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February 3, 2016
Balfour Beatty is now working on a seven year, €323.94 million (£245 million) highways maintenance contract in the UK. This package of works is for…
February 3, 2016
A new report by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) shows that older motorists favour tighter health and ability tests on the over-70s to drive…
February 2, 2016
Spanish infrastructure firm Abertis is keen to develop a series of projects in Chile. In all the projects are worth over US$900 million. Abertis has…
February 2, 2016
The latest data from the Danish Road Directorate (Vejdirektoratet) reveals that the country’s road safety continues to improve. The figures for 2015…
February 2, 2016
Jakarta’s chronic congestion problems look set to be eased slightly with the construction of two new elevated roads. These will be built over the…
February 2, 2016
Construction work for a new bridge spanning the Danube River and linking Hungary and Slovakia has been delayed. The work will now commence on the…
February 1, 2016
Plans are progressing on a major tunnel project in Peru. The concession for the La Molina tunnel project in Lima has been awarded to Spanish firm OHL…
February 1, 2016
Loans worth a total of US$243 million will help pay for the rebuilding of the Chinsali-Nakonde road in Zambia. The loans are being provided by the…
February 1, 2016
Indonesia’s toll road expansion programme is continuing to grow. Bidding is commencing for three toll road projects; the 83.9km Serang-Panimbang…
February 1, 2016
Plans for a new bridge link connecting Argentina and Uruguay are being developed. A comprehensive set of feasibility studies for the new bridge is…
February 1, 2016
Chinese contractors will construct two sections of Pakistan’s Peshawar-Karachi Motorway (PKM) project. This six-lane highway will be a high-speed…
January 29, 2016
Weissenhorn-based company PERI has bought the Silvergreen site in Günzburg. Peri said the location will complement its main plant in Weissenhorn…
January 29, 2016
The Indonesian Government is looking to source funding for a key highway project from the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The funding…
January 29, 2016
The Western Road Usage Charge Consortium (WRUCC) has awarded a contract to D’Artagnan Consulting to develop a roadmap for 11 US states to evaluate…
January 27, 2016
Belgium is considering tolling options as a mean to fund necessary road and tunnel developments and upgrades. The Brussels region is expected to…
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