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A summit is being held for all parties involved in the Turkish Railways Authority and General Directorate of Highways ambitious plan to build more than €75 billion worth of highway and railway lines in Turkey between now and 2023. International consortiums have already begun working on major projects such as the ‘Eurasian Tunnel’ and the ‘Third Bridge on the Bosphorus’. Contractors are eagerly preparing for the next wave of mega projects like ‘Channel Istanbul’ and ‘Canakkale Bridge’, which are expected to

Unacea says a new national economic stimulus package proposed by the Italian government should be approved by parliament immediately, after new figures revealed a 25% drop in Italian construction machine sales to 2,774 in the first six months of 2013, compared to the same six months of 2012. Speaking about the new package, which includes measures for both the construction and construction equipment industry,

A popular road near in the UK county of Wiltshire may be soundproofed using solar panels which double-up as noise barriers. Swindon Borough Council leaders are creating a working group to explore the idea of installing the panels along the A419 dual carriageway near Swindon. The electricity generated is set to fund the scheme, possibly the first of its kind in Britain and targeted for completion within two years. Parts of the A419 already have standard noise barriers, with solar panels expected to cost €1.1

Cutting highway and bridge work in the US state of Pennsylvania by 25% in any given year, and then sustaining it in future years, would cost the state US$1.25 billion in lost economic activity over a five-year period and put as many as 9,600 jobs permanently at risk, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) chief economist. Dr. Alison Premo Black’s assessment of the impact of the potential impact of state-wide transport works cuts was part of her testimony to the Pennsy

China Railway Construction Corporation's subsidiary, China Railway 15th Bureau Group, has won four bids worth more than a combined US$212.02 million (CNY 1.3 billion). One of the contracts is for the construction of main underground tunnel and road for Zhengdong New Area transport hub. Another contract is for a 40.28km highway reconstruction project in Tibet autonomous region. A third contract is for a 6.01km road project in Qinghai. The remaining contract is for a 22.2km section of a highway in Shandong.

Brunei’s Land Transport Master Plan, a national guideline for upgrading road safety and traffic conditions, is reported to be close to being finalised by the government. The master plan is said by government sources to be aimed at urging more people to use public transport. It will study ways to address traffic congestion and ways to upgrade the public transport system, particularly bus reliability. Public transport safety and institutional review are also set to be scrutinised in the master plan. The Centr

Russia: On transport development strategy for Moscow region until 2020. The new Moscow region transport strategy until 2020 aims to develop and popularise public transport, strengthen connections between districts via transverse highways, optimise cargo traffic, and increase safety. The strategy, devised by the Research and Design Institute of Moscow City Master Plan (NIiPI Genplan) after a request by the Moscow Transport Hub's Directorate, if successfully implemented is predicted to see an increase in annu

Huge investment in Colombia’s transport infrastructure is expected to lead to substantial market growth in the country’s construction industry, according to new research by Timetric. In its research report; ‘Construction in Colombia – Key Trends and Opportunities to 2017’, Timetric, who provide online data, analysis and advisory services to key financial and industry sectors, states, “Colombia’s Ministry of Transportation plans to invest COP102.3 trillion (US$56 billion) in transport infrastructure developm

The Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Communications (MIDCom) for Malaysia's Sarawak state on the island of Borneo said that the state will need over US$ 4.68 billion (MYR 15bn) to finance the construction of 5,00kms of new roads. The roads are set to stretch between the interior areas, including Baram Basin and Kapit, to the major cities in the state. Funding for the project would be shared between the state and federal governments, according to MIDCom's Minister Michael Manyin.

Leading British highway repair solution manufacturer Instarmac has been placed in the Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200, for the second year in a row. In its fourth year, the UK-broadsheet newspaper’s International Track 200 celebrates the success of British mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales. With an international sales growth of 33.55% Instarmac, whose Ultracrete brand offers advanced road repair and maintenance solutions, including instant pothole repair, fa

TrafficLand has sealed an agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for access to video imagery from the state’s traffic camera network. The agreement gives TrafficLand access to video imagery from more than 1,600 TxDOT traffic cameras located across Texas, including along primary transport routes around Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Ft. Worth and El Paso. TrafficLand will access TxDOT’s network video imagery through the state’s C2C data access portal. Similar to arrangements th

A 213m section of the Old Milton-Madison Bridge was recently blasted into the Ohio River in the United States to make way for a new river crossing. Workers rigged the structure with small controlled explosives and took it down shortly after 9.15am on Sunday 28 July 2013. Small explosive charges were placed at key locations on the bridge. The charges were detonated at intervals to control the direction of the fall. Pieces of the truss will be retrieved from the river, placed on barges, and taken to the shore