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June 2, 2014
Plans are in hand for a new bridge spanning the Ob River in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area. This area forms part of the Russian Federation within…
June 2, 2014
The latest official data from France and Germany reveals a worrying increase in road related fatalities for the first quarter of 2014. This follows a…
June 2, 2014
Volvo Construction Equipment has now finalised its acquisition of the hauler business from Terex. The purchase consideration amounted to US$160…
May 29, 2014
The Secretary General of the World Road Association-PIARC has stressed the need for urgent unified action to maintain international road…
May 29, 2014
Italian dump truck manufacturer Perlini has gone into partnership with an undisclosed China-based construction equipment manufacturer in a bid to…
May 29, 2014
‘How to become more agile in a fast changing environment?’ will be the core topic of this year’s CECE (Committee for European Construction Equipment…
May 28, 2014
A large number of road projects are planned as part of the US$16 billion (SAR 60 billion) Makkah Gate residential project in the city of Makkah,…
May 28, 2014
Police in Singapore are to trade in their old-school red light cameras for modern digital red light models. An order for 240 sets of digital cameras…
May 28, 2014
In a bid to reduce Indonesia’s high death toll of motorcyclists in road accidents, the country’s government is looking into the feasibility of…
May 28, 2014
The Governor of Russia’s Leningrad region, Alexander Drozdenko, wants to renovate the M10 Scandinavia highway under the public-private partnership…
May 28, 2014
The Mexican state of Guanajuato is to invest US$287.74 million (MXN 3.7 billion) in roads infrastructure projects. Announcing the investment,…
May 28, 2014
The CEO of Zambia's Road Development Agency, Bernard Chiwala, said work on the construction of a USD$259 million bridge between the country and…
May 28, 2014
India’s highways department is preparing a detailed project report for the country’s 138km US$2.29 billion corridor project. The corridor will…
May 28, 2014
UK road safety charity Brake has renewed calls for tougher charges and penalties for drivers who kill and injure following the publication of British…
May 28, 2014
St Petersburg authorities are seeking investors for a proposed €2.84 billion (RUB 133 billion) multi-lane city highway. Further investment worth €104…
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