May 9, 2012
Automotive manufacturer Ford is developing an electric bike prototype called the E-Bike. The firm is working on the concept as it believes that E-…
May 9, 2012
Illegal motorway car racers in Thailand are to be targeted with additional radio frequency identification (RFID) systems and surveillance cameras.…
May 9, 2012
Greek general construction companies Terna and AEGEK Kataskevastiki have signed a deal to develop part of the Egnatia Odos highway.The budget for the…
May 9, 2012
The Ecuadorian Ministry for Transport and Public Works is to spend around US$ 5billion turning the country’s 1,286km of roads into ‘super-highways’.…
May 9, 2012
The CEA (Construction Equipment Association) is to highlight the importance of the construction sector to the UK economy in an Industry Showcase at…
May 8, 2012
The Chinese province of Qinghai will this year see US$237.83million spent on 300 new bridges and 2,000km of new rural roads in farm and pastoral…
May 8, 2012
Bulgarian Regional Development Minister, Lilyana Pavlova, has revealed plans to create a Ruse-Veliko Tarnovo-Svilengrad-Istanbul toll road under a…
May 8, 2012
Roads Minister Mike Penning yesterday gave the green light for development work to be carried out on six new major UK road schemes. The development…
May 8, 2012
China has opened the world's longest bridge over water, the 41.58km Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, which is said to have cost well over US$2 billion to build.…
May 8, 2012
Halcrow has been appointed by Transport Scotland to develop a bridge operating company contract to manage and maintain the new Forth Replacement…
May 8, 2012
Road deaths in France reportedly fell by 22.2% to 280 in April 2012, compared to 360 in the same month of 2011. Further figures show that the number…
May 8, 2012
The latest IRF Bulletin is wholly devoted to issues of Environment & Climate Change as they impact on the road infrastructure sector. It features…
May 8, 2012
The Abu Dhabi Department of Transport has awarded Traffic Tech (Gulf) – Abu Dhabi a traffic signal maintenance contract for the Al Ain Municipality.…
May 8, 2012
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved two loans worth €85 million for Croatia's road infrastructure. The first part of the loan is worth €…
May 8, 2012
The introduction of diesel hybrid vehicles in Europe will help reduce CO2 emissions. Automotive OEMs are now developing and introducing low-emission…
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