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Highway road tunnels and inter-city vehicle underpasses are vital components of an essential busy highways network. Keeping them clean is essential. Road tunnels and vehicle underpasses require a specific strength of light. Too bright, and the lamps or lights may dazzle or distract drivers, and too dim the tunnel can seem claustrophobic and daunting, as well as increasing dangers from obstructions and other hazards.

A huge investment in its manufacturing operations is being made by Volvo Construction Equipment and the firm is also seeing the head of the division become CEO of the entire group.

The mezzo level transport simulation program from Canadian firm Inro has been finding larger and wider uses recently the firm reports, and it says Dynameq licences for up to 20,000 links have been taken. It is expected that larger dynamic traffic assignment models will be used.

The mezzo level transport simulation program from Canadian firm Inro has been finding larger and wider uses recently the firm reports, and it says Dynameq licences for up to 20,000 links have been taken. It is expected that larger dynamic traffic assignment models will be used.

Clean vehicle technology specialist Zytek looks set to invest in developing new drivetrain technologies.

A sophisticated fog warning system is now being used in the Italian city of Venice to help reduce traffic accidents.

Russia plans to invest US$2.16 billion over the coming three years in rebuilding federal highways running through the Central Federal District.

Mongolia is planning ahead for a huge investment in road development. The country's network at present is in a poor condition, with few surfaced roads.

Over US$100 million is being budgeted for a new interchange in the Russian city of St Petersburg.

The new Volvo Construction Equipment's L220G wheel loader has won a red dot design award from a panel of design experts in Essen, Germany.

The SMOPYC exhibition will have close to 100,000m2 of covered exhibition space, as well as an outdoor area and a demonstration area providing a total surface area for the show of 300,000m2.

Development of road transportation is the key to the future of the African economy, according to a report by a transport infrastructure expert at the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).

Inge Zhou has been appointed as vice president of corporate communications for Volvo Construction Equipment newly formed China sales region.

The construction costs of the new Mafraq-Ghweifat in Abu Dhabi have been thrown into the spotlight.

Volvo Construction Equipment sold a record 84,000 machines in 2011. The company believe its ascendancy in the Chinese market was a key factor behind the landmark.

Nearly a third of the length of Britain's single carriageway A roads have white lines so worn out that they do not meet recognised standards, according to the LifeLines Report, an assessment of more than 2,400km miles of the network.

LiuGong Construction Machinery says doubling its North American-based equipment sales in 2011, compared to the previous 12 months, reinforces the company's goal of being among the world's top 10 equipment manufacturers by 2015.

Pitney Bowes Business Insight has announced that Balfour Beatty WorkPlace has chosen Confirm OnDemand – PBBI’s on-demand-based infrastructure asset maintenance and management system – to support its US$158 million Highways Services Partnership with Southampton City Council in the UK.

Questions are being asked in Poland over the poor performance of the recently paved S8 dual carriageway, close to capital Warsaw.

China's Guizhou province has major plans for highway investment during the 2011-2015 time period. In all there are plans to develop some 2,993km of expressway.