Editor’s Choice
The Editorโs 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.
CABEI Deepens Strategic Investment in the Dominican Republicโs Infrastructure
CABEI Deepens Strategic Investment in the Dominican Republicโs 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 Indonesiaโs 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 Arabiaโs 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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Texas Doubles Down on Traffic Intelligence With Expanded INRIX Partnership
Texas Doubles Down on Traffic Intelligence With Expanded INRIX Partnership The Texas Department of Transportation has spent years building a reputation as one of the most data-driven transport agencie...
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Building a Trustworthy Industrial AI Stack for the Physical World
Building a Trustworthy Industrial AI Stack for the Physical World Dassault Systรจmes and NVIDIA have moved well beyond a conventional technology tie up. Their newly announced long term strategic partne...
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Strategic Capital Meets Construction as Topcon Reinforces Its U.S. Retail Network
Strategic Capital Meets Construction as Topcon Reinforces Its U.S. Retail Network The decision by Topcon Positioning Systems to make a significant strategic investment in its U.S. retail arm, Topcon S...
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Construction Intelligence is Reshaping Global Infrastructure
Construction Intelligence is Reshaping Global Infrastructure Construction Intelligence Month: Week One | February 2026 Construction has always been a data-heavy industry. Long before the language of a...
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Building Coherence into Metro Manilaโs Mass Transit
Building Coherence into Metro Manilaโs Mass Transit Metro Manilaโs rail network is once again at the centre of a policy debate that could reshape how urban transport concessions are structured across...
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Rethinking a Strategic Spine in Northern Chileโs Road Network
Rethinking a Strategic Spine in Northern Chileโs Road Network Northern Chileโs transport corridors sit at the crossroads of global trade, extractive industries and regional development. Few routes are...
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Control Tower Thinking Comes to Mining Equipment Inspections at Indaba
Control Tower Thinking Comes to Mining Equipment Inspections at Indaba Across the global mining industry, the conversation has shifted. Productivity, safety, compliance and cost control are no longer...
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London Mining Week Sets the Agenda for Global Mining in 2026
London Mining Week Sets the Agenda for Global Mining in 2026 From 27 November to 3 December 2026, London will once again become the focal point for the global mining industry as London Mining Week ret...
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Cat Signals a Strategic Shift in Hauling with the 707 Wide Body Truck
Cat Signals a Strategic Shift in Hauling with the 707 Wide Body Truck Across mining, quarrying and large-scale earthmoving operations, hauling efficiency often decides whether a project runs smoothly...
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Strategic Investment Set to Reshape Serbia’s Road Infrastructure
Strategic Investment Set to Reshape Serbia’s Road Infrastructure Across Europe, road networks are quietly being redefined as strategic national assets rather than passive conduits for traffic. S...
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Public Capital Unlocking Private Energy Investment in Kenya
Public Capital Unlocking Private Energy Investment in Kenya Kenyaโs clean energy transition has quietly become one of the most credible and commercially grounded success stories in global infrastructu...
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Unlocking Subsurface Intelligence Across Mining Projects with Seequent
Unlocking Subsurface Intelligence Across Mining Projects with Seequent Across the global construction and mining ecosystem, the conversation around digital transformation often circles back to a singl...
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Mining and Quarrying Return to the Centre of Global Strategy
Mining and Quarrying Return to the Centre of Global Strategy Quarry & Mining Month: Week Five | January 2026 For much of the past three decades, mining and quarrying sat in an awkward position in...
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Rome Metro Line C Gains Momentum With โฌ776m Northern Extension Contract
Rome Metro Line C Gains Momentum With โฌ776m Northern Extension Contract Romeโs long-running Metro Line C programme has taken another decisive step forward, with Webuild and partner Vianini Lavori, ope...
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Northern Powerhouse Rail’s ยฃ45 Billion Blueprint for the North
Northern Powerhouse Rail’s ยฃ45 Billion Blueprint for the North After years of political noise, shifting plans and regional frustration, the UK Government has pushed Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR...
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Africaโs Green Economy Summit 2026 Targets Bankable Climate Infrastructure
Africaโs Green Economy Summit 2026 Targets Bankable Climate Infrastructure Africaโs climate story has never been short on ambition. Across the continent, governments, development institutions, and pri...
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EU and EIB Finance Cabo Verdeโs Sustainable Port Transformation
EU and EIB Finance Cabo Verdeโs Sustainable Port Transformation Cabo Verdeโs future has always been tied to the sea. For an island nation spread across the Atlantic, ports arenโt simply logistics asse...
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Kyrgyz Republic Modernising Ageing Power Infrastructure with EBRD Support
Kyrgyz Republic Modernising Ageing Power Infrastructure with EBRD Support Keeping the lights on sounds like a simple promise, until a countryโs power network starts showing its age. Across much of the...
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VINCI Expands New Zealand Footprint with Fletcher Construction Acquisition
VINCI Expands New Zealand Footprint with Fletcher Construction Acquisition VINCI Constructionโs agreement to acquire Fletcher Construction is more than another overseas deal on a balance sheet. Itโs a...
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InvestEU Helps Scale High Power EV Charging From the Baltic to the Adriatic
InvestEU Helps Scale High Power EV Charging From the Baltic to the Adriatic Central and Eastern Europe is about to get a sizeable boost in electric-vehicle charging capacity, and not in the slow, piec...
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Evolving the Quarry and Mining Workforce From the Rockface to Cyberspace
Evolving the Quarry and Mining Workforce From the Rockface to Cyberspace Quarry & Mining Month: Week Four | January 2026 In a remote control centre far from any pit, a young technician monitors d...
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The $2.5 Trillion Trade Finance Gap Holding Back Global Supply Chains
The $2.5 Trillion Trade Finance Gap Holding Back Global Supply Chains Global supply chains are moving again, but not always smoothly. After years of disruption, companies are diversifying markets, res...
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Uzbekistan Scales Solar Energy Project With Battery Storage and Grid Links
Uzbekistan Scales Solar Energy Project With Battery Storage and Grid Links Uzbekistanโs renewable energy ambitions are no longer confined to targets on paper or pilot projects tucked away from the rea...
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WEMAG Secures โฌ220m to Accelerate Grid Upgrades in Northern Germany
WEMAG Secures โฌ220m to Accelerate Grid Upgrades in Northern Germany Germanyโs energy transition has never been short on ambition, but itโs the infrastructure underneath it all that decides whether pro...
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Egypt’s Obelisk Solar Project Secures US$150m EIB Financing
Egypt’s Obelisk Solar Project Secures US$150m EIB Financing Egyptโs energy transition has moved beyond ambition and into execution, with the Obelisk solar photovoltaic project in Qena Governorat...
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Kazakhstanโs Almaty Railway Bypass Secures US$300m Financing
Kazakhstanโs Almaty Railway Bypass Secures US$300m Financing Kazakhstan has spent the past decade positioning itself as a practical bridge between East and West, but bridges only matter if they donโt...
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Rethinking Screen Media for Todayโs Aggregates Operations
Rethinking Screen Media for Today’s Aggregates Operations In mineral processing, efficiency is rarely decided by a single machine. It is shaped by the interaction between crushers, conveyors, fe...
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Electric Excavators Finding Their Place in Harsh Quarry Environments
Electric Excavators Finding Their Place in Harsh Quarry Environments Across the global construction and materials sector, electrification is no longer confined to urban job sites, indoor demolition, o...
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The New Blueprint for Sustainable Mining
The New Blueprint for Sustainable Mining Quarry & Mining Month: Week Three | January 2026 Mining and quarrying have long been synonymous with environmental disruption, from gaping open pits and sc...
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EBRD Financing Unlocks Heavy Lift Infrastructure Across Central Asia
EBRD Financing Unlocks Heavy Lift Infrastructure Across Central Asia Across Central Asia, a quiet but decisive shift is under way. Wind farms are rising across open steppe, ports and rail corridors ar...
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EU Backs Rail Upgrade in Montenegro to Bolster Balkan Connectivity
EU Backs Rail Upgrade in Montenegro to Bolster Balkan Connectivity The European Union has committed a substantial โฌ175.6 million package to reconstruct 39 kilometres of the Bar-Golubovci railway line,...
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Hawaii Builds a Data Driven Road Network With Bentley Blyncsy
Hawaii Builds a Data Driven Road Network With Bentley Blyncsy Across the global road sector, one challenge refuses to go away. Governments spend billions building and upgrading highways, yet most of t...
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Caterpillar shows of Cat AI Assistant at CES
Caterpillar shows of Cat AI Assistant at CES After more than a century of engineering progress, Caterpillar Inc. has reached another inflection point with the launch of Cat AI Assistant. Rather than t...
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The Smart Quarry and the Age of Data Driven Extraction
The Smart Quarry and the Age of Data Driven Extraction Quarry & Mining Month: Week Two | January 2026 Modern quarrying is undergoing a quiet revolution. Once perceived as dusty, rugged sites relyi...
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Bentley Systems Expands Asset Analytics Capabilities with Strategic Acquisitions
Bentley Systems Expands Asset Analytics Capabilities with Strategic Acquisitions Bentley Systems has taken a decisive step to reinforce its position in infrastructure asset intelligence with the acqui...
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Resetting the Clock on West Yorkshire Mass Transit
Resetting the Clock on West Yorkshire Mass Transit West Yorkshireโs long anticipated mass transit scheme has entered a more deliberate phase, with the UK government and the West Yorkshire Combined Aut...
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Brazil Reopens Consultation for Strategic Port Lease at Sรฃo Sebastiรฃo
Brazil Reopens Consultation for Strategic Port Lease at Sรฃo Sebastiรฃo Brazilโs port sector rarely stands still for long, yet some decisions carry more weight than others. The reopening of public consu...
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Major Stations, Rail and Systems Contract Opens for Toronto Subway Expansion
Major Stations, Rail and Systems Contract Opens for Toronto Subway Expansion Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have taken a decisive step forward in delivering one of the Greater Toronto Areaโs mos...
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Renewable Energy and Logistics Infrastructure Investments in Kazakhstan
Renewable Energy and Logistics Infrastructure Investments in Kazakhstan Kazakhstanโs push to modernise its energy and logistics backbone has taken a decisive step forward with new financing from the E...
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How Quarries and Aggregates Power Modern Infrastructure
How Quarries and Aggregates Power Modern Infrastructure Quarry & Mining Month: Week One | January 2026 Modern infrastructure is literally built on rock. Every highway, bridge, rail bed, airport r...
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Rio Tinto Deepens Partnership with Yinhawangka People in the Pilbara
Rio Tinto Deepens Partnership with Yinhawangka People in the Pilbara Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation and Rio Tinto have taken a significant step in redefining how large-scale mining operates on tra...
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EBRD Investment Securing Water and Agriculture in Morocco
EBRD Investment Securing Water and Agriculture in Morocco Water has always shaped Moroccoโs agricultural heartlands, but in recent decades the balance has tilted dangerously. Declining rainfall, risin...
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