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December 10, 2014
A new study on transportation investment has been carried out by forecasting company IHS. The firm is a global source of critical information and…
December 10, 2014
Engineer Abdullah Al-Mogbel, chairman of the International Road Federation, has been appointed Saudi Arabia’s minister of transport. The appointment…
December 9, 2014
The Institution of Engineers Australia has awarded World Highways contributor Dr Maxwell Lay the prestigious Peter Nicol Russell medal for his…
December 8, 2014
JCB has won one of the biggest engine supply deals after securing an annual contract with Terex GB worth around £4.5 million. The agreement sees…
December 8, 2014
Brazil’s Transport Ministry is putting the concession contract to maintain the Rio-Niterói bridge in Rio de Janeiro out to tender. The present 20-…
December 8, 2014
A study carried out in Argentina by NGO Luchemos por la Vida reveals that female drivers are safer than male drivers. The study was based on data…
December 4, 2014
Simply banning cars in parts of major cities will not necessarily greatly improve the air quality over time, a new report has found. The answer for…
December 4, 2014
The Slovak Finance Ministry has confirmed that it has earmarked two projects for which it will apply to the EU for funds from the newly created…
December 4, 2014
Construction work started in November on the last part of the Trans-Sahara Highway connecting the Algerian capital Algiers to the Nigerian capital…
December 4, 2014
Changes to the third stage of the planned WestConnex motorway have been announced by Duncan Gay, Roads Minister of Australia’s New South Wales state…
December 4, 2014
The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) is approving a loan worth US$105 million for Paraguay. The loan will cover work along San Juan Nepomuceno…
December 4, 2014
A new report from IDTechEx Research highlights the value of electric vehicle range extenders. This business segment could be worth some $125 billion…
December 4, 2014
In Serbia construction work is on track for the Zemun-Borca road project. The new road link should be open to traffic by the end of 2014. The cost of…
December 4, 2014
Serbia is on schedule with its construction programme for highways and roads. The country looks set to have completed 64km of highways and 15km of…
December 4, 2014
The Polish town of Marki is to benefit from a new 15km ring road, which will be constructed by a consortium comprising the contractors Astaldi and…
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