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Starting Out Safely program leading the way in children’s road safety in Australia
Starting Out Safely program leading the way in children’s road safety in Australia Victoria, Australia, is leading the way in road safety with more than 75,000 children benefiting from an Australian-f...
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Tyre safety blitz for UK as Highways England works to drive down incidents
Tyre safety blitz for UK as Highways England works to drive down incidents Highways England is marking the end of Tyre Safety Month by revealing a series of initiatives it is developing or already del...
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Colourful road markings are becoming more popular on British roads
Colourful road markings are becoming more popular on British roads Recently, the presence of bright and colourful surface markings has become more and more prominent on British roads. This is a major...
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New traffic signal refurbishment contract awarded to Siemens ITS
New traffic signal refurbishment contract awarded to Siemens ITS A new contract to design and refurbish traffic signal equipment and systems at nine signalised junctions in Coventry has been awarded t...
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Improved journeys to South West England a step closer as A303 preferred route announced
Improved journeys to South West England a step closer as A303 preferred route announced The next step in a multi-million pound scheme to give drivers quicker, safer and more reliable journeys in the S...
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Dual carriageway bypass unveiled for key A585 improvement in UK
Dual carriageway bypass unveiled for key A585 improvement in UK Highways England is planning to build a £100 million new bypass along the A585 near Poulton-le-Fylde in Lancashire, boosting the local e...
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How to save lives through a targeted approach to road safety
How to save lives through a targeted approach to road safety Last month’s reported road casualties in Great Britain: 2016 annual report revealed a 4% increase in the number of reported road safe...
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Highways England £15 billion road upgrade plan updated to minimise congestion
Highways England £15 billion road upgrade plan updated to minimise congestion Highways England has today updated its £15 billion road improvement programme to reduce the impact of roadworks on motoris...
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Wider lanes for drivers on England’s M62 smart motorway near Rochdale
Wider lanes for drivers on England’s M62 smart motorway near Rochdale Drivers on a 5-mile stretch of the M62 near Rochdale can now benefit from wider lanes, helping to improve the flow of traffi...
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Cold Recycling with Foamed Bitumen
Cold Recycling with Foamed Bitumen Resource-saving technologies are more in demand than ever before. The Wirtgen cold recycling process has been proving its credentials for many years – and already me...
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Balfour Beatty and Mott MacDonald secure £115m highways maintenance extension
Balfour Beatty and Mott MacDonald secure £115m highways maintenance extension Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald, a 70:30 joint venture between two of Britain’s most established construction a...
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Amey tests wearable safety tech for highways workers
Amey tests wearable safety tech for highways workers Wearable technology which could reduce risks to drivers and lone workers has been trialled by highways engineers working for leading service provid...
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Higgins awarded East Waikato highways maintenance contract in New Zealand
Higgins awarded East Waikato highways maintenance contract in New Zealand The NZ Transport Agency has awarded the contract for the management and maintenance of state highways in East Waikato to the n...
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BAM wins €14.5 m road infrastructure contract for Jebel Ali Port and Free Zone in Dubai
BAM wins €14.5 m road infrastructure contract for Jebel Ali Port and Free Zone in Dubai BAM International BV, the operating company of Royal BAM Group nv, active outside Europe – has been awarded a de...
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Drivers warned to look out for Deer crossing roads at dawn and dusk this autumn
Drivers warned to look out for Deer crossing roads at dawn and dusk this autumn For the second year running, Highways England and DeerAware – The Deer Initiative have joined forces to warn motor...
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£61.4m roads package to keep drivers moving in the East of England
£61.4m roads package to keep drivers moving in the East of England A co-ordinated £61.4m package of essential maintenance and improvement work is underway on motorways and major A-roads across the Eas...
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Smart and responsive Pedestrian Crossing unveiled in London
Smart and responsive Pedestrian Crossing unveiled in London The world’s first responsive road crossing is being showcased in London as a prototype solution, aimed at tackling the 7,000+ incidents reco...
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MIT puts cement under microscope to make stronger and more sustainable concrete
MIT puts cement under microscope to make stronger and more sustainable concrete Cement materials, including cement paste, mortar, and concrete, are the most widely manufactured materials in the world....
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US Corps of Engineers prove effectiveness of Tensar TriAx geogrid
US Corps of Engineers prove effectiveness of Tensar TriAx geogrid The latest research by the US Corps of Engineers has demonstrated aggregate layers stabilised with Tensar TriAx geogrid deliver signif...
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ADB provides US$900 Million financing to upgrade Sri Lanka’s rural road network
ADB provides US$900 Million financing to upgrade Sri Lanka’s rural road network The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved financing of up to US$900 million for a program...
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New Zealand opens consultation on 110 km/h speed limit proposal
New Zealand opens consultation on 110 km/h speed limit proposal The NZ Transport Agency is inviting people to have their say on a proposal to introduce 110 km/h speed limits on the tolled section of t...
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Highways England Strategic Design Panel vision and progress report published
Highways England Strategic Design Panel vision and progress report published The first report of a panel set up to put good design at the heart of England’s road improvement projects is published toda...
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Giant funnel bins to tackle North West England’s motorway litter problem
Giant funnel bins to tackle North West England’s motorway litter problem New giant funnel bins are being installed at motorway service areas across the North West in a bid to reduce the amount o...
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Pre-construction planning software helps build Winery Visitor Centre
Pre-construction planning software helps build Winery Visitor Centre In the world of fine wine there was a time long ago when those with sophisticated palettes would harrumph and turn up their nose at...
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Safety work begins on busy Waikato Highway in New Zealand
Safety work begins on busy Waikato Highway in New Zealand Work is about to begin to make State Highway 3, from SH37 to Te Kuiti, safer for everyone who uses it. Almost $6m will be spent adding side ba...
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Major A21 upgrade in UK completed
Major A21 upgrade in UK completed 35,000 drivers a day are benefiting from a major upgrade on the A21 connecting Hastings and London, between Tonbridge and Pembury in Kent, which was officially opened...
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Fort Portal-Kamwenge Road in Uganda commissioned
Fort Portal-Kamwenge Road in Uganda commissioned President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda has commissioned the 66km Fort Portal-Kamwenge road. This road runs from Kamwenge District to Fort Portal to...
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Signalling the way forward for traffic controls
Signalling the way forward for traffic controls The JCT Symposium always signals the start of the next round of events for Clearview Intelligence. JCT takes place at the University of Warwick every Se...
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Major boost for south-west England as plans published for £1.6 billion A303 Stonehenge upgrade
Major boost for south-west England as plans published for £1.6 billion A303 Stonehenge upgrade The route for the £1.6 billion A303 upgrade near Stonehenge, a key part of the ‘South West expressway’, h...
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Making New Zealand’s Coromandel Loop safer for riders
Making New Zealand’s Coromandel Loop safer for riders Construction has begun on a $2.5 million project to install a range of bike safety treatments aimed at keeping motorcyclists safer on the No...
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Zambia to get US$1.2bn highway from China
Zambia to get US$1.2bn highway from China Work has commenced on construction of a strategic road project that connects the southern and central parts of the country to the mining towns in the Copperbe...
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Accidental discovery creates solid Bitumen Balls
Accidental discovery creates solid Bitumen Balls Ian Gates describes each pebble of bitumen as resembling a liquid-filled headache capsule and, for Alberta, Canada, struggling to build pipelines, this...
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Dynamic speed bumps crossing the ocean from Sweden to Australia
Dynamic speed bumps crossing the ocean from Sweden to Australia The tech company Edeva from Sweden has developed a dynamic speed bump, called the Actibump, that has proven its efficiency through years...
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Technology improves efficiency for Canadian Contractor to help meet a tight deadline
Technology improves efficiency for Canadian Contractor to help meet a tight deadline It appears that when S. Dilawri Automotive Group does something big… it is really big. Dilawri is Canada’s la...
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Australian construction signs to include Chinese
Australian construction signs to include Chinese New multilingual signs are being rolled out along the Great Ocean Road to help international tourists safely navigate one of Victoria’s most popular to...
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Recycling 100 miles of highway in San José, day and night with Wirtgen
Recycling 100 miles of highway in San José, day and night with Wirtgen In San José, USA, in-situ cold recycling with a Wirtgen 3800 CR recycler proves to be the most economical solution. Time is money...
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Alaskan contractor Valley General benefits from technology for quick and quality work
Alaskan contractor Valley General benefits from technology for quick and quality work For most people the acronym, JSCCR, is a definite puzzler. What it stands for is Juniper, Spruce, Cranberry, Cotto...
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Pavement optimisation helps support entrepreneurs in County Durham
Pavement optimisation helps support entrepreneurs in County Durham A flexible and reactive approach to optimising pavement design has delivered cost savings on the expansion of a science and technolog...
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Overcoming barriers to highways innovation
Overcoming barriers to highways innovation Removing barriers to adopting innovation and ensuring standards keep pace with technical developments is vital if we are to meet future infrastructure needs,...
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Plans to improve busy junction on the M2 in England unveiled today
Plans to improve busy junction on the M2 in England unveiled today Proposed major improvements to make journeys safer and more reliable for drivers using junction 5 on the M2 have been unveiled by Hig...
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Stress absorbing membrane delivers a stronger, safer and more reliable motorway
Stress absorbing membrane delivers a stronger, safer and more reliable motorway A Stress Absorbing Membrane Interlayer has delivered stronger, safer and more reliable running lanes for the M3 smart mo...
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CPB Contractors wins Pacific Highway upgrade works in Australia
CPB Contractors wins Pacific Highway upgrade works in Australia CPB Contractors has been selected by Roads and Maritime Services to deliver main civil work for the Devils Pulpit to Richmond River sect...
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Louis Berger selected as design consultant for interstate road modernization in India
Louis Berger selected as design consultant for interstate road modernization in India The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has selected Louis Berger to provide consultancy services for the...
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£300m road projects to improve journeys in Merseyside and Cheshire UK
£300m road projects to improve journeys in Merseyside and Cheshire UK Two major new road schemes worth more than £300 million are set to cut congestion and improve journey times for hundreds of thousa...
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UK gives truck platooning trials the green light
UK gives truck platooning trials the green light The UK’s first Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) ‘platooning’ trial, jointly funded by Highways England and the Department for Transport, has been...
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Connected cities need connected car parks
Connected cities need connected car parks A ‘connected city’, also known as a ‘smart city’, relies on an intelligent infrastructure which utilises the wealth of innovation and technologies created by...
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President Trump works to rebuild America's crumbling infrastructure
President Trump works to rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure The old system for completing environmental reviews in the US was fragmented, inefficient, and unpredictable leading to a call...
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Colas and partners launch first autonomous road safety vehicle
Colas and partners launch first autonomous road safety vehicle Colas in partnership with US companies Royal Truck and Equipment (RT&E) and Micro Systems Inc. (MSI) have developed the world’s first...
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£7 m flood resilience works announced for A66 Cumbrian tourist route
£7 m flood resilience works announced for A66 Cumbrian tourist route A £7 million project designed to keep drivers safely and smoothly on the move along the A66 at Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria was co...
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Siemens builds eHighway for hybrid trucks in Germany
Siemens builds eHighway for hybrid trucks in Germany Siemens has been commissioned by the German state of Hesse to build an overhead contact line for electrified freight transport on a ten-kilometer s...
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