15 November 2011
Washington opens new Manette bridge
The Washington Department of Transport in the US has opened the new Manette bridge built at a cost of $60m, replacing an 80-year-old bridge across Bremerton and Manette.
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15 November 2011
AfDB funds Ethiopian road project
African Development Bank (AfDB) has extended $66.7m loan to Ethiopia to upgrade a 112km Bedele-Metu road corridor project.
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14 November 2011
Arkansas to raise bonds for highway improvement projects
Voters in the US state of Arkansas have approved a proposal to raise $575m in federal bonds to repair around 400 miles of interstate highways.
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14 November 2011
Clark County starts work on Las Vegas Beltway
Clark County in the US has started construction on the $117m project to complete the remaining stretch of the Las Vegas Beltway.
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14 November 2011
EU: Transport pollution in Europe fell due to economic recession
The European Environment Agency's (EEA) latest report said transport pollution fell in Europe during 2009 as recession cut transport demand.
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14 November 2011
Skanska wins road and bridge contract in Norway
Skanska has won a Skr390m ($58m) contract from Statens vegvesen, the Norwegian public roads administration, to construct a four-lane road and two bridges in Kongsvinger, Norway.
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13 November 2011
Alpine Construction completes new Kaiser Wilhelm Tunnel in Germany
Alpine Construction, a subsidiary Austrian company of FCC, has completed the new €80m single track of the Kaiser Wilhelm tunnel on the railway line between Koblenz and Perl in Rhineland-Palatinate.
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13 November 2011
Louisiana awards ITS contract to Grady Crawford and Gannett Fleming
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) in the US has awarded a contract to Grady Crawford Construction Company and Gannett Fleming to build the Baton Rouge to New...
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13 November 2011
Romania to complete Bucharest-Ploiesti highway by 2012
Romania is expected to complete the €450m Bucharest-Ploiesti highway project by 2012, which will connect the Romanian capital Bucharest to the Ploiesti city.The highway will stretch 62km and the project...
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13 November 2011
Highway 30 in Canada completes Jean-Leman stretch
Transport Quebec has completed the $86m Jean-Leman segment of Highway 30 in Canada.