Road Structures

Work is now well in hand in India on the plans to construct a new highway connecting capital Delhi with Jaipur in Rajasthan. The new highway will measure some 195km long, cutting the route between the two cities by around 40km. The highway will feature six lanes, with three in either direction, and will be tolled. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is at present handling the land acquisition process, a task that can be complex in India. The route runs through 423 villages in seven districts and

In California construction is commencing on a connection called Cow Camp Road. Engineering work is being carried out on the project by Michael Baker International. The firm is handling Phase 2 of a contract by Rancho Mission Viejo LLC (RMV). The road will be located in south Orange County, California. Cow Camp Road. This 6.4km stretch of highway will improve connections between Antonio Parkway and Ortega Highway (SR-74). The planned improvements will be carried out in Phases 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D. The work bein

Interest is proving strong in Colombia’s Pamplona-Cucuta 4G motorway project, which is currently undergoing the tender process. The country’s National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) has had three bids so far for the project. The 62km stretch of road will be built in Colombia’s Norte de Santander department. The project is expected to cost in excess of US$515 million. So far ANI’s bids have come from CCA Civil Colombia, the Colombia-based subsidiary of Spanish contractor Sacyr, as well as the consortium Estruct

Funding for a stretch of the Belgrade ring road project will now be delivered by Chinese sources. The €207 million deal has been agreed between the Serbian Ministry of Construction and the Power Construction Corporation of China. This funding will help with the completion of the 20km ringoad project as a portion of the work has already been carried out.

Paraguay is opening the tender process for construction work on the Alberdi-Pilar road. The tender is being handled by Paraguay’s Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC). Work on the 96km route will include surfacing and the project is expected to cost just over US$131 million. Financing is being provided in the form of a loan from Fonplata. The project will include building six bridges measuring a total of 2.3km, as well as installing hard shoulders and drainage along the route. The work will be

Recent flooding in Peru has damaged around 4,585km of roads, impacting on the country’s transport sector. Of those roads affected, 1,231km are so severely damaged as to require rebuilding. Meanwhile 117 bridges were wrecked by flooding that occurred between December 2016 and January 2017. A further 224 bridges suffered damaged. The state of Lima suffered the heaviest damage, with 526km of roads being totally wrecked while Arequipa had 225km of its roads destroyed. A combination of river floods and landslide

New road development will help improve connections to New Zealand’s main international airport at Auckland. The work is expected to cost close to US$104 million and is intended to cut congestion around the airport and improve journey times to and from the facility, as well as boosting safety for road users. Improvements will be made to the roundabout at Landing Drive and the work should be complete by the end of 2017. The plan was announced recently by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA).

Three new bridges will be constructed the port city of Pemba in Mozambique. Funding for the bridges is being provided by Japan, following the conclusion of successful discussions with its government and the Mozambique Government. The bridges will help to improve the links between Pemba and the district of Palma, which lies to the north of the city. Japan will also assist in developing a transport system for Mozambique’s capital, Maputo.