Featured Articles
Featured Articles brings together the top-performing and most talked-about articles published on Highways Today. Curated by our editorial team, this collection showcases standout stories that have captured industry attention β from groundbreaking projects and cutting-edge technologies to expert insights and global trends shaping the future of infrastructure.
Mapping the Future of Global Megaproject Spending
Mapping the Future of Global Megaproject Spending The next trillion dollars of megaproject spending will not land in a single skyline, a single corridor, or behind a single political slogan. It is alr...
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The Rise Of Physical AI To Drive 145 Million Autonomous Machines By 2035
The Rise Of Physical AI To Drive 145 Million Autonomous Machines By 2035 The global construction and infrastructure ecosystem is edging into a new operational reality, where machines no longer simply...
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Chinaβs Tethered UAV Firefighting Systems Turn Drones into Aerial Infrastructure
Chinaβs Tethered UAV Firefighting Systems Turn Drones into Aerial Infrastructure Last year, we explored the idea of drone swarms in wildfire response, outlining a future where coordinated fleets of UA...
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3D Printed Housing Gains Ground in Colombiaβs Rural Construction Push
3D Printed Housing Gains Ground in Colombiaβs Rural Construction Push In the hills of La UniΓ³n, a modest pair of homes is quietly signalling a shift in how the construction industry might tackle one o...
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Volvo Dealer Of The Year Reflects Rising Importance Of Uptime
Volvo Dealer Of The Year Reflects Rising Importance Of Uptime In the global construction equipment market, the spotlight often falls on manufacturers and machines. Yet, the real engine of performance...
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Putting A Powerful Bobcat To Work Under The Big Top
Putting A Powerful Bobcat To Work Under The Big Top When a touring operation moves at the scale of Circus Krone, logistics stop being routine and start resembling a moving infrastructure project. Each...
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Mobile Welding Meets Physical AI as Robotics Steps Beyond the Factory Floor
Mobile Welding Meets Physical AI as Robotics Steps Beyond the Factory Floor Manufacturing automation has long excelled in controlled environments, yet some of the most critical fabrication work still...
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Panasonic Toughbook 56 Raises the Bar for Rugged Computing at the Edge
Panasonic Toughbook 56 Raises the Bar for Rugged Computing at the Edge When work moves beyond the office and into unpredictable environments, computing hardware stops being a convenience and becomes c...
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Chinaβs High Speed Sweeping Revolution Reshapes Highway Maintenance
Chinaβs High Speed Sweeping Revolution Reshapes Highway Maintenance Chinaβs expressway network, now extending beyond 180,000 kilometres, has reached a level of maturity where maintenance is no longer...
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Colombia Expands Multimodal Capacity with RΓo CΓ³rdoba Port Concession
Colombia Expands Multimodal Capacity with RΓo CΓ³rdoba Port Concession Colombia has taken a decisive step in reshaping its freight logistics landscape with the award of a new maritime concession in the...
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Uzbekistan Opens the Door to Private Investment at New Bukhara Airport PPP
Uzbekistan Opens the Door to Private Investment at New Bukhara Airport PPP Uzbekistan is stepping up its infrastructure ambitions with a fresh call to global investors, launching an international tend...
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Isuzu and Toyota Move Hydrogen Trucks Toward Commercial Reality
Isuzu and Toyota Move Hydrogen Trucks Toward Commercial Reality The race to decarbonise freight transport has entered a decisive phase, with Isuzu Motors Limited and Toyota Motor Corporation aligning...
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Conflow Power Turns Streetlights into Revenue Generating AI Infrastructure
Conflow Power Turns Streetlights into Revenue Generating AI Infrastructure Urban infrastructure rarely changes its role overnight. Streetlighting, for decades, has been treated as a necessary expense,...
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MicroSurfacing Workshop Set to Draw Industry Leaders to Bituroad 2026
MicroSurfacing Workshop Set to Draw Industry Leaders to Bituroad 2026 On 30 May, during Bituroad 2026, a focused technical workshop on MicroSurfacing and advanced emulsion technologies will bring toge...
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Smarter Street Furniture Supporting Active Travel in Newbury
Smarter Street Furniture Supporting Active Travel in Newbury Urban streets across the United Kingdom are being quietly reshaped. Not through sweeping megaprojects or high-profile infrastructure progra...
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Megaproject Risk Under The Microscope
Megaproject Risk Under The Microscope Megaprojects Month: Week Three | April 2026 The numbers that wonβt improve, the governance gaps that wonβt close, and the commercial fightback that might finally...
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NSW Invests in Road Infrastructure to Power Renewable Energy Transition
NSW Invests in Road Infrastructure to Power Renewable Energy Transition Regional New South Wales is entering a decisive phase in its transformation from a fossil fuel-dependent economy to a renewable...
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Bruce Highway Safety Push Accelerates With Contract Releases Across Queensland
Bruce Highway Safety Push Accelerates With Contract Releases Across Queensland Australiaβs most critical northβsouth freight artery is entering a decisive phase of investment, with 22 new contracts re...
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Southeast Asia Accelerates Cross Border Power Infrastructure
Southeast Asia Accelerates Cross Border Power Infrastructure Southeast Asiaβs ambition to build a fully integrated regional electricity network has taken a decisive step forward with the launch of a n...
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ERF and IRF Move Toward Unified Global Voice for Road Infrastructure
ERF and IRF Move Toward Unified Global Voice for Road Infrastructure Europeβs road sector and the wider international mobility community are edging closer to a structural shift that could reshape how...
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Sany Pushes Boundaries With Massive AI and Electrification Strategy
Sany Pushes Boundaries With Massive AI and Electrification Strategy The global construction equipment sector is entering a decisive phase, and SANY Group is positioning itself at the centre of that sh...
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Electric Pick-Up Economics Take Centre Stage with KGM Musso EV Debut
Electric Pick-Up Economics Take Centre Stage with KGM Musso EV Debut The arrival of a fully electric pick-up that undercuts traditional cost structures is more than a product launch. It signals a shif...
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VΓΆgele SUPER 1803 5 X Paver Sets New Benchmark for Precision and Speed
VΓΆgele SUPER 1803 5 X Paver Sets New Benchmark for Precision and Speed In the demanding world of industrial surfacing, where downtime is costly and durability is non-negotiable, equipment choices can...
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Ethiopia Accelerates Smart Tolling with telebirr Digital Payments Integration
Ethiopia Accelerates Smart Tolling with telebirr Digital Payments Integration Ethiopiaβs push towards digitised infrastructure has taken a decisive step forward as Ethio telecom and Ethiopian Toll Roa...
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New Isuzu D Max Delivers More Torque For Real World Demands
New Isuzu D Max Delivers More Torque For Real World Demands The latest iteration of the Isuzu D-Max arrives at a time when the European pick-up market is navigating tighter emissions standards, rising...
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The Machine Behind the Megaproject
The Machine Behind the Megaproject Megaprojects Month: Week Two | April 2026 There is a number that haunts the infrastructure industry, sitting quietly behind every major programme announcement, every...
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AI Rewires Industrial Inspection as deeplify Targets Ageing Infrastructure Crisis
AI Rewires Industrial Inspection as deeplify Targets Ageing Infrastructure Crisis Across Europe and beyond, critical infrastructure is entering a decisive phase. Pipelines, pressure vessels, storage t...
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Digitising the Tunnel Face with Real Time Intelligence
Digitising the Tunnel Face with Real Time Intelligence Conventional tunnelling remains one of the most complex and risk-sensitive activities in the construction sector, yet much of its day-to-day docu...
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Hydrogen Power Moves From Concept To Construction Reality
Hydrogen Power Moves From Concept To Construction Reality The transition to low-carbon power on construction sites has often been framed as a future ambition rather than a present-day solution. That n...
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Develon Targets Precision Earthworks with the DD100 Dozer
Develon Targets Precision Earthworks with the DD100 Dozer In a market where precision is increasingly valued over brute force, Develon has introduced the DD100 dozer, a machine that signals a clear sh...
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Willowbrook Plant Expands Hyundai Reach Across Eastern and Central England
Willowbrook Plant Expands Hyundai Reach Across Eastern and Central England The steady consolidation of dealer networks across Europeβs construction equipment sector has taken another step forward, as...
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Netherlands Moves to Distance Based Truck Tolling Across National Road Network
Netherlands Moves to Distance Based Truck Tolling Across National Road Network The Netherlands is set to introduce a nationwide distance-based truck toll from 1 July 2026, marking a decisive shift in...
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Liebherr Tower Cranes Support Icelandβs Infrastructure Transformation
Liebherr Tower Cranes Support Icelandβs Infrastructure Transformation Icelandβs construction sector is entering a phase of sustained expansion, underpinned by investment in energy resilience, healthca...
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JCB Operator Challenge Returns to Spotlight the Skills Behind Modern Construction
JCB Operator Challenge Returns to Spotlight the Skills Behind Modern Construction Across the construction and infrastructure sector, the conversation often centres on automation, electrification and d...
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Connecting with UK Specifiers Through Londonβs Largest Built Environment Gathering
Connecting with UK Specifiers Through Londonβs Largest Built Environment Gathering For companies operating across construction, infrastructure and building technology, one question tends to shape ever...
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WJ Group Consolidates Surface Treatment Operations to Strengthen Specialist Delivery
WJ Group Consolidates Surface Treatment Operations to Strengthen Specialist Delivery The steady consolidation of specialist services across the construction and infrastructure sector has become a defi...
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Engineering Resilience Across Continents in Modern Mining Operations
Engineering Resilience Across Continents in Modern Mining Operations From the equatorial heat of West Africa to the frozen reaches of Northern Europe, mining operations continue to push machinery to i...
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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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Toyota Opens a New Trade Lane with US Built Vehicles Entering Japan
Toyota Opens a New Trade Lane with US Built Vehicles Entering Japan Toyotaβs decision to introduce U.S.-manufactured vehicles into the Japanese domestic market marks a notable shift in how global auto...
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Bellevueβs Floating Rail Breakthrough Reshapes Regional Mobility
Bellevueβs Floating Rail Breakthrough Reshapes Regional Mobility The opening of Sound Transitβs Crosslake Connection marks a decisive shift in how people move across the Puget Sound region, placing Be...
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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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TRL Deploys iROADS to Strengthen Climate Resilient Roads in Vanuatu
TRL Deploys iROADS to Strengthen Climate Resilient Roads in Vanuatu The Government of Vanuatu has taken a decisive step towards strengthening its transport infrastructure, appointing TRL to deploy its...
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JCB Expands Low Carbon Pathways with B100 Biodiesel for Excavators
JCB Expands Low Carbon Pathways with B100 Biodiesel for Excavators Across Europeβs construction sector, pressure to decarbonise is no longer theoretical. Contractors are now being asked to cut emissio...
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HP Connecting Digital Workflows to the Reality of Construction Delivery
HP Connecting Digital Workflows to the Reality of Construction Delivery The global construction sector has long wrestled with a stubborn problem: productivity. Despite decades of technological progres...
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INRIX Compass Advances Vision Zero Road Safety Strategies with AI
INRIX Compass Advances Vision Zero Road Safety Strategies with AI Road safety has stubbornly resisted improvement in many advanced economies, even as vehicles become safer and infrastructure more soph...
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Mapping the Future of Infrastructure at GEO Business 2026
Mapping the Future of Infrastructure at GEO Business 2026 The growing reliance on location intelligence across infrastructure, construction and transport is no longer a niche trend. It has become a co...
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Birmingham Gears Up as ITS World Congress 2027 Gains Momentum
Birmingham Gears Up as ITS World Congress 2027 Gains Momentum Momentum is quietly building behind the 2027 Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Birmingham, and if early signals are anything...
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