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April 23, 2012
The Sichuan Development and Reform Commission plans to spend US$70.16billion on 500 major projects in the Chinese province during 2012. Work on 11…
April 23, 2012
American construction equipment exports rose by 43% in 2011 to US$23.5billion. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) says it is encouraged…
April 23, 2012
A UK local authority highways chief has pledged not to introduce a blanket night time switch off of street lighting in one English county following…
April 23, 2012
Innovative new technologies being developed by Newcastle University in the UK could help make road use safer for older drivers. This new technology…
April 23, 2012
Fugro Aperio collected and processed data from up to 7,000km lanes of English trunk roads as part of a just completed Traffic Speed Structural Survey…
April 23, 2012
The partnership of national road research centres, FEHRL, is setting out two key strategy elements in a bid to develop an advanced and affordable…
April 23, 2012
All nine U.S. Supreme Court justices have backed the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and refused to widen the scope…
April 23, 2012
Nottinghamshire County Council in the East Midlands region of England is considering a programme of maintenance projects and new building projects…
April 23, 2012
Israeli financing looks to be one funding option for the Northern Tunnel project planned in the Russian city of Rostov. The plan calls for a 2.5km…
April 23, 2012
A leading US highway construction association has renewed its pledge to work with the federal government to reduce deaths and injuries in roadway…
April 23, 2012
Q-Free has been awarded AutoPass contracts by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) at a value of over US$5 million. The contracts are…
April 23, 2012
Road management firm Ruta del Sol intends to invest US$846 million in Colombia’s Ruta del Sol highway during 2012. The highway connects Colombia’s…
April 23, 2012
Visionstream Australia has been selected as preferred provider for an AU$62.5 million (US$67 million) contract by VicRoads to deliver the ITS…
April 23, 2012
Vitronic Machine Vision Middle East and its Qatar partner Itqan Holding have announced an order for 26 PoliScan systems, 16 of which will be employed…
April 23, 2012
Highway surveying company Yotta DCL has signed a four-year contract worth around US$3.61 million with the UK Highways Agency to survey and monitor…
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