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The International Road Federation has a new spearhead for its global road safety programme. Michael Dreznes will serve as the Federation's (IRF) executive vice president with worldwide leadership on training, policy and capacity-building activities.

The organisers of the co-located Traffex, Parkex and Street Design 2011 events say that exhibitors and attendees exceeded expectations.

A road project in Romania will benefit from funding supplied by the European Commission.

Q-Free yesterday announced that it has been informed that the company will be awarded a contract for delivery of the congestion charging infrastructure in Gothenburg.

Major investments in Croatia's tolled highway network are being seen during this year.

The tender process is opening for a new highway project in Hungary.

Bosnia & Herzegovina plans to invest some €2.9 billion in constructing highways by 2017.

Hydro International is launching a new engineering consultancy for flood risk assessment and stormwater management in the UK and worldwide.

The complex legal case between the Polish General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) and Austrian contractor Alpine Bau is continuing in the Polish courts.

Figures published by the UK Department for Transport have confirmed that annual road deaths have reached an all-time low

A White Paper is currently being drawn up following the completion of the first "successful" World Materials Perspectives (WMP) in Nancy, France.

A new bridge is being built in Taiwan and is due for completion by June 2016.