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August 11, 2015
Turkey’s Ilgaz Tunnel will help boost transportation and cut traffic delays between the capital Ankara and Kastamonu. The new tunnel should be open…
August 11, 2015
The UK is working on plans to develop contactless charging systems for electric vehicles. Trials of the technology will be carried out on test routes…
August 7, 2015
The Russian city of St. Petersburg is interested in the LSR group's offer to construct a bypass road around the centre of town in exchange for…
August 7, 2015
Highways England has today appointed six joint-venture companies to design and build 10 “smart motorways” as part of a €2.1 billion investment.…
August 7, 2015
Innovia Technology, a UK research consultancy, has been chosen to evaluate an environmentally friendly road project in the US state of Georgia.…
August 7, 2015
The International Road Federation (IRF) has awarded its Global Road Achievement Award for project finance and economics to Parsons for the East End…
August 7, 2015
A Canadian subsidiary of Vinci Concessions, has signed a 30-year public-private partnership (P3) deal for a bypass around the Saskatchewan provincial…
August 6, 2015
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic to design sections of the R35 and R55 expressways. R35…
August 6, 2015
Leighton Holdings and DM Consunji have been chosen by Metro Pacific Investment to develop the Cavite-Laguna Expressway – Calax -- project in the…
August 6, 2015
US demand for asphalt is forecast to increase 3.3% annually to 24.3 million tonness in 2019, the vast majority of which is refined petroleum asphalt…
August 6, 2015
Saudi Arabia has announced four projects connecting Jeddah and Makkah that will facilitate faster and smoother travel. The Makkah governorate said…
August 5, 2015
Despite concerns from infrastructure groups, the Mexican government will not to extend the deadline for bids for the design, construction, operation…
August 5, 2015
US-based contractor Flatiron has won a US$157 million design and build contract for an interchange in the Canadian city of Winnipeg, in the province…
August 5, 2015
In Bahrain, upgrade work on the Shaikh Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah Highway will start in August. Under the US$124 million contract, a two-level…
August 5, 2015
French engineering group Egis has acquired 51% of Projacs, a major project and construction management firm in the Middle East. Egis, based in…
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