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The tender process is opening for a tunnel section as well as linking roads for a project in Moscow. The project will form part of the Stolbovo transport hub. The tunnel will measure 1,.47km long, while the project includes building 7km of roads in Moscow’s Troitsky and Novomoskovsky Administrative Districts (TNAD) in the south west of the city. Also included in the work will be a 2670km overpass section as well as utilities and the construction phase has to be completed within a 17 month period.

Further financing will be required to complete construction work for Nigeria’s vital East-West highway project. Work is being carried out on sections of the highway between Warri and Port Harcourt and from Eket to Ikot Akan and Atan Ikpe. The former stretch is being handled by Setraco Nigeria, while the latter is being handled by Reynolds Construction Company. However a further US$277.4 million will be required to fund the work, which involves widening the highway so that it features two lanes in either dir

The project to upgrade the Pan-Borneo highway stretch in Malaysia is now facing a serious challenge. This follows a review of the project following the recent change in Malaysia’s administration. The joint venture between Ekovest Construction and Samling Resources that had been awarded the work has now had its contract rendered void. The joint venture’s deal was worth nearly US$528 million.

The tendering process for a key stretch of highway is underway in Kenya at present, attracting strong interest. The US$246.5 million project is the second phase of the upgrade for the Dongo Kundu bypass, with the work expected to take 36 months to complete and construction scheduled to commence in August 2018. The first phase of the project has been carried out by the Chinese contractor CCECC. The route is being improved to dual carriageway status, with two lanes in either direction, which will boost its

Contractor Constructora Meco has been awarded an extension to the package of works it is carrying out in Panama to upgrade the road running through Pedregal, Gonzalillo and Transistmica. The Costa Rican contractor was awarded the extension by Panama’s Ministry of Public Works (MOP). The work involves improvements to an 11km road section that will help improve traffic flow between the east and north of Panama City. The work was originally expected to cost US$97 million but has now increased to $127.8 million

Montreal’s US$3.24 billion Champlain Bridge across the St Lawrence River may not be open on time, according to a report by the independent Auditor General. The 3.4km cable-stayed bridge has two decks supporting three lanes of highway traffic in each direction. A third, central deck supports a mass transit system and a multi-use path. The new bridge will replace the nearby 50-year-old Champlain Bridge which has been deteriorating at an alarming rate. The government signed a contract in 2015 with a private

The European Investment Bank has agreed an €80 million loan to Kosovo for construction of a road between the villages of Pec and Kijevo. The road is part of the 6B Route that connects the Kosovo capital Pristina with neighbouring Montenegro, a former Yugoslav republic. Project details have not been mentioned. In November, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said it, too, would provide a loan, this time of €71 million loan, for construction of the 30km section. The loans are part of the