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June 8, 2012
A French driver intends to prove the range capabilities of electric vehicles. The man will drive an electric vehicle a distance of 4,800km through…
June 8, 2012
A new loan has been approved that will help finance works on the northern stretch of the Sao Paulo ring road in Brazil. The US$1.15 billion loan is…
June 8, 2012
New harmonised standards are being discussed that will allow recharging of electric vehicles across Europe. The move is required as part of a drive…
June 8, 2012
Nigeria’s Gombe state government of Gombe has awarded road contracts worth US$119 million. The contracts are for 51 road projects and include…
June 8, 2012
The authorities in the Brazilian state of Parana are working on plans to improve roads and related infrastructure. During the 2012-2013 financial…
June 6, 2012
Huge commercial opportunities for major construction equipment manufacturers sparked by large investment in new and existing Russian transport…
June 1, 2012
Shanghai Construction has secured the US$248.8million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build Cambodia’s No 6 road. The…
June 1, 2012
Every tenth car accident in Germany, Austria and Switzerland relates to driver distraction, according to a new survey. Further findings of the survey…
June 1, 2012
Ecuador’s Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP) has signed a contract with World Bank blacklisted China Road and Bridges Corp (CRBC) to carry…
June 1, 2012
The Iraqi government said it will spend US$5.8billion to build roads between 2012 and 2016, according to Mohammad Al Daraji, the minister of…
June 1, 2012
Italian motorway construction and management firm Tangenziali Esterne Milano (TEM) has revealed that work at the building sites for the Rivoltana-…
June 1, 2012
Stroitelnoe Upravlenie-820 (SU-820) has won a tender for reconstructing 11km of the M-5 Ural federal highway in Russia. SU-820 estimated the work…
May 31, 2012
Chile's highway system has fared remarkably well considering the severity of the massive earthquake that struck the country a few days ago. This is a…
May 31, 2012
Delays are now expected on work to upgrade the Dhaka-Chittagong highway to dual carriageway status. This delay has been caused by a dispute with the…
May 30, 2012
Construction work will commence shortly on a new 220km transnational highway in Vietnam. The first phase of the project is expected to cost US$390…
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