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July 24, 2019
Slovakia is to invest around €2.9 billion to improve roads in the economically depressed coal-mining region Upper Nitra.
Work will include upgrades…
July 24, 2019
Completion of Prague’s outer ring-road connecting the D1 motorway with Běchovice town to the north should be in 2024, a year earlier than planned.…
July 24, 2019
Brazil has set out plans for a massive programme of transport infrastructure development. This will see extensive works being handled until 2022. In…
July 24, 2019
The first so-called Texas U-Turn in the US state of California has opened as part of the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement project at Long Beach.…
July 24, 2019
A new sea crossing is planned for Saudi Arabia. The 3.3km link will connect with a new commercial and residential development project located at…
July 24, 2019
New loans will help pay for road building in India’s Kerala State. The World Bank is providing a package of loans worth US$216 million. This will be…
July 24, 2019
Indonesia is planning to construct more tolled highways as well as bridges. One novel proposal is for a new tolled road that will run along the sea…
July 24, 2019
A major long term financing package has been secured for highway projects in India. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will benefit from…
July 24, 2019
The UK’s driving test has been made far tougher in recent times, in a bid to boost safety. Some people take up to 21 attempts to pass their practical…
July 24, 2019
Construction work on the upgrade of the road connecting Calabar with Itu and Ikot Ekpene in South East Nigeria has once again ground to a halt. The…
July 24, 2019
The contract for Paraguay’s US$130 million Costanera Sur avenue project has now been awarded. Located in Asuncion, the road project will be handled…
July 24, 2019
A new tolled bridge link is planned for Indonesia’s East Kalimantan. The tender process is opening for the North Penajam Paser-Balikpapan toll bridge…
July 24, 2019
A Canadian firm is taking over three highways in India from Essel Highways. The US$472.8 million deal is for the the Essel Devanahalli Tollway in…
July 24, 2019
A new bridge project costing nearly US$756 million has been proposed for Brazil.
July 24, 2019
A Chinese contractor is expressing interest in building a major bridge connection in Bangladesh.