Finance & Funding

October 26, 2015
Costa Rica’s road agency Conavi has extended the deadline and increase funds by $154 million for road repair and maintenance contracts. Contracts…
October 26, 2015
Chile has shelved a proposal for a new road route between the inland capital of Santiago and the Pacific Ocean port of Valparaiso through the…
October 26, 2015
The Asian Development Bank will loan US$800 million to Sri Lanka toward phase three of the country’s Integrated Road Investment Programme. The…
October 23, 2015
The Chilean government has announced around 800 road projects for 2016, mostly linked to road concessions, costing about US$1.44 billion. Schemes…
October 23, 2015
Nicaragua has boosted it budget by $84 million for 2016 in an effort to stimulate the construction sector, local media report. Public resources will…
October 21, 2015
A major upgrade of Mexico’s Atizapan-Atlacomulco road link is being planned. The work is expected to commence in 2016 and will cost in the region of…
October 21, 2015
UK construction equipment manufacturer JCB is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The firm was founded on October 23rd, 1945 by the late Joseph Cyril…
October 21, 2015
China will loan Bolivia around US$7.5 billion for all types of infrastructure projects, according to the Bolivian vice-president Alvaro Garcia Linera…
October 21, 2015
India is considering a 28km expressway connecting the south of Indira Gandhi Airport in Delhi to Daulapura on National Highway-8. The project, which…
October 21, 2015
Brazil expects the second phase of its logistics investment programme PIL (Programa de Investimentos em Logistica) to include 7,000km of new roads by…
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