Europe - Page 1

Forth Road Bridge project in Scotland moves ahead
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Transport Scotland is set to award a major contract to supply cement for the construction of the new £1.5bn Forth Road Bridge to the German firm Hochtief, despite calls for the contract to...

Imtech to deliver traffic management solutions in Copenhagen
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Imtech Traffic & Infra has secured a contract in Copenhagen, Denmark, to deliver new traffic management applications for each of the capitals 365 road...

Turkey to build North Marmara Highway with own resources
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Turkey has unveiled plans to carry out an estimated $5bn road project, that includes building a third bridge over the Bosphorus Strait, with its own budget after the tender for the development...

Ireland allocates funds for road safety improvement
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Ireland has announced €100m in funding for new road safety and upgrade projects to improve accident blackspots on roads across the country this...

Vinci wins A355 western Strasbourg bypass deal in France
Monday, January 16, 2012 Vinci Concessions, a unit of French construction firm Vinci, has been selected by France's ministry for ecology, sustainable development, transport and housing (MEDDTL), as the preferred bidder...

Turkey cancels $5bn North Marmara Highway tender
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Turkey has cancelled a $5bn tender for the North Marmara Highway project as it failed to receive any...

STRABAG wins Poland Expressway contract
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 STRABAG has won a €254m contract from Poland's General Directorate for National Roads & Highways (GDDKiA) to build a 40km stretch of S8...

Traficon to provide automatic incident detection system to Swedish road tunnels
Monday, January 09, 2012 Traficon has won a contract to provide video image processors to help monitor traffic inside the Södra Länken and Norra Länken tunnels in Stockholm,...

Acciona wins Almanzora highway project in Spain
Thursday, January 05, 2012 Acciona has won a €104m contract from the board of the Andalusia regional government agency of public works in Spain to build the Purchena- Mediterranean (A-7) stretch of the Almanzora...

Carillion secures M6 managed motorway contract in UK
Wednesday, January 04, 2012 Carillion has won a £104.9m contract from UK Highway Agency to transform another section of the M6 in Birmingham, between Junctions 5 and 8 into a managed...

Astaldi Impregilo JV wins Italian road project
Wednesday, January 04, 2012 Italian road authority ANAS has awarded a €791m contract to a joint venture between Astaldi and Impregilo to build a stretch of the Jonica National Road in southern...

EBRD funds Azerbaijan road modernisation project
Friday, December 16, 2011 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed an agreement with Azerbaijan to extend a $750m loan for the modernisation of transport projects in the...

Dong Sang Engineering completes Baku bay bridge feasibility study in Azerbaijan
Thursday, December 15, 2011 South Korean company Dong Sang Engineering has completed the feasibility study for a 14km highway bridge to be built over Baku bay in Azerbaijan, estimated to cost...

EU to fund Demir Kapija–Smokvica section of Corridor X in Macedonia
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 The European Union has extended €45m grant to Macedonia to finance the construction of a 28.2km dual-lane motorway section between Demir Kapija and...

Scotland unveils ambitious road development plans
Friday, December 09, 2011 The Scottish Government has published a £60bn infrastructure plan of 80 construction projects, with 54 for road and...

Wales invites tenders for A483-A489 Newtown Bypass
Thursday, December 08, 2011 The Welsh Government has invited tenders for a contractor to design and build the A483-A489 Newtown...

UK invites bidders for Area 6 maintenance deal
Monday, December 05, 2011 The UK's Highways Agency has invited bidders to submit tenders for £200m of highways and motorway maintenance works in East...

Province of North Holland accesses TomTom traffic information
Monday, December 05, 2011 The Province of North Holland has awarded a contract to TomTom to provide historical congestion and flow information gathered earlier in...

UK unveils £1bn road network development plans
Friday, December 02, 2011 The UK Government has unveiled the major road projects that will receive funding in an autumn...

EBRD funds Albania road projects
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has extended a €53m loan to the Albanian Road Authority for building two bypass roads in the south-west part of the...