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November 27, 2013
A new agreement on funding has been struck between Ethiopia and the European Union. The deal will see the EU providing some US$ 287 million in the…
November 27, 2013
Interest is strong in the project to build the 14km tunnel link between Chile and Argentina, with reports stating that 23 firms having expressed an…
November 27, 2013
A group has united with a common aim, that roads must be maintained to save lives and money. The European Commission and national governments are…
November 26, 2013
Turkish construction equipment manufacturer Hidromek is looking to expand its product range with the acquisition of the Mitsubishi line-up. The deal…
November 26, 2013
Kobelco is opening its new European headquarters at a location in the Netherlands. Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe (KCME) has based its new…
November 26, 2013
An official opening has been carried out in Kosovo of the new highway connecting the country with neighbouring Albania.
November 25, 2013
Japan’s Ministry of Transport is to scrap weekday daytime toll discounts on some of the country’s expressways from late March 2014 after a poll…
November 25, 2013
A total of 9,159 people were caught driving without a licence in Belgium during 2012. This is well over double the 3,991 people found to be driving…
November 25, 2013
Construction of Vietnam’s US$1.4 billion Da Nang-Quang Ngai expressway is now underway. The near 140km-long expressway will have four lanes and a…
November 25, 2013
The government of Oman has approved 13 road projects costing US$1.39 billion (OMR 535.5 million). Fidrichi Sterling and Larsen and Toubro (L&T)…
November 25, 2013
The Pennsylvania state Senate has approved a transport funding bill worth US$2.3 billion to restore ageing bridges and highways, and to improve mass…
November 25, 2013
Colombia's fiscal policy council Confis has approved more than US$700 million of funding for the construction of the 31.8km road connecting Mulalo…
November 25, 2013
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) is providing a US$400 million loan to Guatemala for rural road construction. This follows…
November 25, 2013
US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has revealed that a Transportation Infrastructure Finance Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan worth US$474 million…
November 25, 2013
Data from the US Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that highway deaths increased to 33,561…
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