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Machine vision specialist Vitronic and its Estonian partner Alarmtec have won a tender for ten stationary speed enforcement systems from the Estonian Road Administration, while in Dubai the company has announced it has been honoured by the Dubai Police as the best enforcement supplier of 2011.

VSS Macropaver is well known worldwide for offering customers individualised solutions for their emulsion blending needs.

Leica Geosystems has launched v3.0 of its Leica PaveSmart 3D system, which is designed specifically for concrete and asphalt paving and milling applications. This upgraded package is now said to support a wider range of paving equipment and applications than before. PaveSmart 3D v3.0 will be available late March 2012 through Leica Geosystems’ direct sales and approved paving solution distribution channels, including GOMACO.

Austrian contractor STRABAG is now commencing construction work on a new bus transport system in Tanzania. The €134 million contract will improve connections in capital Dar es Salaam. The new Bus Rapid Transit Infrastructure project will see upgrades to three major routes in the city. The deal is being split into two. One comprises upgrading the road from Magomeni to Kimara, including 15 bus stops, the Kimara terminal and the terminal Ubongo. The second is for upgrades to the route after Magomeni Kivukoni t

Serbia has managed to reduce the cost of building the Corridor 10 highway by €80 million. These funds will instead be used to pay for upgrades and improvements needed for the second section of the highway project, close to Neradovci.

There are questions over the funds available for Slovakia’s Visnove Tunnel project. A former Transport Minister believes that the Transport Ministry will face challenges finding €664 million needed to build the tunnel, which forms part of the D1 highway.

The VSS Macropaver Expandable Microsurfacing Box is infinitely adjustable between 2.74-4.27m, and is now available.

Turnover in Germany’s construction equipment and building material machinery industry rose by 17% in 2011 to US$16.72billion (€12.6billion).

Plans are in hand for major upgrades to Russia’s road network. Russian Highways (Avtodor) aims to construct 958km of roads, as well as to reconstruct 963km of road and improve 700km of road bed by 2019.

Around 9 February, 2012, Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODoT) Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding will be issuing a Request for Information (RFI) in connection with a Road Usage Charge Pilot Program (RUCPP).

TomTom has announced a partnership with Delcan Corporation in which historical traffic data will be used for the Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP 2), which is managed by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

Paving with concrete offers a strong and long life base for a roadway, with manufacturers continuing to develop technologies – Mike Woof reports. Innovation comes fast in the concrete paving market with a number of specialist suppliers offering an array of solutions to meet the needs of slipforming contractors. These machines can be used for a range of applications from large-scale airport runway or highway construction duties, tunnel jobs, bridge decks, barriers, traffic islands and kerbs. Because the app

The Sartre (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) project, funded by the European Union, has announced that it has successfully completed the first test demonstrations of a multiple vehicle platoon.

Ireland's Ministry of Transport is focussing on road maintenance rather than building new links at present.

A partnership between the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Mobisoft and the Finnish Meteorological Institute and other bodies has developed a communication system for drivers to inform them about weather and road conditions.

Cannabis use poses a serious threat to road safety. A new report published by the British Medical Journal says that drivers who smoke cannabis within a three hour time frame before getting behind the wheel will double their risk of a serious crash.

A fresh set of problems has hit the long planned Messina Straits Bridge in Italy. There is now reduced funding available for the project from the Italian Government.

As part of a vision to make London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games sustainable, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) has awarded a contract to ChargePoint Services (CPS) to supply and install GE DuraStation Electric Vehicle chargers and provide on-going after sales service support.

The first ever contract to be awarded through the UK Government Procurement Service (formerly Buying Solutions) ‘Traffic Management Technology’ framework is for a SPECS3 average speed enforcement system, to be installed in Nottinghamshire.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a US$237 million loan to the Renault Group to contribute to R&D for a new generation of batteries and motors for electric vehicles.