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May 30, 2012
With filling stations now selling foodstuffs, this can attract unwanted attention. (photo courtesy of World Highways reader Bogdan Schiteanu).
May 30, 2012
APPROVAL HAS now been given for work to go ahead on a key section of Slovakia’s D1 highway. The work had been delayed as the European Commission (EC…
May 30, 2012
THE CONSTRUCTION of the crossing for the A15 highway near Arnhem in the Netherlands now looks likely to cost up to €1 billion. It is required to…
May 30, 2012
VIATEC UK, the Bath, south-west England-based manufacturers of road maintenance and reinstatement products, has exported its first order of the…
May 30, 2012
A new joint-venture has been established between Russian Machines and Terex Roadbuilding. Under the terms of the deal, the partners will manufacture…
May 30, 2012
The European Transport Safety Commission’s (ETSC) 16th Road Safety Report measures progress made in EU countries since 2001 in tackling excessive…
May 30, 2012
PEACOCK SALT has secured a long-term agreement with Rio Tinto's Australian subsidiary Dampier Salt (DSL) to supply solar salt for the UK market.The…
May 30, 2012
The UK’s new government is investigating its transportation options with regards to raising capital to help offset its budget deficit. One of the…
May 30, 2012
Clearview Traffic has been recognised in the Best Green Companies Awards for its ecological approach and work towards helping local authorities meet…
May 30, 2012
THE NEW highway network currently being built in the Czech Republic will be completed in 2025, five years later than the original planned completion…
May 30, 2012
M&T Expo 2012, the 8th International Exhibition of Construction Equipment and 6th International Exhibition of Mining Equipment, has opened in São…
May 30, 2012
Topcon Europe Positioning says that Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS, Livermore, California, USA) has acquired InlandGEO, one of Topcon’s top…
May 30, 2012
ORGANSIERS OF SMOPYC 2011 say they have reached agreements with groups of buyers and trade missions from “strategic countries” that will make the…
May 30, 2012
A LEGAL dispute is now underway in Russia over the St Petersburg ring road project. Construction company Flora was awarded a €187.6 million contract…
May 30, 2012
A STUDY of highway construction costs in eight European countries highlights Austria as the most expensive. The report says that highways in Austria…
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