12 January 2012
US Interstate 287 highway reconstruction to be delayed until 2013
The reconstruction of Interstate 287 in the US is expected to be complete by August 2013, instead of the original deadline of November 2012.
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11 January 2012
US FHWA approves North I-25 improvement plan
The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) in the US has given the green light to the Colorado Department of Transportation's $2.18bn plan to improve Interstate 25, a commuter rail service and...
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11 January 2012
Bahrain unveils road development plan
Bahrain's Works Ministry has unveiled a road development plan which includes the renovation, revamp and expansion of key junctions, and the building of new main highways to connect all parts...
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10 January 2012
STRABAG wins Poland Expressway contract
STRABAG has won a €254m contract from Poland's General Directorate for National Roads & Highways (GDDKiA) to build a 40km stretch of S8 expressway.
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10 January 2012
Turkey cancels $5bn North Marmara Highway tender
Turkey has cancelled a $5bn tender for the North Marmara Highway project as it failed to receive any bids.
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9 January 2012
Mexico has world’s highest cable bridge
Mexico's new cable bridge, built at a cost of MXN2bn ($146m), has been officially recognised as the highest in the world.
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9 January 2012
Qatar’s Salwa Road project to be completed by December 2012
The QAR1.59bn ($436m) Salwa Road development project in Doha, Qatar is on track to be completed by December 2012.
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8 January 2012
Traficon to provide automatic incident detection system to Swedish road tunnels
Traficon has won a contract to provide video image processors to help monitor traffic inside the Södra Länken and Norra Länken tunnels in Stockholm, Sweden.
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8 January 2012
Leafield Environmental secures Hong Kong bollard deal
Hong Kong Transport Authority has awarded a contract to UK highway traffic bollard manufacturer Leafield Environmental for its Night Owl retroreflective, bounce-back sign bollards.
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5 January 2012
Carillion wins Canadian highway maintenance deal
Carillion Canada, a unit of UK-based support services and construction company Carillion, has won a $156m contract from Ontario's Ministry of Transportation to provide highway maintenance for 12 years.