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January 24, 2017
China's Heilongjiang Province plans to develop its transport infrastructure. The authorities in the province have set a budget of US$2.99 billion to…
January 24, 2017
The Bechtel Enka joint venture partnership has completed the first 20km section of the Kosovo Route 6 highway which links Pristina with Macedonia.…
January 23, 2017
India’s Madhya Pradesh State is developing plans to upgrade existing roads to highway status. The programme will see up to 2,000km of roads being…
January 23, 2017
The first stages of the construction work for the expressway connecting the Jelapang with Batu Kawan in Malaysia are now underway. The 116km Jelapang…
January 23, 2017
Germany is pushing ahead with its plan to charge tolls for use of its national Autobahn highway network. The plans have attracted a high degree of…
January 20, 2017
Two TRA Visions Competitions are being launched to attract interest from transport researchers. TRA Visions 2018 invites young and senior researchers…
January 20, 2017
Young powered two wheelers are most at risk of crashing. That is the key finding of a recent report into powered two wheeler crashes in Europe. The…
January 20, 2017
A joint venture team is to carry out the key Zuidasdok project in the Netherlands. The Zuidplus joint venture team comprises the partners Fluor,…
January 19, 2017
Hungary’s M44 dual carriageway project looks set to be further extended by around 61.4km. Plans are being set for the construction of an additional…
January 19, 2017
Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur will benefit from a major road building programme. Some 72.km of road building work is planned for the city, worth a…
January 19, 2017
San Miguel (SMC) plans to extend the Skyway Stage 3 project in the Philippines. The link will measure close to 15km long and will provide a new route…
January 19, 2017
Today, the new US president Donald Trump will be driven triumphantly down Washington D.C.’s famous Pennsylvania Avenue. “The Donald” had a bumpy ride…
January 19, 2017
The Fayat Group in France is to buy the Dynapac Road Construction Equipment Division of Atlas Copco. This business makes compactors for asphalt and…
January 18, 2017
A new programme of works planned by the Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) will see the upgrading and surfacing of 372km of roads in the country. The…
January 18, 2017
Two Italian contractors will handle a bridge project in Botswana. The US$93 million project will be carried out by a joint venture comprising the…
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