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STRABAG wins two more sections of S7 expressway in Poland for around €200m
STRABAG wins two more sections of S7 expressway in Poland for around €200m Two subsidiaries of STRABAG SE have been awarded the contract in Poland to design and build two sections of the S7 expressway...
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Highways England announces new people centric road design principles
Highways England announces new people centric road design principles Highways England today renewed its focus on design with the launch of a set of design principles which will inform future road sche...
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RSTA welcomes A road investment, but what about the rest of UK local roads?
RSTA welcomes A road investment, but what about the rest of UK local roads? The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has welcomed government proposals to invest in a Major Roads Network that cou...
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ADB finances US$380m road improvements in Mindanao, Philippines
ADB finances US$380m road improvements in Mindanao, Philippines The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a $380 million loan to help the Philippine government strengthen the...
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Reduced tolls on Severn bridges between England and Wales starts next week
Reduced tolls on Severn bridges between England and Wales starts next week Drivers who use the Severn bridges are reminded changes to the TAG payment system take place next week. Responsibility for th...
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SIAC / Colas JV awarded €120m motorway upgrade and bypass project in Ireland
SIAC / Colas JV awarded €120m motorway upgrade and bypass project in Ireland The award of today’s contract with SIAC/Colas JV commences one of the most significant road schemes contained in the Govern...
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Sacyr awarded €38m construction and rehabilitation projects in Bogotá
Sacyr awarded €38m construction and rehabilitation projects in Bogotá Sacyr has been awarded three new projects for the construction, rehabilitation and updating of different urban areas in Bogotá (Co...
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The Australia Western Highway Project set to restart
The Australia Western Highway Project set to restart Construction to duplicate the Western Highway between Buangor and Ararat will restart in 2018, following the approval of a new planning amendment a...
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STRABAG awarded €125m road construction contract in Hungary
STRABAG awarded €125m road construction contract in Hungary The European construction group STRABAG SE has been awarded a road construction contract in Hungary with a volume of approx. € 125 million....
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Highways England continues archaeological survey work on A303 Stonehenge scheme
Highways England continues archaeological survey work on A303 Stonehenge scheme Highways England will continue archaeological surveys in the new year as part of the ongoing scheme to improve journeys...
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Rebounding US economy puts more drivers on Washington State Highways
Rebounding US economy puts more drivers on Washington State Highways As unemployment in Washington state approaches pre-recession levels, more drivers hit the road in 2016, and again followed the lead...
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Multi-million pound major road improvements in England unlock homes and jobs this winter
Multi-million pound major road improvements in England unlock homes and jobs this winter Multi-million pound road upgrades announced today by Highways England will help create more than 4,300 jobs and...
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Balfour Beatty announces partial sale of M25 (Updated)
Balfour Beatty announces partial sale of M25 Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announced that it has reached an agreement with funds managed by Dalmore Capital Limited (Dalmore)...
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Highways England backs bypass as best A5036 option for Merseyside
Highways England backs bypass as best A5036 option for Merseyside Highways England has reiterated its view that building a new bypass is the best option to replace the A5036 Port of Liverpool route in...
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BAM wins German PPP road project A10 / A24 Neuruppin to Pankow
BAM wins German PPP road project A10 / A24 Neuruppin to Pankow The consortium consisting of BAM-PGGM and HABAU, has been appointed preferred bidder for the project Availability Model A10 / A24 AS Neur...
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McCann is keeping Lincolnshire lit
McCann is keeping Lincolnshire lit Civil and electrical engineering firm J M McCann & Co Ltd. (McCann) has won the tender to continue to maintain North East Lincolnshire’s street lighting and illu...
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ADB finances urban and transport improvements in Pakistan
ADB finances urban and transport improvements in Pakistan The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Pakistan today signed two loans totalling $380 million for projects to help improve the...
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Extra lanes to open before Christmas on Manchester smart motorway
Extra lanes to open before Christmas on Manchester smart motorway Drivers will be able to use over ten miles of extra lanes on the M62 near Rochdale in time for Christmas. Highways England is opening...
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30-year draft Strategic Transport Plan agreed for North West England
30-year draft Strategic Transport Plan agreed for North West England Civic and business leaders from across the North of England have agreed a draft Strategic Transport Plan, to be published by Transp...
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AfDB approves US$153m to improve road and rail transportation in Namibia
AfDB approves US$153m to improve road and rail transportation in Namibia To help speed up travel and transportation in Namibia, the Board of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of ZAR 2,0...
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Galliford Try awarded £24m contract for new M49 junction at Avonmouth, UK
Galliford Try awarded £24m contract for new M49 junction at Avonmouth, UK The design and build scheme will feature a new grade separated junction with a roundabout spanning the motorway which will inc...
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Inrix predicts over 20 million vehicles will hit UK roads this Christmas causing 4 hour delays
Inrix predicts over 20 million vehicles will hit UK roads this Christmas causing 4 hour delays More than 20 million vehicles will hit the road this festive period resulting in significant delays, acco...
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New Zealand’s Waikato Expressway gets 110km/h speed limit sections
New Zealand’s Waikato Expressway gets 110km/h speed limit sections From today the speed limit on the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road (SH2) and the Cambridge section of the Waikato Express...
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McCann begins work on £25m LED street lighting for Calderdale, Yorkshire
McCann begins work on £25m LED street lighting for Calderdale, Yorkshire Civil and Electrical Engineering firm, McCann, has begun work on a £25m contract to replace and maintain street lighting across...
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First glimpse of updated Highways England Road Design Manual set for 2018
First glimpse of updated Highways England Road Design Manual set for 2018 Highways England is set to release an updated set of road design standards in 2018 which will be used across the United Kingdo...
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£600 billion UK National Infrastructure Pipeline puts the cart before the horse
£600 billion UK National Infrastructure Pipeline puts the cart before the horse The announcement by the British Government that some £600 billion is to be spent on national infrastructure investment i...
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Highways England lifting 400 miles of roadwork to ease Christmas congestion
Highways England lifting 400 miles of roadwork to ease Christmas congestion A £15bn investment on motorways and major A-roads is helping motorists and hauliers this festive season get to their destina...
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Highways England gets green light for new Kent M20 motorway junction
Highways England gets green light for new Kent M20 motorway junction A £104m project to create a new motorway junction on the M20 in Kent has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State...
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R&W Civil Engineering wins share of £100m M25 Motorway Works
R&W Civil Engineering wins share of £100m M25 Motorway Works R&W Civil Engineering has been awarded a place on the second Call-Off Framework Agreement (COFA-2) to deliver improvement works on...
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Safety first for Florida’s I-4 reconstruction
Safety first for Florida’s I-4 reconstruction Floridians are looking forward to an increase in both time and safety when the $2.3 billion I-4 Ultimate interstate megaproject is completed in 2021...
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Samsung C and T wins First North-South Corridor contract in Singapore
Samsung C and T wins First North-South Corridor contract in Singapore Samsung C&T Corporation has been selected as the first contractor to design and construct a stretch of the North-South Corrido...
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AfDB approves €122m loan for Tunisia Road Improvement Project
AfDB approves €122m loan for Tunisia Road Improvement Project The Board of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a loan of €112 million to help finance the North-East Road Connectivit...
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New £1.5 million salt barn to help keep Britain’s roads moving this winter
New £1.5 million salt barn to help keep Britain’s roads moving this winter A new £1.5 million salt barn in Knutsford, Cheshire, will help to keep the region’s motorways and major A roads moving...
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How big is the pothole problem in the UK?
How big is the pothole problem in the UK? If you lust after the thrill of airplane turbulence, you can often recreate it by driving down one of Britain’s many pothole-covered roads (though we wo...
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FCC wins bid to widen section I of the Inter-American Highway in Panama
FCC wins bid to widen section I of the Inter-American Highway in Panama The consortium FCC Corredor de las Playas I, formed by FCC Construcción and the operator CICSA (infrastructures and construction...
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Roads sector expresses amusement at Chancellor’s future car vision for Britain
Roads sector expresses amusement at Chancellor’s future car vision for Britain The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has greeted the Chancellor’s, Philip Hammond, announcement that driv...
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New Operation Stack options set out by Highways England
New Operation Stack options set out by Highways England Measures that will help improve the road network’s resilience when there are interruptions to services across the English Channel were set out b...
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£1.5bn A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon upgrade marks its first year of construction
£1.5bn A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon upgrade marks its first year of construction The UK’s biggest road construction project is marking its first full year of work. 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge...
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Salini Impregilo with Lane wins a $134.6m contract to build a new highway section in Florida
Salini Impregilo with Lane wins a $134.6m contract to build a new highway section in Florida Salini Impregilo’s U.S. subsidiary, The Lane Construction Corporation, has won a $134.6 million contract to...
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EIB finances tolling infrastructure in Slovenia
EIB finances tolling infrastructure in Slovenia The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €51 million to Slovenia’s motorway company DARS to finance the introduction of an electronic tolling syste...
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Smooth operators – the Excavator experts behind the Florida megaproject
Smooth operators – the Excavator experts behind the Florida megaproject The ultimate project demands the ultimate operators. Volvo Construction Equipment went behind the scenes to meet the exper...
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Highways England is geared up for winter
Highways England is geared up for winter Highways England’s team of 1,300 specially trained gritter drivers based across the country are geared up for winter – and are urging drivers to do the same. T...
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Drones set to take off in construction
Drones set to take off in construction Floating effortlessly and able to be positioned with great accuracy, drones – also referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – are becoming an increasingly...
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Severe UK winter predictions spell bad news for potholed roads
Severe UK winter predictions spell bad news for potholed roads Predictions of the worse winter for possibly ten years is bad news for those highway authorities who have failed to carry out the necessa...
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AfDB funded Thika Highway continues to impact Kenyan lives five years on
AfDB funded Thika Highway continues to impact Kenyan lives five years on The long-standing partnership between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Kenya to promote inclusive and...
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How design is driving Americas largest infrastructure project
How design is driving Americas largest infrastructure project Florida’s I-4 Ultimate Improvement Project aims to create a commuting experience that will delight residents and tourists alike. Alvaro Al...
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4,000 British truck drivers caught watching DVDs and boiling kettles
4,000 British truck drivers caught watching DVDs and boiling kettles The shocking footage above was released by Highways England today and show drivers watching DVDs, reading books, and even bo...
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Ferrovial consortium to deliver the €1,150m Western Roads Upgrade in Melbourne
Ferrovial consortium to deliver the €1,150m Western Roads Upgrade in Melbourne Cintra, subsidiary of Ferrovial, through the Netflow joint venture recently formed with Plenary, has been selected...
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Florida’s 21 mile, $2.3 billion, Interstate 4 reconstruction supported by VolvoCE
Florida’s 21 mile, $2.3 billion, Interstate 4 reconstruction supported by VolvoCE Florida’s I-4 Ultimate Improvement Project is at the forefront of several global trends in infrastructure design...
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AfDF paves way for Guinea-Sierra Leone road reconstruction with €48 million
AfDF paves way for Guinea-Sierra Leone road reconstruction with €48 million The Boards of the African Development Bank Group have approved funding of €48 million from the African Development Fund (ADF...
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