Editor’s Choice
The Editorβs Choice articles are the very best articles published on Highways Today, personally selected by the editor for their quality, relevance, and impact. These standout pieces represent the finest journalism on the site, offering insightful analysis, exceptional storytelling, and a clear view of the trends shaping the future of infrastructure and construction.
Aeva Expands AI Powered Traffic Intelligence Across Atlanta Intersections
Aeva Expands AI Powered Traffic Intelligence Across Atlanta Intersections The push towards smarter, safer and more responsive road networks has taken another step forward as Aeva secures a significant...
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Spainβs High-Speed Rail Expansion and the Real Cost of Ambition
Spainβs High-Speed Rail Expansion and the Real Cost of Ambition Spainβs high-speed rail programme stands as one of the most ambitious infrastructure undertakings in modern Europe. Over a period of rou...
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Financing the Impossible Megaproject
Financing the Impossible Megaproject Megaprojects Month: Week One | April 2026 Megaprojects have always tested the limits of engineering ambition, but today theyβre increasingly defined by something l...
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South Africa Builds Rail Momentum with Strategic Finance
South Africa Builds Rail Momentum with Strategic Finance South Africa is edging closer to a pivotal moment in its transport evolution, as government prepares to issue a request for proposals for new h...
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Uzbekistan Advances Aviation Ambitions with Yangi Bukhara Airport PPP
Uzbekistan Advances Aviation Ambitions with Yangi Bukhara Airport PPP Uzbekistan has taken a decisive step in reshaping its regional connectivity strategy, launching an international tender for the co...
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Hillhead 2026 Expands Capacity as Demand Signals Strong Market Confidence
Hillhead 2026 Expands Capacity as Demand Signals Strong Market Confidence Set against the rugged limestone backdrop of Hillhead Quarry in the United Kingdom, the upcoming edition of Hillhead 2026 is s...
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Securing the Future of Aluminium Production in Queensland
Securing the Future of Aluminium Production in Queensland The agreement to secure the long-term future of the Boyne aluminium smelter marks a significant intervention in Australiaβs industrial landsca...
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Risk Engineering and Performance Guarantees in Construction Finance
Risk Engineering and Performance Guarantees in Construction Finance Construction Finance Month: Week Four | March 2026 Infrastructure doesnβt fail because funding disappears overnight. It fails when r...
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Colombia Advances Rail Revival with Villavicencio to Puerto GaitΓ‘n Corridor
Colombia Advances Rail Revival with Villavicencio to Puerto GaitΓ‘n Corridor Colombia has taken a decisive step towards reshaping its transport infrastructure with the launch of feasibility studies for...
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Regulation Is Quietly Engineering the Future of Autonomous Logistics
Regulation Is Quietly Engineering the Future of Autonomous Logistics Across Europeβs transport corridors, something fundamental is shifting. It is not being driven by flashy technology launches or bol...
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Sri Lanka Positions Graphite at the Heart of its Industrial Future
Sri Lanka Positions Graphite at the Heart of its Industrial Future Sri Lanka has taken a decisive step to reposition one of its most valuable natural resources within the global industrial supply chai...
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Colombia Strengthens Aviation Capacity With Cartagena Expansion
Colombia Strengthens Aviation Capacity With Cartagena Expansion Colombia is stepping up its aviation ambitions with a major expansion of Rafael NΓΊΓ±ez International Airport in Cartagena, a project that...
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BogotΓ‘ Doubles Down on Underground Mobility with Metro Line 2 Mega Project
BogotΓ‘ Doubles Down on Underground Mobility with Metro Line 2 Mega Project BogotΓ‘ is pressing ahead with one of Latin Americaβs most closely watched urban transport projects, reopening the internation...
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Amman Bridge Project Signals a New Era for Urban Mobility in Jordan
Amman Bridge Project Signals a New Era for Urban Mobility in Jordan Jordan is stepping into a new phase of infrastructure development, one that blends modern engineering with pragmatic economic strate...
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Financing Megaprojects in a High Interest Era
Financing Megaprojects in a High Interest Era Construction Finance Month: Week Three | March 2026 Across the global infrastructure sector, the conversation about megaproject delivery has taken a decis...
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Trimble Tekla 2026 Connecting Digital Design and Construction Workflows
Trimble Tekla 2026 Connecting Digital Design and Construction Workflows The construction industry has long wrestled with fragmented data, disconnected workflows and persistent productivity challenges....
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Smart Data Driving Safer Intersections Worldwide
Smart Data Driving Safer Intersections Worldwide Across the worldβs road networks, intersections remain among the most complex and hazardous locations for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians alike. Even...
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Malaysia Fast Tracks Industrial Growth Through Smarter Permitting Reforms
Malaysia Fast Tracks Industrial Growth Through Smarter Permitting Reforms Across the world, infrastructure investors and industrial developers frequently encounter the same obstacle long approval time...
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AI Ready Finance Platforms Are Reshaping Corporate Decision Making
AI Ready Finance Platforms Are Reshaping Corporate Decision Making For decades, financial planning and analysis software has been a cornerstone of corporate finance. These platforms promised structure...
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Public-Private Partnerships Reimagined
Are PPPs Still the Answer, or Do They Need Reinventing? Construction Finance Month: Week Two | March 2026 The infrastructure funding gap has not gone away. If anything, it has become more complicated....
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New Financing Platform Launching Africaβs Aviation Transformation
New Financing Platform Launching Africaβs Aviation Transformation Africaβs aviation sector sits at a pivotal crossroads. Demand for air travel across the continent is climbing rapidly, driven by urban...
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Financing the Future of Global Infrastructure
Financing the Future of Global Infrastructure Construction Finance Month: Week One | March 2026 Infrastructure has rarely lacked for demand. Roads still need widening, bridges still need strengthening...
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Saudi Arabia Opens Qassim Airport Modernisation to Global Infrastructure Investors
Saudi Arabia Opens Qassim Airport Modernisation to Global Infrastructure Investors Saudi Arabia has quietly shifted its aviation strategy over the past few years. Instead of focusing solely on flagshi...
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Baguio Building a Transport Gateway for Northern Luzon Mobility
Baguio Building a Transport Gateway for Northern Luzon Mobility Baguio City has taken a decisive step towards reorganising transport flows across Northern Luzon by signing a public private partnership...
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Kolkata Port Opens Strategic PPP Gateway for Indiaβs Bulk Liquid Trade
Kolkata Port Opens Strategic PPP Gateway for Indiaβs Bulk Liquid Trade At first glance, a Request for Qualification cum Proposal issued by Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata might appear routine. Po...
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Philippines Seeks Global Advisory Expertise for Panguil Bay Bridge Operations
Philippines Seeks Global Advisory Expertise for Panguil Bay Bridge Operations The Government of the Philippines has moved to strengthen the long term operational framework of one of Mindanaoβs most st...
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John Laing Expands Australasian PPP Footprint with Strategic Acquisitions
John Laing Expands Australasian PPP Footprint with Strategic Acquisitions Public private partnerships across Australasia have entered a new phase of maturity, and investors are responding accordingly....
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Western Bypass Vision Reshapes Freight Mobility Between Rouen And OrlΓ©ans
Western Bypass Vision Reshapes Freight Mobility Between Rouen And OrlΓ©ans Franceβs transport map has long contained a curious gap between Rouen and OrlΓ©ans. Freight moving between the Channel ports an...
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Al Layan Oasis Signals a New Phase in Desert Urbanism for Dubai
Al Layan Oasis Signals a New Phase in Desert Urbanism for Dubai In the Gulf region, major projects are often measured in height, speed or spectacle. Yet every so often a development appears that tells...
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Modernising ChiloΓ©βs Lifeline as Chile Advances Strategic Route 5 Upgrade
Modernising ChiloΓ©βs Lifeline as Chile Advances Strategic Route 5 Upgrade Chileβs geography rarely makes infrastructure easy. Stretching more than 4,000 kilometres along the Pacific coast, the country...
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China Advances Subsea Rail Engineering With Bohai Strait Tunnel
Bohai Strait Tunnel Signals a New Era for Global Subsea Rail Infrastructure Chinaβs approval of the Bohai Strait subsea railway tunnel marks one of the most consequential transport infrastructure deci...
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Digital Asset Banking Infrastructure Arrives for the Real Economy
Digital Asset Banking Infrastructure Arrives for the Real Economy Financial technology rarely matters to construction until it changes how projects get funded, paid and insured. Thatβs exactly where t...
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Vietnam Pushes Ahead With Transformational North South High Speed Railway
Vietnam Pushes Ahead With Transformational North South High Speed Railway Vietnamβs proposed North South high speed railway is moving steadily through feasibility assessment, marking one of the most c...
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Who Owns the Intelligence in the Age of Digital Infrastructure
Who Owns the Intelligence in the Age of Digital Infrastructure Construction Intelligence Month: Week Four | February 2026 Across global construction and infrastructure, digital transformation is no lo...
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EIB Investment Push Accelerates Czech Infrastructure Modernisation
EIB Investment Push Accelerates Czech Infrastructure Modernisation In 2025, the European Investment Bank Group channelled β¬1.93 billion into projects across Czechia, reinforcing a pattern that has qui...
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Bi Oceanic Corridor Financing Connects Paraguay To Global Trade Routes
Bi Oceanic Corridor Financing Connects Paraguay To Global Trade Routes South America has long faced a paradox. The continent is rich in agricultural output, minerals and energy resources, yet moving t...
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Disaster Intelligence as the Backbone of Resilient Economies
Disaster Intelligence as the Backbone of Resilient Economies Across Asia and the Pacific, disasters are no longer occasional shocks. They have become recurring economic events that quietly erode devel...
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Trackunit IrisX Enables Real Time AI Equipment Intelligence
Trackunit IrisX Enables Real Time AI Equipment Intelligence For more than a decade, construction has invested heavily in telematics, sensors and connected machines. The sector now generates extraordin...
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Hyperspectral Imaging Is Transforming How Cities Understand Infrastructure
Hyperspectral Imaging Is Transforming How Cities Understand Infrastructure Across the developed world, transport authorities face a familiar dilemma. Roads are deteriorating faster than maintenance bu...
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Leading Infrastructure Into The Predictive Era
Leading Infrastructure Into The Predictive Era Construction Intelligence Month: Week Three | February 2026 For most of the past century, infrastructure has been managed on the assumption that stabilit...
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Large Scale Soy Pavement TrialΒ Transforming Rural Infrastructure in Iowa
Large Scale Soy Pavement TrialΒ Transforming Rural Infrastructure in Iowa Across 24 miles of rural northeast Iowa, a quiet but significant shift in infrastructure technology has taken place. What might...
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Kenya Advances Dual Carriageway Plans for Northern Corridor Trade
Kenya Advances Dual Carriageway Plans for Northern Corridor Trade Western Kenyaβs busiest international highway is edging closer to a long-awaited transformation. The Government of Kenya, through its...
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CABEI Deepens Strategic Investment in the Dominican Republicβs Infrastructure
CABEI Deepens Strategic Investment in the Dominican Republicβs Infrastructure The scale of multilateral development finance flowing into the Dominican Republic has grown steadily in recent years, and...
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Deepwater Gas and Digital Drilling Strengthen Indonesia Energy Security
Deepwater Gas and Digital Drilling Strengthen Indonesia Energy Security Indonesiaβs offshore sector is once again in the spotlight as SLB secures multiple offshore drilling services contracts from Mub...
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AI Powered Geoscience Accelerates Development at Konkola Copper Mines
AI Powered Geoscience Accelerates Development at Konkola Copper Mines The global race for copper has intensified. From electrified transport and grid expansion to data centres and renewable power, cop...
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Building Proof Into Intelligence as AI Moves Into Critical Infrastructure
Building Proof Into Intelligence as AI Moves Into Critical Infrastructure Midas has entered the public arena at a moment when artificial intelligence is no longer confined to experimental labs or cons...
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Capital Planning in the Age of AI Infrastructure
Capital Planning in the Age of AI Infrastructure Artificial intelligence has crossed a threshold that few in the construction and infrastructure world can now afford to ignore. What began as an operat...
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Global EPC Project Leaders Forum to Explore Delivering Mega Projects
Global EPC Project Leaders Forum to Explore Delivering Mega Projects Saudi Arabiaβs infrastructure programme has moved well beyond ambition and into execution at scale. Across transport, aviation, urb...
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Digitising the Last Major Bottleneck in Geotechnical Investigation
Digitising the Last Major Bottleneck in Geotechnical Investigation Across the global construction and infrastructure sector, ground investigation remains one of the most risk-laden phases of project d...
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Agentic AI Moves Into the Enterprise Core as Airrived Emerges from Stealth
Agentic AI Moves Into the Enterprise Core as Airrived Emerges from Stealth Enterprise technology has spent the past decade chasing automation, yet most organisations still rely on human glue to stitch...
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