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The Indonesian Government is planning a major safety campaign in a bid to reduce the country's road death rate by 2020.

A package of road works worth some US$206 million will be carried out in Brazil's Sao Paulo State. The civil engineering work will be focused on roads in the Baixada Santista area.

Plans for a new highway connecting the African nations of Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi are gathering pace.

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is offering a novel solution to funding sources for the US Highway Bill.

A new road project in Mozambique will see the rebuilding of the link between Namialo and Rio Lúrio, in Nampula province.

The new Via Parque Rimac road project in Peruvian city Lima is expected to cost some US$700 million. The city authorities plan to merge the Linea Amarilla express way project with the Rio Verde project, a development that comes after an agreement with Linea Amarilla (Lamsac), which is building the Linea Amarilla.

Nepal's transport network is to benefit from investment worth US$100 million, with a substantial portion being provided by the World Bank (WB).

A landmark road project worth US$125 million looks set to go ahead in Uruguay during 2011.

The contract to design the third bridge spanning the Panama Canal will be carried out by Louis Berger and China Communications Construction.

In China Ningbo City has set out a strategic plan to improve its road links and boost capacity.

A World Bank loan worth US$400 million will help complete construction of four key highway links in Ghana. New Highway connections from capital Accra will be completed by the end of this year.

The tender process for Turkey's third Bosphorus Bridge is due to commence on 23rd August 2011. The project will be built under the build-operate-transfer model. This forms part of a massive investment in infrastructure in Turkey.

Upgrade and maintenance work for 11,578km of strategic non-national roads in Indonesia may receive funding from the country's Public Works Ministry.