January 7, 2019
South Africa suffered poor safety levels for motorcyclists during 2018, with a 9% increase in fatalities compared to 2017. During 2018 there were 183…
January 3, 2019
Funding has been secured from Japan to help pay for construction of the Thanlyin Bridge No 3 project in Myanmar. A loan worth US$282.5 million is…
January 3, 2019
Mexico is setting a budget for road development works during the coming year. A budget of US$4.14 billion has been set for rebuilding existing roads…
January 3, 2019
The Czech Republic has seen an increase in the road casualty rate during 2018. In all 571 people were killed on the country’s roads in 2018, an…
January 3, 2019
A number of major road and bridge projects are now commencing in China. In Sichuan Province an environmental impact assessment report is being…
January 3, 2019
LafargeHolcim has been awarded infrastructure contracts worth more than US$73.5 million as part of a major Highway 1 improvement project in Vancouver…
January 2, 2019
A new highway connection between Serbia and Bosnia has been awarded to a Turkish contractor. The €250 million project will be carried out by the…
January 2, 2019
A new programme of road development in Moscow will see around 500km of roads being built by 2023. In addition, the programme will see work on 100…
January 2, 2019
In the Philippines, a proposal has been made for the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) to be extended. The US$441.6 million project is…
December 21, 2018
Strabag is to modernise nearly 15km of the D1 motorway in the Czech Republic under a contract worth nearly €73 million. Work includes complete…
December 21, 2018
Plans are now being drawn up in India for the new Ganga River bridge crossing project. Costing US$395.3 million, the project has now been given the…
December 21, 2018
A series of highway projects have been budgeted for China’s Henan Province. In all some US$15.8 billion will be spent on 14 separate highway projects…
December 21, 2018
Major highway and bridge contracts have been awarded in California. The work will be carried out by Granite Construction. The firm will work on the…
December 20, 2018
The Canadian province of Nova Scotia will get US$224 million for road upgrades in 2019-20, a boost of $11.2 million over the current period. Lloyd…
December 20, 2018
A lack of financing is jeopardising construction of the new E18 highway between Lysaker and Asker on the outskirts of Oslo. Media reports say that…
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