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May 15, 2012
A report on road maintenance in 13 European nations highlights Italy as spending the most on its network in 2007. According to the data, Italy spent…
May 15, 2012
The new Ford Focus has become the first ever car to receive four Euro NCAP Advanced safety rewards after its driver alert and forward alert…
May 15, 2012
Belgian authorities are planning to tackle the growing problem of drivers operating vehicles while under the influence of drugs. Testing of a new…
May 15, 2012
Questions are being asked in the Netherlands following the news that twin road tunnels planned to form part of the new 7km stretch of the A4 highway…
May 15, 2012
Since 1990 loans worth a total of €10 billion have been granted by the EIB for Polish road projects, with some 20% of the loans going to private…
May 15, 2012
Austria-headquartered Kapsch TrafficCom has been awarded the State Prize for Design 2011 in the category "Product design Industrial Design/Capital…
May 15, 2012
TRL has seen significant growth in its software sales and consultant services to the Canadian market over the past 12 months. In order to continue…
May 15, 2012
Paul Ducker Systems (PDS), a sub-contractor to Balfour Beatty Engineering Services, has appointed Team Simoco to provide communication systems for…
May 15, 2012
French motorway operator Autoroutes Paris Rhin-Rhône (APPR) is testing the use of a vertical-axis wind turbine from Cita Production that can also…
May 15, 2012
A new section of Western High Speed Diameter (WHSD) highway from the Ring Road (KAD) to the Hyundai plant in Kamenka, has been opened to traffic in…
May 15, 2012
The authorities in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu are working fast to widen the Kathmandu Valley road. This key widening project includes take-up of…
May 15, 2012
The President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso has unveiled his plans to raise new sources of finance to fund EU infrastructure…
May 15, 2012
Russia’s capital Moscow will see its highway network grow by 40km in the 2010-2015 period. In addition, 10km of roads will be entirely rebuilt. The…
May 15, 2012
The tendering process is due to start in Hungary shortly for a series of highway maintenance and reconstruction works. The country’s highway…
May 15, 2012
Israeli firm Solel Boneh is one of the preferred bidders for a toll road project in Montenegro, along with an as yet un-named European company. The…
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