Europe - Page 2

Indra's OAS to improve public transport management in Polish city
Friday, March 16, 2012 Wroclaw's Public Transportation Municipal Company, Poland, has awarded a €1.7m contract to Spanish company Indra to install an operations assistance system (OAS) including a one year execution...

UK borough approves Mersey Gateway bridge modification plan
Thursday, March 15, 2012 Halton Borough Council in the UK has approved series of modifications to the £600m (€721m) Mersey Gateway toll bridge project to reduce its overall cost and impact on local...

Clearview wins traffic equipment contract from TfL
Monday, March 12, 2012 Clearview Traffic Group has won a contract from Transport for London (TfL) in the UK for installation and maintenance of automatic traffic monitoring...

Vinci / Ringway JV wins PFI highways maintenance deal in UK
Friday, March 09, 2012 The borough of Hounslow in London, the UK, has selected the Vinci / Ringway joint venture (JV) as the preferred bidder for its £800m PFI highways maintenance...

Indiana, Kentucky finalise Ohio River bridge funding plan
Thursday, March 08, 2012 The states of Indiana and Kentucky in the US have signed an agreement on a financing plan for two bridges across the Ohio River, which is expected to cost $1.5bn less than the original estimate...

Ecomouv selects EC Harris to implement French Ecotaxe toll system
Wednesday, March 07, 2012 Ecomouv has selected UK-based EC Harris to supervise the construction work, expenditure and testing on the new French Ecotaxe lorry tolling system, which is scheduled to be introduced across...

Kapsch TrafficCom secures toll system contract in Belarus
Monday, March 05, 2012 Kapsch TrafficCom secured a €267m contract from Belarus's Ministry for Transportation and Communication for the implementation of a toll collection system across the...

Transport for London shortlists contractors for £1.8bn highway work
Friday, March 02, 2012 Transport for London (TfL) and London boroughs have shortlisted ten bidders for a £1.8bn package of road maintenance and the construction of four new highway contracts over the next eight...

Israel floats tenders for Jerusalem - Tel Aviv highway tunnels
Thursday, March 01, 2012 The National Roads Company of Israel has floated a tender worth ILS2.5bn ($662m) for the construction of twin tunnels under the Harel Interchange at Mevasseret Zion on the Jerusalem - Tel...

Vitronic to unveil latest tolling system
Thursday, March 01, 2012 German machine vision solution provider Vitronic will launch its new tolling system, TollChecker, and a speed and red light enforcement system at Intertraffic 2012 in Amsterdam, Netherlands,...

UK Highways Agency awards asset support contract to Atkins-Skanska JV
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 The UK Highways Agency has awarded £400m asset support contracts (ASC) to an Atkins and Skanska joint venture (JV) to maintain and improve the network of motorways and major 'A' roads in...

Switzerland allocates $3.3bn to complete motorway project
Friday, February 24, 2012 The Swiss Government has unveiled a plan to invest more than $3.3bn between 2012 and 2015 to complete the remaining 100km part of the national motorway...

Strabag-led consortium wins €1.7bn Pedemontana Lombarda motorway in Italy
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 A consortium led by Austria's Strabag has secured a €1.7bn contract from Autostrada Pedemontana Lombarda to build a section of motorway in northern...

Three bidders shortlisted for Mersey Gateway bridge project in UK
Monday, February 20, 2012 Halton Borough Council in the UK has shortlisted three bidders for the Mersey Gateway bridge project estimated to cost...

Northern Ireland plans to begin northern road project
Thursday, February 16, 2012 The Executive in Northern Ireland is planning to kick off a £491m investment in road projects in the northern part of the country to help accelerate infrastructure development over the next...

Navteq map data chosen by Scania for its driver assistance system
Friday, February 10, 2012 Navteq has been selected by Swiss truck manufacturer Scania to deliver detailed map data for its new Active Prediction...

NSW and Victoria consider advanced speed cameras
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 Australian police in New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria are considering the introduction of a new type of laser speed camera, which can catch drivers using mobile phones, as well as...

Turkcell unveils road toll payment app for T11 smartphone
Monday, February 06, 2012 Turkish communications and technology company Turkcell has launched a SIM-based, near field technology (NFC) road toll payment app for its smartphone T11, in collaboration with Bank...

Armenia to begin north-south highway work in April
Friday, February 03, 2012 Armenia has unveiled plans to begin construction work on the north-south highway project in April this year, two years behind...

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...