25 October 2011
Bids sought for UK’s Mersey Gateway bridge project
Halton Borough Council in the UK has sought bids for the £590m Mersey Gateway Bridge across River Mersey.
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25 October 2011
Atlantia-led consortium to operate satellite-based toll system for heavy vehicles
Autostrade per l’Italia, through its subsidiary Ecomouv SAS, has signed a €2.8bn contract with the French Ministry of Ecology's Sustainable Development and Transport (MEDDTL) to build and operate a satellite-based...
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25 October 2011
Bidders confirmed for Batinah Expressway in Oman
The third phase of the 265km Batinah Expressway project in Oman has attracted 15 bidders following the floating of bids on 5 October.
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24 October 2011
India to complete Bangalore-Chennai expressway by 2012
The Indian Government has approved a proposal to build a six lane highway connecting Chennai and Bangalore which is expected to be completed by March 2012.
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24 October 2011
STRABAG wins Duqm port road contract in Oman
STRABAG Oman, a unit of STRABAG Group, has won a €150m contract from the Ministry of Transport and Communication of the Sultanate of Oman to build roads and infrastructure at...
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24 October 2011
Most road accidents in India are driver’s fault, says report
Drivers are responsible for 78% of the accidents that happened during 2009 in India, according to a report released by the Transport Research Wing of the Ministry of Road Transport...
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24 October 2011
Perceptics unveils automated license plate reader
Perceptics has launched its new number reader system designed to automate the collection of DOT numbers, improving the rate and amount of inspections at weigh stations in the US.
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23 October 2011
India plans four expressway projects
The Indian Government has approved the construction of four expressway projects stretching 1,000km with an investment of Rs166bn ($3.35bn) under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP).
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23 October 2011
Alcatel-Lucent to trial ITTS in French city
Alcatel-Lucent has said it will perform a six-month trial of a new system to ease road congestion in the city of Vélizy-Villacoublay, France.
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23 October 2011
Bulgaria identifies €9bn priority road projects
The Bulgarian Government has unveiled a list of priority road infrastructure projects that it says will require an investment of €9bn between 2014 and 2020.