England, have recommended approval of a proposed dual carriageway linking the M18 and Robin Hood Airport. The project…
June 25, 2012
Following the French government's scrapping of a proposed motorway beltway around Strasbourg, professional federations and elected officials at the…
June 25, 2012
The Hungarian government has unveiled its road development plans for the next 15 years. A new motorway is set to be built between Szolnok and…
June 25, 2012
Increasing demand for passenger cars worldwide could boost pressure on consumers to consider electric vehicles. According to the World Bank, more…
June 25, 2012
Moves are afoot within the European Commission to develop tighter CO2 emissions standards for vans. This move forms part of a wider plan to cut…
June 25, 2012
The closure earlier this month of the Cinquantenaire and Loi tunnels in Brussels, Belgium, is said to have caused congestion problems in the city and…
June 22, 2012
The Italian-Slovak consortium of HANT BA DS and INC has been excluded by the Slovak national motorway company NDS from the tender for the…
June 22, 2012
Data from the organisers of the Hillhead quarry show in the UK reveal a 10% jump in visitor attendance. In all a total of more than 17,000 visitors…
June 22, 2012
A webinar being run by the IRF will help industry professionals achieve proper crash cushion selection based on site-specific seeds and conditions.…
June 22, 2012
A new report released by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) shows transportation improvement programmes are struggling…
June 22, 2012
Hargreaves has made history by becoming the first mining project in Europe, Africa and the Middle East to invest in a total solution from the newly…
June 22, 2012
The authorities in China have revealed that construction of the Fuzhou section of the new Beijing–Taipei highway will commence by late May 2012. The…
June 22, 2012
Road tolls in Bosnia are to rise by over 100%. Director of the Bosnian motorways company Autoceste FBiH, Ensad Karic, said the federal government…
June 21, 2012
Messe München International is further expanding its international network of events to include a new trade show in India for the environmental…
June 21, 2012
The road bypass of the Czech city of Kolin is expected to open by the end of 2012. Builders have recently stabilised subgrade in Staralka. The 8km…
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