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November 15, 2017
The IRF Washington office is calling for presentations for its Safer By Design event. The AFB20(2) Roadside Safety Design Subcommittee on…
November 14, 2017
A major highway project is now underway in China. Construction work has commenced for the 169km Huzhou stretch of the Hangzhou City Highway. This…
November 14, 2017
One of Florida’s Interstate stretches has the highest rate of road crashes in the US, according to a newly available report. Interstate 4 runs…
November 14, 2017
Construction work is commencing shortly for Moscow’s Central Ring Road (CRR) project. The new route should be ready for traffic in 2019-2020. The…
November 14, 2017
Two major infrastructure projects in Bangladesh are experiencing rather different fates at present. A lack of suitable funding has resulted in the US…
November 14, 2017
Iceland has opened its longest tunnel, a 7.9km structure between Neskaupstaður and Eskifjörður, to replace a mountain road often closed during winter…
November 14, 2017
Morocco’s road development programme is continuing with the announcement of plans for new motorway projects and upgrades. The country’s motorway…
November 14, 2017
Work to improve the 445km road link connecting Kenya with Tanzania should commence in 2018. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is intending to put…
November 10, 2017
Turkey’s poor road safety is seeing the country suffer from a high crash rate. There were 307,000 crashes in the first nine months of 2017 in Turkey…
November 10, 2017
A series of major road projects is being carried out in Panama. The Santiago-David road is being upgraded at present. The work has been split into…
November 10, 2017
Concern is being expressed over official reports in Norway that 1,087 of Norway’s 16,971 bridges are in need of repairs. The structures in question…
November 10, 2017
The Wacker Neuson Group is reporting a strong third quarter performance for 2017. The company’s latest results reveal a marked increase in revenue…
November 9, 2017
Two new road tunnel links and a new multi level interchange will be constructed in Oman. These tunnel sections will run under the Bidbid-Sur road and…
November 9, 2017
Several major highway projects are being planned for Vietnam. The largest is for the construction of the North-South Expressway, which will improve…
November 9, 2017
Road projects are being proposed for the Australian state of Queensland, with upgrades to the M1 route taking precedence. One proposed project will…
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