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April 25, 2014
The official data from Dutch statistics bureau, CBS, reveals a continued improvement in road safety in the country. The data available for 2013 shows…
April 25, 2014
German equipment technology specialist MOBA is increasing its stake in the Finnish firm Novatron. MOBA Mobile Automation has acquired an additional…
April 25, 2014
Volvo Construction Equipment says growth in mature markets is the biggest contribution to its 10% sales increase in the first quarter of 2014,…
April 25, 2014
Transport safety campaigners are calling on the European Union to accelerate progress on reducing the number of people killed in cars annually in the…
April 24, 2014
The ERF is making final preparations for its 2014 symposium event, which will be held on 18th June in Brussels. Titled “Future Road Infrastructure…
April 24, 2014
ACS of Spain and Ferrovial are competing for the contract to construct and exploit the second phase of expanding the 407 ETR highway in Toronto,…
April 24, 2014
In Australia, New South Wales state government agency Transport for NSW is to conduct a large-scale trial of a system that ‘sees’ around corners and…
April 24, 2014
A 47km stretch of the A27 motorway between Breda and Utrecht in the Netherlands is to be widened at a cost of €808 million. The project will also…
April 24, 2014
Three of China’s provinces, Jiangsu, Shanxi and Sichuan, have announced plans to invest in infrastructure expansion. Jiangsu Province has set an…
April 24, 2014
Indonesia’s road network is growing at a healthy pace, though further expansion is required to meet demand. At the end of 2013, the total length of…
April 24, 2014
Data from a new government report show that if all the structurally deficient bridges in the United States were placed end-to-end, it would take 25…
April 23, 2014
The Latvian Ministry of Transport plans to spend more than €135 million upgrading 300 road bridges across Latvia by 2020. According to the Ministry,…
April 23, 2014
Slovak national motorway company NDS has chosen the consortium consisting of fellow Slovak construction company Duha and Salini Impregilo of Italy as…
April 23, 2014
Universal LRT Corp (ULC), the concessionaire for the MRT-7 Light Rail and Road Project in the Philippines, is expected to commence works on the…
April 23, 2014
Balfour Beatty has secured its third Regional Technology Maintenance Contract (RTMC) from the Highways Agency. This deal is worth some €10.56 million…
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