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The four-year contract could be worth up to US$519 million.

Construction of Poland’s longest road tunnel is progressing with an MK Formwork Carriage system from Spanish manufacturer Ulma.

Construction is now underway on a key project for Singapore.

Road upgrade work is planned for Kerala in India.

New South Wales is setting outs its road spending plan.

An innovative carbon neutral asphalt is coming to market.

Indonesia’s toll road development plans are being set out.

Russia’s road development programme is being planned

Reducing carbon emissions from the energy intensive cement and concrete production sectors will help stop climate change

A new technology from Streumaster can help optimise working in road recycling applications. This new generation of binding agent spreaders can be used in road recycling applications for base material preparation.

Tarmac has a cunning plan for cutting traffic disruption from roadworks.

Cambodia has seen a major road safety gain.

Volvo CE is reporting an improving financial position.

The Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel consists of individual two-lane highway tunnels through the Tuscarora Mountain between Huntingdon and Franklin Counties in rural Pennsylvania. Each tunnel is around 1.6km long with portal buildings at each end. As part of a rehabilitation project, Versilis, based in Quebec, Canada, was selected by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to supply a permanent automated lane closure system at each tunnel approach.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looked at how much fuel – and, hence carbon – could be saved by making roads in the US stiffer. They concluded that by resurfacing 10% of roads every year for the next 50 years, 0.5% of total transport emissions, or 440 megatons, would be saved over that period.

Egypt has given its approval for new road works.

Kramer claims that its new, compact 5035 and 5040 wheeled loaders deliver increased performance. The machines have high power ratings and benefit from low emissions engines that meet the Stage V/Tier 4 Final requirements.

Geosynthetics manufacturer NAUE is offering free software for the design of base course thicknesses. The improved SecuCalc package allows online calculation of base course thickness on a PC or mobile device. The user only has to input a one-time registration, without additional software installation.

Case CE, Hitachi, JCB and Wacker Neuson are amongst the equipment manufacturers convinced of the potential for electric construction machines

Arizona State University’s Schools of Engineering and FORTA Corporation, a Pennsylvania-based leader in the synthetic reinforcement fibres industry have announced a partnership to support further research into the resilience of pavements.