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…
May 29, 2012
Cooper Technology, among the leaders in the design and manufacture of computercontrolled testing equipment for asphaltic and unbound materials, has…
May 29, 2012
Kenya's highway network is to benefit from a tie-up with the Iranian Government. The new Rumuruti-Maralal road will be built using funding sourced by…
May 29, 2012
The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) is providing funding worth US$1.14 billion for construction work on the north section of Sao Paulo's…
May 29, 2012
The Indian Government has granted approvals for 32 highway construction projects during the 2009-2010 financial year. These routes have a total…
May 29, 2012
Work is being planned on Melbourne's M80 ring road upgrade. This A$2.25 billion project is intended to cut congestion at peak periods, boost safety…
May 29, 2012
Some signs do not mean what they say! (photo courtesy of World Highways reader, Narinder Mahajan).
May 29, 2012
Concerns are being expressed in Australia that upgrades to the road system in Sydney will be delayed. The improvements to the F3 and M4 East to M2…
May 29, 2012
Western Australia has set a budget of US$998.52 million (A$1.2 billion) for highway work during the next fiscal year, 2010/2011. Major projects being…
May 29, 2012
Plans are now in hand to upgrade and straighten the Bruce Highway over the Cardwell Ridge in Australia. The US$102.45 million (A$115 million) project…
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