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February 2012
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Vaisala unveils mobile sensor technology for road maintenance
Finnish company Vaisala has developed a mobile sensor technology that will allow road maintenance departments to access weather data from their entire network of...
Armenia to begin north-south highway work in April
Armenia has unveiled plans to begin construction work on the north-south highway project in April this year, two years behind...
Argentina secures IDB loan for road upgrades
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has allocated a $300m loan to fund the expansion, refurbishment and improvement of roads in Argentina's Norte Grande...
Vadodara-Mumbai expressway project in India to start by May this year
India is expected to begin construction work of the Rs70bn ($3.4bn) Vadodara-Mumbai expressway project by May this...
Indonesia to begin feasibility study for Sunda Strait bridge
Indonesia is set to start a feasibility study for the $13.9bn Sunda Strait bridge project this year and is planning to complete it within two...
Atlantia and Bertin unite to manage motorways in Brazil
Italian toll road operator Atlantia has formed a joint venture (JV) with Brazil's Bertin Group to manage 1,538km of motorway under a concession...
January 2012
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Kentucky seeks contractors for Ohio River Bridges Project
The US state of Kentucky has invited contractors to design and build a new downtown bridge in Louisville as part of the $2.6bn Ohio River Bridges...
Forth Road Bridge project in Scotland moves ahead
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...
Europlus unit to build $2.3bn West Coast Expressway in Malaysia
West Coast Expressway (WCE), the Kumpulan Europlus subsidiary, has secured approval from the Malaysian Government to build a 316km highway on the western coast of the country at an estimated...
Nigeria to start Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstruction
Nigeria's Bi-Courtney Highway Services (BCHSL) will begin the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway at the Ibadan end, instead of from Lagos as originally...
Abu Dhabi approves fund for motorway projects
Abu Dhabi Executive Council has approved funding for the Mafraq-Ghweifat and Dubai-Abu Dhabi...
Design change to New Zealand’s Kapiti Expressway adds to cost
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has unveiled design improvements for the Kapiti Expressway, adding an additional NZ$115m ($94m) to the cost of the...
New York releases Tappan Zee Bridge environment impact draft
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) in the US has released a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Tappan Zee Bridge project, which reveals no significant hurdles...
HTS unveils enhanced vehicle screening technology
Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS), the Israel-based optical character recognition (OCR) computer systems provider, has unveiled a new version of its enhanced SeeDOT technology that will assist in...
US Senate approves St Croix Bridge project
The US Senate has approved a $700m project to build the new St Croix River bridge between Stillwater in Minnesota and Houlton in...
Nigeria seeks World Bank funding for Mile 12-Ikorodu Road
The Nigerian Government is in discussions with the World Bank for N30bn ($187m) to fund the modernisation of the Mile 12-Ikorodu road in...
Imtech to deliver traffic management solutions in Copenhagen
Imtech Traffic & Infra has secured a contract in Copenhagen, Denmark, to deliver new traffic management applications for each of the capitals 365 road...
Australia invites tenders for Yeppen crossing project
The Australian Government has invited tenders for the A$85m ($89m) Yeppen Crossing project at the southern entrance to Rockhampton in central...
Delaware opens Indian River Inlet Bridge
The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) in the US has opened the $150m Indian River Inlet Bridge to...
North Carolina's Mid-Currituck Bridge project moves forward
The North Carolina Turnpike Authority in the US has released the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the proposed $660m Mid-Currituck Bridge in Currituck...
New York earmarks $5bn for Tappan Zee Bridge project
The US state of New York has put forward $5bn in funding to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge and allocated a further $15bn to improve infrastructure across the...
Bruce Highway named Australia’s most dangerous road
Bruce Highway in Queensland has been named as one of Australia's most dangerous roads, according to a report by the Australian Automobile Association...
Brazil awards $1.21bn BR-101 highway concession deal
Brazil's National Ground Transportation Agency (ANTT) has awarded a $1.21bn concession to a ECORODOVIAS-led consortium to expand and operate the 476km BR-101 highway in Espírito Santo...
ECCI-METAG joint venture wins Afghanistan ring road project
An ECCI-METAG joint venture has secured a $477m four-year project from the Asian Development Bank to rehabilitate and construct a 233km stretch of road from Qaisar to Laman in...
Orlando approves $1.7bn Wekiva Parkway financing plan
The MetroPlan Orlando board in Florida, US, has approved a $1.7bn Wekiva Parkway financing plan that will complete the beltway around Central Florida, clearing the way for bidding next...
Turkey to build North Marmara Highway with own resources
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...
Saudi Arabia allocates $2.87bn for 284 road projects
Saudi Arabia has allocated SAR10.78bn ($2.87bn) for 284 road projects in 2012 in its annual...
Ireland allocates funds for road safety improvement
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
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...
India approves $1bn road projects
India has approved three road projects in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh, valued at Rs53.88bn...
US Interstate 287 highway reconstruction to be delayed until 2013
The reconstruction of Interstate 287 in the US is expected to be complete by August 2013, instead of the original deadline of November...
Vietnam receives international loans for Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway
The World Bank has provided a $613.5m loan to Vietnam for the Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway...
Bahrain unveils road development plan
Bahrain's Works Ministry has unveiled a road development plan which includes the renovation, revamp and expansion of key junctions, and the building of new main highways to connect all parts of...
US FHWA approves North I-25 improvement plan
The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) in the US has given the green light to the Colorado Department of Transportation's $2.18bn plan to improve Interstate 25, a commuter rail service and...
Turkey cancels $5bn North Marmara Highway tender
Turkey has cancelled a $5bn tender for the North Marmara Highway project as it failed to receive any...
STRABAG wins Poland Expressway contract
STRABAG has won a €254m contract from Poland's General Directorate for National Roads & Highways (GDDKiA) to build a 40km stretch of S8...
Mexico has world’s highest cable bridge
Mexico's new cable bridge, built at a cost of MXN2bn ($146m), has been officially recognised as the highest in the...
Qatar’s Salwa Road project to be completed by December 2012
The QAR1.59bn ($436m) Salwa Road development project in Doha, Qatar is on track to be completed by December...
Traficon to provide automatic incident detection system to Swedish road tunnels
Traficon has won a contract to provide video image processors to help monitor traffic inside the Södra Länken and Norra Länken tunnels in Stockholm,...
Leafield Environmental secures Hong Kong bollard deal
Hong Kong Transport Authority has awarded a contract to UK highway traffic bollard manufacturer Leafield Environmental for its Night Owl retroreflective, bounce-back sign...
Carillion wins Canadian highway maintenance deal
Carillion Canada, a unit of UK-based support services and construction company Carillion, has won a $156m contract from Ontario's Ministry of Transportation to provide highway maintenance for...
Many bids in for Turkey's North Marmara Highway project
The $5bn North Marmara Highway project in Turkey has attracted 18...
Ghana to complete Tetteh-Quarshie-Mallam road project this month
Work on the $165m Tetteh-Quarshie Interchange-Apenkwa and Apenkwa-Mallam Junction road projects in Ghana are expecting to be complete by the 31 January...
Acciona wins Almanzora highway project in Spain
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
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
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...
Philippines unveils infrastructure development plan
The government of the Philippines has unveiled a plan to invest PHP141.8bn ($3.2bn) in infrastructure projects, which are expected to begin later this...
Kentucky and Indiana to share costs of Ohio River bridge project
The US states of Kentucky and Indiana have signed an agreement to share the $2.6bn cost of the Ohio River bridge project, with Indiana building the East End bridge and Kentucky constructing...
December 2011
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Season's Greetings from the editorial team
We will be taking a short break over the holiday season. Our daily news service will return in full on 3...
AECOM wins Hong Kong Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link project
AECOM Asia Company, a subsidiary of AECOM Technology has been awarded a $148m contract by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s Highways Department for the design and construction of...
Transurban JV to upgrade M5 South West motorway in Sydney
A Transurban Group-led joint venture has signed an in principle agreement with the government of New South Wales in Australia to carry out a $400m upgrade to the M5 South West motorway in...
Kenya to start Lamu Port-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport project in February
The Kenyan Government is planning to start the KES1.4tn ($16bn) Lamu Port-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) corridor in February 2012, which will link the north of the country to...
Tom Tom expands its map services to cover an additional 600,000 km
TomTom, a supplier of location and navigation products, has expanded its latest map and enhancement product to cover an additional 600,000km of...
India to widen Nechipu to Hoj Road in Arunachal Pradesh
The Indian Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has signed a concession agreement with an unnamed company for widening the 311-km road from Nechipu to Hoj in Arunachal Pradesh state to...
Qatar to invest $12.3bn on road projects over five years
Qatar will invest about QR45bn ($12.36bn) on road projects to improve and create new road networks by...
Redflex wins automated enforcement system contract in Malaysia
Redflex Traffic Systems, a subsidiary of Redflex Holdings, has won a $50m contract for the supply of camera systems, back office software and related services for the automated enforcement...
US allocates funds for 46 transport projects
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced grants of $511m for 46 transportation projects in 33 states and Puerto Rico from the third round of the TIGER...
Texas seeks bids for Horseshoe road project
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US has sought a request for qualifications (RFQ) for the $818m Horseshoe Project, which will provide critical transportation infrastructure...
EBRD funds Azerbaijan road modernisation project
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...
Hong Kong starts work on world’s longest sea bridge
Hong Kong has started construction of the world’s longest sea bridge at an estimated cost of $11bn, linking the city with Macao and Zhuhai, after long delays following legal disputes over...
Dong Sang Engineering completes Baku bay bridge feasibility study in Azerbaijan
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...
Georgia cancels $1.1bn West by Northwest project
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) in the US has cancelled its plan to construct a $1.1bn West by Northwest project that would have added toll roads to stretches of Interstates 75...
Roadtraffic-technology.com launches transport survey
To understand what our readers view as the most important business issues for 2012-13, roadtraffic-technology.com is launching a major industry survey involving all of its readers...
Citra Group to invest $1.2bn in Indonesian road projects
Indonesia-based Chitra Group, which holds the majority stake in the South Metro Manila Skyway concession, has revealed a plan to invest $1.2bn in road projects throughout the...
L&T wins Indian highway contract
L&T Construction has won a Rs21.6bn ($403m) contract from India-based GMR Infrastructure for the six-laning of stretches of the Kishangarh Udaipur Ahmedabad highway in...
ADB funds Mongolia road project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has providing $170m in funding to Mongolia for road improvements along a transport corridor in western...
EU to fund Demir Kapija–Smokvica section of Corridor X in Macedonia
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...
EIB lifts funding freeze on Zambia, to fund Great East Road
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has lifted its two year funding freeze on Zambia and agreed to fund €80m for rehabilitation of the Great East...
Indonesia commences Cikampek-Palimanan highway construction
The construction of the Cikampek-Palimanan toll highway in West Jawa, Indonesia, has officially...
Scotland unveils ambitious road development plans
The Scottish Government has published a £60bn infrastructure plan of 80 construction projects, with 54 for road and...
West Virginia selects firm for first 511 traveller information system
Open Roads Consulting has secured a contract from the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) in the US to develop and deploy its first statewide 511 traveller information...
Québec approves Route 167 Extension project
In Canada, Québec's department of sustainable transport has issued the final authorisation for the Route 167 Extension highway development project in the James Bay region of the...
Dubai launches Sheikh Khalifa highway
The UAE Ministry of Public Works has opened the new Sheikh Khalifa highway, connecting Dubai to the central region of the UAE and...
Malaysia to open Eastern Dispersal Link to traffic in January
The Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) with direct access to the newly completed Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex in Sultan Iskandar, Malaysia, will open to traffic in...
Philippines fast tracks Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway work
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Philippines has revealed that construction work of the initial phase of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Toll Expressway (TPLEX) is...
Virginia reaches deal with Fluor-Transurban for I-95 toll lanes
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US has entered into an agreement with Australian firm Fluor-Transurban for the construction of high occupancy vehicle and high occupancy...
Wales invites tenders for A483-A489 Newtown Bypass
The Welsh Government has invited tenders for a contractor to design and build the A483-A489 Newtown...
Yunnan secures loan for road projects
The Yunnan province of China has been granted a 5bn-yuan ($786m) loan by the China Development Bank to finance construction of three secondary roads in Lijiang city and the Diqing...
Mobile phone talking and texting top Californian drivers' concerns
Combined mobile phone talking and texting while driving on Californian roads has increased from 75% to 84%, according to the second annual Traffic Safety Survey by the California Office of...
Texas to open final Ben White flyover next week
The Texas Department of Transportation in the US will complete the construction of the Ben White / Interstate 35 interchange by next week with the opening of the final flyover running...
Virginia awards Second Midtown Tunnel contract
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US has awarded a contract to Elizabeth River Crossings (ERC) consortium to build a new Midtown Tunnel in Hampton...
Oman earmarks funds for roads
Oman has allocated OMR314.9 ($817.9m) for road projects in the state budget for...
NAVTEQ enhances map coverage for Argentina's roads
NAVTEQ has expanded its map coverage in Argentina, enabling access to improved data for developing navigation and location-based...
Ethiopia seeks African Development Bank loan
The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) is looking at a $650m loan from the African Development Bank to improve the...
Most US drivers drive distracted
The majority of adult drivers in the US admit to being dangerously distracted while behind the wheel, according to a poll by Harris Interactive /...
UK invites bidders for Area 6 maintenance deal
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
The Province of North Holland has awarded a contract to TomTom to provide historical congestion and flow information gathered earlier in...
Minnesota unveils Shady Oak road improvement plans
The city of Eden Prairie in Minnesota, US, has unveiled plans for the improvement of Shady Oak Road, including rebuilding the interchanges of Highway 62 and Highway...
Speed cameras reduced road fatalities in Qatar, study reveals
Qatar has seen a significant decrease in the number of fatal road traffic accidents after rolling out speed cameras in 2007, according to a report by the Weill Cornell Medical College...
Virginia to award Midtown Tunnel expansion contract by next year
The Virginia Department of Transportation in the US is expected to finalise a private consortium to deliver the Midtown Tunnel expansion project by the next...
Canadian province speeds up Trans-Canada Highway upgrades
The series of projects to upgrade the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia, Canada, are close to...
Balfour Beatty secures Qatar road contract
Balfour Beatty's professional services division has secured a programme management consultancy contract worth £5bn on a roads and drainage scheme in...
UK unveils £1bn road network development plans
The UK Government has unveiled the major road projects that will receive funding in an autumn...
Sinohydro completes Ethiopian road project
China-based Sinohydro has completed the $57.2m project of upgrading the Assela-Dodola section of road, 220km south of Ethiopia's capital, Addis...
Oman awards five road projects
Oman’s Transport and Communications Ministry has awarded five road projects worth OMR264m ($676.5m) in a bid to improve road...
Exim Bank of China funds Kenyan road project
Exim Bank of China has extended its KES16.9bn ($184m) loan to Kenya to finance construction of the southern by-pass road project, which will complete the loop of three bypasses easing traffic...
Australia completes Ballina Bypass project
Australia has completed the A$640m ($638m) Ballina Bypass project in the New South Wales north coast, six months ahead of schedule after three years of...
November 2011
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India plans to introduce electronic toll collection system
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planning to replace manual toll collections at plazas with electronic toll collection (ETC) systems across the...
Sri Lanka to receive Japanese funds for electronic toll system on Southern expressway
Japan will provide funds to transform Sri Lanka's 95km Southern Expressway to an electronic toll collection (ETC)...
Papua New Guinea begins bridge replacement work
Papua New Guinea has started the reconstruction work on the country's old bridges at a cost of...
US allocates funds to repair disaster damage roads and bridges
The US Department of Transportation has unveiled a plan to provide $215m to states across the country to repair roads and bridges damaged by natural...
HCC JV wins Brahmaputra bridge contract in India
Hindustan Construction (HCC), in joint venture with VNR Infrastructures and Germany-based DSD Brouckenbau, has won a Rs9.8bn ($187.6m) contract from Indian Rail to build Bogibeel rail-road...
EBRD funds Albania road projects
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...
Peru to invest $20bn in transport infrastructure
Peru Transport and Communications Ministry (MTC) is planning to invest $20bn between 2011 and 2016 in transport infrastructure, with $11bn earmarked for road...
ADB funds Indonesia regional road projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $180m in loans to improve 470km of the road network in northern Kalimantan and southern Java in...
Abu Dhabi plans to upgrade road traffic technology
UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, is planning to invest $100m to upgrade transport and traffic technologies in the...
Australia allocates more funds for Hunter Expressway
Australia has extended an additional A$200m ($195m) for the new 40km Hunter...
Mumbai floats tender for $1.67bn Trans Harbour Link
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in India has invited tenders for the Rs88bn ($1.67bn) Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) that will connect Sewri to Nhava Sheva...
Port Mann bridge and highway 1 project to be completed by 2013
Transportation Investment Corporation of British Columbia in Canada is expecting to complete the $3.3bn Port Mann/Highway 1 project by...
Dubai to open Sheikh Khalifa Expressway in December
The UAE is planning to open the Shaikh Khalifa Expressway by December 2011, built at a cost of AED2bn ($544m) and stretching from Fujairah to...
US DOT opens second segment of Maryland's intercounty connector
US DOT has opened the second segment of the Maryland's Intercounty Connector (ICC) from MD 97 to I-95 between Montgomery and Prince George's...
Brazil's Bahia state seeks funds for Salvador-Itaparica swing bridge project
Brazil's Bahia state is seeking R$7bn ($3.89bn) to carry out a public-private partnership (PPP) project to build a bridge between state capital Salvador and Itaparica...
USDOT grants funds for the New Britain-Hartford busway
US DOT has signed a deal with Connecticut Department of Transport to provide $275.3m grant for the construction of $567m New Britain-Hartford...
Australia allocates funds for Queensland road projects
Australian Federal Infrastructure and Transport plans to allocate $220m in federal funding for road projects in...
TT2 consortium completes twin Tyne tunnel project
UK-based concession company TT2 has completed the £260m Tyne crossing project under the River Tyne in...
North Carolina awards Monroe Connector-Bypass contract
The North Carolina Turnpike Authority in the US has awarded a $368m contract to an unnamed consortium to build the 20 mile Monroe...
Lowari tunnel project in Pakistan moves forward
Pakistan's Ministry of Finance and Planning has allocated PKR2bn ($22.5m) to the National Highway Authority (NHA) to resume the construction of the Lowari...
Toronto to use IMS traffic intelligence to improve traffic congestion
The Regional Municipality of York in Greater Toronto, Canada, is planning to use a new technology from Intelligent Mechatronic Systems to monitor and improve traffic congestion from January next...
Plessentiel and ETDE win French City street work and lighting contract
A contract worth €52m for work on the streets and lighting in the French city of Le Plessis-Robinson has been won by Plessentiel, a company owned by three Colas subsidiaries, and ETDE,...
Vietnam opens Thu Thiem Tunnel and East-West Highway
Vietnam has opened $189m Thu Thiem tunnel built under the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City and VDN16tn ($762m) East-West...
IRD wins border crossing system contract in Arizona
The International Road Dynamics (IRD) has won a $1.8m ($1.7m) contract from the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to install a border crossing system at Mariposa Port of Entry at...
UK invites bids for temporary traffic management framework
The UK Highways Agency has invited tenders for up to £560m in projects to carry out the temporary traffic management on Britain’s...
Ghana secures funding for Eastern Corridor road projects
The Government of Ghana has secured donor funding of $1.5bn for the construction of Eastern Corridor road...
Philippines to build 11 expressways under PPP programme
The Philippines is planning to build 11 expressways under its Public-Private Partnership (PPP)...
India approves 15 highway projects
The Indian Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure has approved a plan to complete15 highway projects spanning about 1,814 km at an estimated cost of Rs.15.68bn...
Madhucon Projects wins Indian road project
India-based Madhucon Projects has won a Rs5.6bn ($109.7m) contract from the National Highway Authority of India to build a 65km four-lane stretch of the NH-9 between Vijayawada and Machilipatnam...
US county trials prototype of SMARTDrive intelligent traffic signal system
The Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) in Arizona, US, is trialling a SMARTDrive intelligent traffic signal system in...
Efkon wins tolling and intelligent transportation solutions contracts in India
Efkon India, a subsidiary of Austrian EFKON Group, has won four tolling and Intelligent Transportation Solutions (ITS) contracts worth Rs430m...
Peak Gain Systems develops new high speed traffic camera
Canada-based Peak Gain Systems has developed a new Simicon Cordon speed camera which can track up to 32 vehicles at the same...
Massachusetts DOT to reconstruct the Burns Memorial Bridge in 2012
Massachusetts Department of Transport (MassDOT) in the US is planning to reconstruct the Kenneth F. Burns Memorial Bridge at a cost of...
Ontario to expand Highway 417
The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) in Canada has unveiled a plan to widen Highway 417 in the west end of Ottawa at an investment of...
Veidekke wins E18 road contract in Norway
Veidekke has won NOK425m ($75m) contract from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to build the second phase of Gulli-Langåker stretch of E18 highway project in...
Mumbai to invite bids for Trans Harbour Link project
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in India is planning to invite bids for the Rs83bn ($1.6bn) Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL)...
Ennore-Manali expressway project in India to be completed by March 2012
The Indian state of Tamilnadu is planning to complete the Rs6bn ($118m) Ennore-Manali expressway project by March...
Luzun road project in Philippines moves forward
A major road development in the Philippines has taken a step forward following the approval from the Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) of the National Economic and Development Authority...
Bechtel Enka JV completes first stretch of Kosovo motorway
Bechtel Enka JV has completed the 38km first stretch of 102km Kosovo motorway a year ahead of...
Ontario to complete 224 highway projects this year
The provincial government of Ontario, Canada, is has said it will have completed 224 transport infrastructure projects by the end of this...
Princess Margaret Bridge opens in Canada
SNC Lavalin has completed $77.4m reconstruction work on the Princess Margaret Bridge in Fredericton,...
Ethiopia and Kenya sign a deal to construct Nairobi-Moyale-Addis Ababa road
Ethiopia and Kenya have signed a $700m agreement to build a 800km Nairobi-Moyale-Addis Ababa road, which will link the two...
AfDB funds Ethiopian road project
African Development Bank (AfDB) has extended $66.7m loan to Ethiopia to upgrade a 112km Bedele-Metu road corridor...
Washington opens new Manette bridge
The Washington Department of Transport in the US has opened the new Manette bridge built at a cost of $60m, replacing an 80-year-old bridge across Bremerton and...
EU: Transport pollution in Europe fell due to economic recession
The European Environment Agency's (EEA) latest report said transport pollution fell in Europe during 2009 as recession cut transport...
Clark County starts work on Las Vegas Beltway
Clark County in the US has started construction on the $117m project to complete the remaining stretch of the Las Vegas...
Skanska wins road and bridge contract in Norway
Skanska has won a Skr390m ($58m) contract from Statens vegvesen, the Norwegian public roads administration, to construct a four-lane road and two bridges in Kongsvinger,...
Arkansas to raise bonds for highway improvement projects
Voters in the US state of Arkansas have approved a proposal to raise $575m in federal bonds to repair around 400 miles of interstate...
Alpine Construction completes new Kaiser Wilhelm Tunnel in Germany
Alpine Construction, a subsidiary Austrian company of FCC, has completed the new €80m single track of the Kaiser Wilhelm tunnel on the railway line between Koblenz and Perl in...
Romania to complete Bucharest-Ploiesti highway by 2012
Highway 30 in Canada completes Jean-Leman stretch
Transport Quebec has completed the $86m Jean-Leman segment of Highway 30 in...
Louisiana awards ITS contract to Grady Crawford and Gannett Fleming
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) in the US has awarded a contract to Grady Crawford Construction Company and Gannett Fleming to build the Baton Rouge to New...
Austin awards 342 ITS cabinet contract to McCain
McCain, the manufacturer and supplier of intelligent transport solutions, has won a year-long contract from the US city of Austin to deliver 342 intelligent transportation signal (ITS)...
Sri Lanka completes first phase of the Southern Expressway project
Sri Lanka has completed the first section of Southern Expressway running from Kottawa to Galle which is scheduled to open on 27 November...
India to widen Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is seeking bids to widen the Ahmedabad-Rajkot and Bamanbore-Samakhiyali section of the national highway grid at a cost of Rs30bn...
NCC wins tunnel contract in Norway
Sweden-based Nordic Construction Company (NCC) has won a Skr440m ($67m) contract to build a 2.5km tunnel in the Hordaland region of...
Imtech to upgrade traffic infrastructure in Europe
Imtech has won orders worth €35m to provide high-tech traffic data solutions and upgrade the existing traffic infrastructure in five European...
Australia’s Hume Highway project nears completion
The reconstruction work of the Hume Highway connecting Sydney and Melbourne in Australia is nearing completion, with two of three remaining sections now...
Philippines to replace 91 bridges across the country
Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is planning to invest PHP3.18bn ($74m) under its Special Bridges projects to build or replace 91 bridges in two...
Sri Lanka completes nearly half of the Colombo circular highway
Sri Lanka has completed 45% of the outer circular highway outside the capital...
Strabag to build Kigali-Gatuna Highway in Rwanda
Germany-based Strabag International will build the RWF32bn ($52m) Kigali-Gatuna highway in...
IRD to provide weigh-in-motion and screening solution to Oklahoma DOT
Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) has awarded a contract to International Road Dynamics (IRD) to install port-of-entry (POE) electronic screening systems (ESS) and virtual weigh...
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission opens new bridges in Carbon County
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in the US has opened new bridges over the Lehigh River & Pohopoco Creek on Northeastern Extension on the Interstate 476 in Carbon County, built at a cost of...
UK city Sheffield to sign £1.21bn road maintenance contract by next year
Sheffield City Council in the UK is set to sign a £1.21bn contract to carry out maintenance works on the city's roads, with the winning bidder planned to be selected by early...
Doprastav-Strabag consortium wins highway contract in Slovakia
National Highway Company (NDS) of Slovakia has awarded a €114.6m contract to Doprastav-Strabag consortium to build an 11.2km section of the D1 highway between the country's Fričovce and Svinia...
Larsen & Toubro wins two Oman road contracts
L&T Oman, a unit of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has won two contracts worth OMR68.4m ($177m) to build the Wadikabir-Darsait road and Mahlah-Ghubbrat al Tam-Ismaiyah...
Chile to concession La Serena-Vallenar highway again
The public works ministry (MOP) of Chile is seeking another bidder to concession the $265m La Serena-Vallenar stretch on north-south highway Ruta 5 after the Spanish consortium Azvi-Copasa...
Indra delivers traffic control system to four Chinese cities
Spain-based company Indra has delivered traffic control technology worth €13m to the cities of Changde, Guilin, Korla (Bazhou) and Liaocheng in...
Indian state awards North-South corridor project to IVRCL
The Haryana state government in India has awarded a Rs13.6bn ($275m) contract to IVRCL Assets & Holding to build a 151km North-South corridor on a design, build, finance, operate and...
Colombia's Autopistas de la Montaña highway seeks additional funding
Autopistas de la Montaña highway project in Colombia may require additional public funding to meet the project...
Korenix unveils real-time traffic management solutions in Taiwain
Korenix has launched 7+3G gigabit managed switches and 2-channel fibre media converters which will be used for intelligent real-time traffic monitoring in...
Walsh Construction wins Blanchette bridge contract in the US
The Missouri Highways and Transportation (MoDOT) in the US has awarded a $62.7m contract to Chicago-based Walsh Construction to repair the Blanchette Bridge over the Missouri River in suburban...
Dubai completes 90% of road projects
The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has invested AED60bn ($16.3bn) in roads, traffic and public transport projects in the last six years and completed 90% of the proposed...
Ringway Jacobs set to bag Essex highway maintenance contract in UK
Essex County Council in the UK has chosen Ringway Jacobs joint venture as its preferred bidder for the £1bn, ten-year highway maintenance and service...
World Bank to fund Dhaka road projects
The World Bank will provide a $300m loan to the Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) of Bangladesh to carry out a project under the Rural Transport Improvement-II (RTIP-II)...
US city approves funds for 290 highway improvement
Galveston Area Council in Texas, US, has approved $170m worth of projects to ease congestion along the US290...
Q-Free to deliver ELE systems to Indonesia
Norway-based Q-Free and PT Rin have signed a Nkr940m ($171m) contract to deliver an Electronic Law Enforcement (ELE) system to Jakarta (DKI) and Bodetabek in...
Sunderland seeks bids for River Wear Bridge project in UK
Sunderland City Council in the UK is seeking bids to build a new River Wear Bridge and associated highway work which is estimated to cost between $129m and...
US DoD to fund transport projects
The US Department of Defence (DoD) has announced its plans to distribute $299.6m for eight transportation projects to improve access to medical facilities affected by the 2005 Defense Base...
TomTom unveils new device in five more countries
TomTom has unveiled its new GO LIVE 1005 WORLD device in five more countries after launching PND with travel specific apps in the USA and...
KFAED funds Bangladesh bridge project
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) has extended a grant worth $48m to Bangladesh for construction of a bridge on the Paira...
New Zealand opens Victoria Park motorway tunnel
New Zealand Transport Agency has completed the construction of the $340m Victoria Park Tunnel project three months ahead of...
Iteris to acquire Berkeley Transportation Systems
US-based traffic management solution provider Iteris has signed an agreement to acquire Berkeley Transportation Systems (BTS) for an undisclosed...
INRIX to provide real-time traffic information to Telmap
Telmap, provider of mobile location-based services, has signed a partnership agreement with INRIX to use real-time, historical and predictive traffic information in its Mobile Location...
European Intelligent Transport System market to reach €1.3bn by 2015
The Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) market deployed in Europe is expected to reach €1.3bn by 2015 from €0.65bn in 2010, according to a new report by Berg...
Váhostav wins Slovakia D1 motorway project
The NDS (National Highway Company) of Slovakia has signed a €137.7m contract with Váhostav to construct the D1 motorway stretch between Dubná Skala and Turany in Žilina region in Slovakia's...
Lend Lease wins New South Wales road project
Lend Lease has won a A$530m ($560m) contract from the NSW Roads & Traffic Authority (RTA) of Australia for a dualisation of the Pacific Highway from Tintenbar to Ewingsdale in New South...
Siqura launches pressurized dome PTZ cameras
Siqura has unveiled an advanced PTZ dome camera for highway tunnel and seaport surveillance which is capable of withstanding harsh...
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Libelium unveils vehicle traffic monitoring platform
Spain-based Libelium has launched a new vehicle traffic monitoring platform that can sense traffic flow on...
Vietnam allocates funds for My Thuan-Can Tho Expressway
Vietnam has allocated VND9.2tn ($441.6m) for the construction of My Thuan-Can Tho Expressway, which passes through two Cuu Long (Mekong) delta provinces, Vinh Long and Dong...
India to widen Birmitrapur-Barkote section of NH-23
The Indian Government has approved Rs10.9bn ($219.4m) for four / two-laning and construction of a paved shoulder on the Birmitrapur-Barkote section of National Highway-23, which passes through...
Vinci completes Slovakian motorway project
Vinci has opened the first three sections of the R1 expressway in Slovakia, which is known as PR1BINA and has been built on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis at a cost of...
Balfour Beatty wins M4 / M5 motorway contract in UK
Balfour Beatty has won a £77.6m contract from the UK Highway Agency for the M4 / M5 managed motorways scheme near...
Chile to seek bids for Vespucio Oriente highway project in 2012
Chile's public works ministry (MOP) is planning to begin the bidding process for Vespucio Oriente highway concession in capital city Santiago by the second quarter of...
ebpSource provides Canadian Tolling Company with e-billing solution
ebpSource, a provider of high-volume e-billing and payment solutions, has delivered a web-based billing solution to Canadian Tolling Company International (407...
India approves four-laning of Vijayawada-Machlipatnam highway
The Indian Government has approved the Rs7.3bn ($147m) project for four-laning of the Vijayawada-Machlipatnam section of National Highway 9 in Andhra Pradesh...
Alliance to develop smart gates for highways in UAE
Abu Dhabi-based Intelligent Transport Solution provider (ITS) Alliance has signed an agreement with Advanced Interactive Media Solutions (AIMS) and digital signage solution provider SCALA...
Transcore installs ATMS along the I-95 corridors
US-based Transcore will install an Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS) along the I-95 and Spaulding Turnpike corridors in Massachusetts,...
NSW commences work on Erskine Park Link road
New South Wales (NSW) Government has commenced work on the $55m Erskine Park Link Road in western...
US opens new Interchange in Denver
The US Federal Highway Administration has completed the $50m I-70 / Central Park Boulevard Interchange in...
Atlanta JV wins Indian highway project
Atlanta and joint venture (JV) partner Essar Projects have won a Rs10bn ($206m) contract from National Highways Authority of India for the four-laning of the Lucknow-Sultanpur stretch of highway...
Atlantia-led consortium to operate satellite-based toll system for heavy vehicles
Autostrade per l’Italia, through its subsidiary Ecomouv SAS, has signed a €2.8bn contract with the French Ministry of Ecology's Sustainable Development and Transport (MEDDTL) to build and operate...
Bids sought for UK’s Mersey Gateway bridge project
Halton Borough Council in the UK has sought bids for the £590m Mersey Gateway Bridge across River...
Bidders confirmed for Batinah Expressway in Oman
The third phase of the 265km Batinah Expressway project in Oman has attracted 15 bidders following the floating of bids on 5...
India to complete Bangalore-Chennai expressway by 2012
The Indian Government has approved a proposal to build a six lane highway connecting Chennai and Bangalore which is expected to be completed by March...
STRABAG wins Duqm port road contract in Oman
STRABAG Oman, a unit of STRABAG Group, has won a €150m contract from the Ministry of Transport and Communication of the Sultanate of Oman to build roads and infrastructure at Duqm port in...
Most road accidents in India are driver's fault, says report
Drivers are responsible for 78% of the accidents that happened during 2009 in India, according to a report released by the Transport Research Wing of the Ministry of Road Transport and...
Perceptics unveils automated license plate reader
Perceptics has launched its new number reader system designed to automate the collection of DOT numbers, improving the rate and amount of inspections at weigh stations in the...
India plans four expressway projects
The Indian Government has approved the construction of four expressway projects stretching 1,000km with an investment of Rs166bn ($3.35bn) under the National Highways Development Project...
Alcatel-Lucent to trial ITTS in French city
Alcatel-Lucent has said it will perform a six-month trial of a new system to ease road congestion in the city of Vélizy-Villacoublay,...
Proxim expands Tsunami GX800 traffic control system in Los Angeles
Proxim Wireless (PRXM) has expanded the deployment of its Tsunami GX800 licensed point-to-point radios to the existing 13 city-wide traffic control system in Los Angeles, California,...
Bulgaria identifies €9bn priority road projects
The Bulgarian Government has unveiled a list of priority road infrastructure projects that it says will require an investment of €9bn between 2014 and...
Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge III to open in November
Vietnam and Thailand have agreed to open the $60m Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge III on 11 November...
Bangladesh allocates funds for elevated expressway project
The Bangladeshi Government has approved BDT32.17bn ($417m) for the Dhaka Elevated Expressway project, linking the Airport Road to the Dhaka-Chittagong highway to ease congestion in the...
TomTom extends real-time traffic products worldwide
TomTom has extended its real-time traffic products to Australia, Canada, Luxembourg and Poland, bringing the total number of countries served to...
SQLstream launches real-time transportation analytics tool
US-based SQLstream has launched ITS Insight, a real-time solution that reduces congestion by exploiting low-cost wireless GPS...
EBRD funds modern traffic management system in Macedonia
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided Macedonia wirh a €5.6m loan to implement a modern traffic management system and upgrade one of the key arteries in...
Orlando trials real-time traffic monitoring system
The city of Orlando in the US is trialling new technology from Alcatel-Lucent that will monitor, manage and predict traffic patterns on roads and...
Mumbai to embark upon six-lane road project in India
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in India has unveiled plans to construct a 33km six-lane road connecting Nahur near Mulund to Badlapur at a cost of Rs7.7bn...
USDOT allocates funds for transportation projects
The US department of transportation (USDOT) has allocated grants worth $928.5m for 300 transit projects in urban, suburban and rural areas across the...
Hitachi to deliver tunnel boring machines for Seattle Tunnel
Japan-based Hitachi has signed a letter of intent worth $80m with Seattle Tunnel Partners and the Washington State Department of Transportation in the US to supply tunnel boring machines for...
Vietnam to open Thu Thiem tunnel next month
The six lane Thu Thiem Tunnel connecting Districts 1 and 2 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, will open to traffic next month and is expected to ease traffic flow from the western to eastern side of the...
Jupiter delivers video display control systems to Florida
US-based Jupiter systems, the supplier of display wall processors for traffic management centres, has been selected by Florida DOT in the US to supply a display wall processor for Traffic...
China completes highway lighting project in Shenzhen
China has completed the largest highway lighting upgrade in Shenzhen by installing more than 10,000 street lights, featuring a million US-based Cree +1.05% XLamp(R) XP-G and XP-E High...
Iteris launches iPerform traffic management solution
US-based Iteris has unveiled iPerform, an information management solution for measurement and management of Intelligent Transportation...
AfDB funds road project in Ethiopia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has allocated a grant worth $125m to finance the second phase of construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis road in...
NAVTEQ and M/A-COM unveil map and positioning engine module
NAVTEQ has collaborated with M/A-COM Technology Solutions (M/A-COM) to create a commercial map and positioning engine (MPE) module, which will provide vehicle control systems with predictive...
UK opens Aston Webb Boulevard relief road
The UK Government has opened the £61m Selly Oak relief road project, which is designed to reduce congestion in Birmingham’s Selly...
Massachusetts to complete Whittier memorial bridge ahead of schedule
Construction work on $285m Whittier memorial bridge replacement project in the US is expected to be completed earlier than planned following the US Government's assurance to expedite the...
Protea Parkways Consortium wins Winelands toll highway project in South Africa
The South African National roads agency SOC (SANRAL) has selected Protea Parkways Consortium (PPC) as the preferred bidder for the Z10bn ($1.27bn) N1-N2 Winelands toll highway project, which...
Answer develops communication-based iPhone app for DBi Prismo
UK-based Answer has developed an iPhone application for DBi Prismo, a contractor of road marking products and road safety solutions, that provides communication between the company's...
Arup and URS Scott Wilson sign up to UK traffic management framework
Arup, in partnership with URS Scott Wilson, has been appointed by the UK Government to become part of the new national Government Procurement Service framework for traffic management...
Elmore Group to install traffic system in Ireland
Galway City Council in Ireland has awarded Elmore Group a €1.26m contract to install a high-tech computerised traffic control system in the...
Bolivia suspends construction of Beni-Cochabamba highway
Bolivia has passed a bill to suspend construction of the Beni-Cochabamba highway project through the Amazon following month-long protests against the project by the indigenous...
Inrix expands traffic data partnership in US
US-based traffic information technology company Inrix has signed a three-year contract with transport agencies in the US to use traffic data to assess the best way to spend transport funds...
Kerala state in India to invest in road projects
The Indian state of Kerala has unveiled plans to invest Rs51bn ($1bn) to develop and reconstruct 1,000km of state highways and major district...
Nevada DOT to invest in Clark County road project
The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) in the US has unveiled plans to invest $552.4m on Clark County road projects by next...
Bids submitted for north-south transport corridor in Armenia
Two Spanish and four Chinese companies have submitted bids for the construction of the first two segments of the north-south transport corridor in...
World Bank suspends $1.2bn Padma Bridge funding to Bangladesh
The World Bank has suspended a $1.2bn loan to Bangladesh to carry out the Padma Bridge project following allegations of irregularity in bidding...
Slovakia seeks bids for highway construction
Slovakia’s National Highway (NDS) is seeking bids for the construction of a stretch of the D1 motorway between Hubová and Ivachnová near...
Astaldi wins Florida road contract
The Astaldi Group has won a $59m contract from Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in the US to upgrade the NW 25th Street in Miami-Dade...
Kazakhstan to complete six transit corridors by 2015
Kazakhstan is planning to complete the reconstruction of six international transit corridors by...
Cambridge Consultants develops system to boost traffic information
Cambridge Consultants has developed Olio, a data analysis system to improve intelligent transport systems...
Chennai-Ennore-Manali road to be completed by 2013
The Chennai-Ennore-Manali road improvement project (EMRIP) in Tamil Nadu state of India is expected to be completed by 2013, according to the state...
TomTom to roll out its HD Traffic system in Canada
TomTom has unveiled plans to launch its LIVE services and HD Traffic in Canada, which will help drivers to reach their destinations...
Kansas unveils plans for highway modernisation
Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) in the US has unveiled a plan to invest $651m in state-wide road and bridge projects that are scheduled to start during the next two...
Chile MOP to fund Carretera Austral paving project
Chile's Ministerio de Obras Públicas (MOP) has unveiled plans to finance 89% of the $400m Carretera Austral paving project, connecting southern regions X and...
Servidone-Anthony JV wins New York road project
New York State Department of Transportation in the US has awarded a $73m contract to a Servidone- Anthony joint venture (JV) to reconstruct Exit 122 on NYS Route 17 in Wallkill, Orange...
New York launches 511 travel information service
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) have launched the 511 New York state travel information line to help the public with...
Jamaica to upgrade roadways
Transport and works minister Mike Henry has signed a contract worth A$279m (US$267m) for the rehabilitation work on 13.7km of roadway between Scotts Cove and Belmont main road in Westmoreland...
Skansa wins road contract in Poland
Skanska has won a zl198m ($64m) construction contract for the stretch of the S8 express road near Łódź and the A1 motorway near Wrocław,...
Coastin completes viaduct strengthening in London
UK-based Coastin has completed work on the M53 Bidston Moss viaduct strengthening project, three months ahead of the 31 December 2011 contract...
ADB approves funds for Vietnam road project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $80m loan to upgrade the road network in...
Oxford reports biggest increase in traffic congestion in UK
Oxford has witnessed the biggest increase in traffic congestion in the UK in the past six months, with 31.2% of its main roads clogged with traffic, according to a new report by...
BAM-Per Aarsleff JV wins extension of Tanzanian highway contract
A joint venture between BAM International and Danish firm Per Aarsleff has won an extension to its €38.5m Tanzanian road...
Saudi approves funding for Makkah highway projects
The Saudi Arabian Government has allocated SAR1.3bn ($346m) to implement several highway projects in Makkah within the next...
Pakistan installs modern traffic control system
Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) in Pakistan has deployed software from Tollink to control traffic in the city, under a new...
GVK wins highway project in India
India-based GVK Group has been awarded the contract for the four-laning of Shivpuri-Dewas section in Madhya Pradesh by National Highways Authority of India...
Saudi Arabia approves major road contracts
The Saudi Government has approved 16 contracts worth SAR2.24bn ($597m) to build 969km of roads in the...
Galfar awarded Izz-Adam road project in Oman
Muscat-based Galfar (SAOG) has been awarded a RO51m ($131m) contract for the dualisation of the Izz-Adam section of the Nizwa-Thumrait road in...
ADB funds road project in Papua New Guinea
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated loan and grant funds worth $90m for the Bridge Replacement for Improved Rural Access Sector Project in Papua New Guinea...
Iteris to provide traveller information services to VDOT
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US has selected Iteris to provide the core services of implementing 511 interactive voice response, aggregating transportation video,...
UK approves funding for Mersey gateway bridge
The UK Department of Transportation has approved up to £470m of funding for a new gateway bridge across the River Mersey between Runcorn and...
Sanjose wins Indian state ring road development contract
The Indian state of Rajasthan has awarded a €157m concession contract to the Spanish- Indian Consortium between Sanjose and Supreme for the Jaipur ring road...
Texas approves funds to upgrade road projects
The Texas Transportation Commission in the US has approved distribution of $3bn to address congested highways, rehabilitate bridges and upgrade connectivity between the state’s metropolitan...
Qatar’s QUWIC launches traffic information system
The Qatar University Wireless Innovations Centre (QUWIC) has launched Masarak, a system that uses the university’s Labeeb data processing system to provide real-time and historic...
Inrix to provide real-time traffic data to Google
Google has partnered with traffic information services provider Inrix to add real-time traffic data to its navigation and mapping...
Ecuador completes segmental bridge project
Ecuador has inaugurated its longest segmental bridge, which was built by China-based Gaungxi Road & Bridge Engineering and funded by the Inter-American Development Bank...
Florida completes US 1 highway reconstruction
The Florida Department of Transportation in the US has completed a $330m road project to rebuild an 18-mile section of US 1 connecting the South Florida mainland with the Florida...
Inrix to provide traffic navigation app to Fullpower-MotionX
Inrix, a provider of real-time traffic information and connected driving services has been chosen by Fullpower-MotionX to provide traffic information for its MotionX-GPS Drive navigation app...
India unveils plan to expand highways
India has unveiled a plan to build a six-lane 6,500km of highway, a four lane 24,700km highway and will upgrade 20,000km of highways, as well as develop 1,000 km of expressways under the...
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GMR wins $1.4bn Indian highway project
India-based GMR has won a Rs72bn ($1.4bn) contract from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to widen the 555km Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad highway from four lanes to six...
Ringway wins Yorkshire highway maintenance contract
The North Yorkshire County Council in the UK has awarded a £250m contract to Ringway Infrastructure Services to carry out highway maintenance over the next ten...
EIB to fund Polish road project
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to extend two loans worth €300m to finance road infrastructure in...
SuperGIS to deliver traffic management solutions to Indonesia
SuperGeo, a provider of GIS software and solutions, has won a contract to deliver its SuperGIS Desktop 3 and SuperPad 3 and enhance traffic development and transportation management in...
Malaysia to rebid $1bn Sri Lanka highway project
The Malaysian Government is planning to resubmit a proposal to construct a 110km Colombo-Kandy Toll Expressway project in Sri Lanka, which is estimated to cost...
Beirut opens new traffic control centre
The Lebanese capital Beirut has opened a new traffic control centre to deal with traffic problems in the Greater Beirut...
European Commission funds Romanian highway projects
The European Commission has approved €724m to build the Nadlac-Arad and Orastie-Sibiu highway in Romania, which will form a part of the pan-European Corridor...
UK starts M62 motorway traffic improvement project
The UK Highway Agency has started a £150m project to open up the hard shoulder of the M62 motorway in Yorkshire, which will ease congestion and improve...
Abertis and Goldman Sachs-led consortium to manage two toll roads in Puerto Rico
Abertis and Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners II-led consortium Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico has signed a $1.1bn concession contract with the Puerto Rican Government to manage...
Trapeze to replace intelligent transportation system in Delaware
Trapeze Group, a unit of Constellation Software subsidiary Volaris Group, has signed a deal with Delaware Transit in the US to replace its legacy intelligent transportation...
Brazilian Government invites bids for Espírito Santo highway
The Brazilian Government has floated bids for a 25-year concession of highway BR-101 in the south-eastern state of Espírito Santo that requires an investment of...
Canadian province floats tenders for highway projects
The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has unveiled its first phase of highway tenders worth $157m for the year...
Cowi to design Izmit Bay Bridge in Turkey
Cowi has signed a contract with Japan-based IHI to design the $1.1bn Izmit Bay Bridge in Turkey, which will become the fourth longest suspension bridge in the...
Mostotrest to rebuild Businovskaya traffic interchange in Moscow
Russia-based Mostotrest has won a $530m contract from Russian Highways Company to rebuild the Businovskaya traffic overpass system in northern Moscow,...
Astaldi wins motorway contract in Romania
The National Roads and Highways Company of Romania (CNADNR) has awarded a €119m contract to Italian-German consortium Astaldi-Max Boegl to design and construct a section of the...
IVRCL wins Indian road project
The India-based IVRCL consortium has won a Rs14.8bn ($294m) contract from the Indian Ministry of Road Transport to upgrade a highway in the state of Arunachal...
Granite secures expressway widening project in Florida
US-based Granite Construction has won a $64m contract from the Florida Department of Transportation to widen approximately 1.5 miles of the existing Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway in...
Oman announces tenders for road projects
Oman has awarded several tenders, which are valued at RO25.6m ($66m), to carry out road projects across the...
Via Gateway Thüringen secures funds for German motorway project
Via Gateway Thüringen, a consortium consisting of Vinci subsidiary Eurovia and Royal BAM subsidiary Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau, has secured funds for a €220m Federal Motorway A9 in...
GCC countries invest $142bn in road and bridge projects
The total value of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries' existing and planned road and bridge construction projects has been estimated to be $142bn, a study by Ventures Middle East...
Ohio begins highway reconstruction project
The Ohio Department of Transportation has launched a $200m project to reconstruct the Interstate 71 / Interstate 670 interchange in Columbus, Ohio,...
Abu Dhabi to improve road safety with intelligent traffic system
UAE capital Abu Dhabi is to implement an intelligent traffic system as part of its 2030 plan to reduce traffic...
IPL to provide weather information to UK Highways Agency
The UK Highways Agency has selected IT company IPL to operate its forthcoming weather central service, which will provide reliable and real-time weather...
Georgia seeks contractor for West by Northwest lanes project
The Georgia DOT (GDOT) in the US has floated tenders for the $1bn West by Northwest project, a public private partnership project to deliver a new managed lanes system to Interstates 75 and 575...
ADB funds Bishkek-Naryn-Torugart road project in Kyrgyzstan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to extend $55m of grants for the completion of Bishkek-Naryn-Torugart road in Kyrgyzstan, which is currently undergoing repairs. The repair works on...
AfDB funds Medenine-Jdir highway project in Tunisia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has extended a TND 268m ($188m) loan to Tunisia for the construction of the Medenine-Jdir Highway. The project will improve access to the south-eastern parts...
US Federal Highway Administration approves tolling of I-95
The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has granted the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) preliminary approval to toll I-95 near the North Carolina border in order to pay...
Hill International to manage ringroad project in Afghanistan
US-based Hill International has received a four-year $37m contract from the Afghanistan Ministry of Public Works to provide project management and supervision consultant services for...
Georgia to open expanded I-85 express lane in October
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) in the US is set to open the Interstate-85 express lanes in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties on 1 October. The expressway lane is Georgia's...
Rutgers and UCLA to develop smart traffic management technology
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $2m to Rutgers University and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop an intelligent traffic management technology that...
India to widen Gujarat and Rajasthan highways
The Indian Government has approved a Rs60bn ($1.28bn) project to widen the national highways in Rajasthan and Gujarat, under the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP). The project...
Radwin delivers HPMP traffic solution in Ireland
Radwin, a provider of backhaul and broadband wireless solutions, has delivered its high-capacity point-to-multipoint solutions (HPMP) to Kildare county council in Ireland, in order to...
India plans major highway projects
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced plans to construct two highways, which will link Amravati to the Maharashtra / Gujarat border and Mumbai to JNPT port in India. ...
Florida's Alachua county installs new intelligent traffic signals
The Alachua county in Florida, US, has completed 75% of the installation of its intelligent traffic signal system, which will improve traffic in the county. Under the $18m project, which began...
EIB to support Croatian motorway project
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will support the extension of the Vc motorway corridor in Croatia with a €60m fund. The scope of work involves the construction of 13km of motorway...
TRW introduces next-generation vehicle radar concept
US-based TRW Automotive has unveiled its new radar technology, which will provide 360° sensing around a vehicle, ensuring driver safety and reducing road accidents. The new technology is from...
Aecom wins Russian motorway contract
Aecom has won a $23m contract from North-West Concession Company (NWCC) to provide design review and construction supervision services for the Moscow-St Petersburg M11 Highway project in...
São Paulo starts prequalification for Norte section of the Rodoanel beltway
Brazil's São Paulo state highway department Dersa has started the process to award a tender for the construction of the R$6.51bn (US$3.8bn) Norte section of the Rodoanel Mário Covas...
India plans 1,000km of expressways
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has unveiled plans to construct 1,000km of expressways on the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model. The expressway plans include the four sections...
Rhythm Engineering installs real-time adaptive traffic system in the US
US-based Rhythm Engineering has installed its InSync real-time adaptive traffic control system at 500 intersections in 13 states across the country. The InSync system gives traffic...
Essar and Atlanta JV wins India road-widening project
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded a Rs104bn ($219m) contract to the Essar and Atlanta JV to widen the 125.9km Lucknow-Sultanpur highway in Uttar Pradesh state. ...
Strabag wins Duqm port road project in Oman
Strabag Oman has won a OMR81m ($209m) contract to build access roads to Duqm Port & Drydock at the Arabian Sea. The scope of work includes the construction of 30km of road as well as...
Habtoor Leighton wins Oman road contract
Australian Habtoor Leighton (HLG) has won a OMR117m ($300m) contract from Oman’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) for the dualisation of a section of the Bidbid-Sur highway. HLG,...
Puerto Rico converts roadways to all-electronic toll collection
The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) and its technology partner TransCore have started a $26m conversion of two of the country's busiest roadways to all-electronic...
Indian state to award highway project
Haryana is all set to award a contract for the construction of a 156km highway, which will connect the southern region to the northern parts of the Indian state. The Rs12bn ($253m) project,...
Oman to expand road network
Road projects totalling more than 2,000km in length are currently under various stages of design and development across Oman, according to the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC). ...
Sri Lanka to start $1.2bn Colombo-Kandy expressway in 2012
Sri Lanka is planning to commence construction on the SRs160bn ($1.4bn) Colombo-Kandy expressway early next year. The 98.9km expressway will be a four-lane highway with provision to expand it...
IHI, Itochu sign deal for gulf suspension bridge
A consortium between Japanese company IHI and Turkey-based company Itochu has won a $6.5bn contract to construct a 3km gulf suspension bridge that would shorten the way between Istanbul and Izmir....
Tutor Perini to construct bored tunnel project in Seattle
The US Federal Highway Administration approved a plan to begin the final design and construction on the SR99 Bored Tunnel Project to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct in downtown Seattle, US. ...
Skanska wins road project in Norway
Skanska has won a NOK764m ($137m) contract from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration Statens Vegvesen to widen a 10.2km section of the E18 highway in Norway. Under the contract,...
Early finish for Michigan Southfield Freeway project
The reconstruction work on the $80m Southfield Freeway project in Michigan, US, will be completed on 15 October, two weeks ahead of its original schedule date. The Southfield Freeway...
Mumbai plans $2.1bn sea link project
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in India is planning to invite bids for the Rs100bn ($2.1bn) Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL). The project will connect Sevri in...
Indra to deliver toll management systems in Texas
Spain-based Indra won a €10.6m contract from US-based Tex Toll Services (a subsidiary of Cintra, a unit within a brance of Ferrovial) to implement electronic toll collection office systems...
Iteris partners with Sutec to supply video detection technologies
California-based Iteris, a traffic management solutions company, has partnered with Sutec Holding to supply non-invasive video detection technologies for its traffic signal control systems...
Louisiana opens new Interstate 10 twin span bridge
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development in the US has completed the $803m I-10 Twin Span Bridges replacement, replacing the original bridge that was badly damaged by...
Colombia plans $8.6bn Autopistas de la Montaña highway project
Colombia state power company ISA has completed a full report on the scope on Autopistas de la Montaña highway project and presented it before the National Institute of Concessions (INCO). ...
Astratel Nsuantra to acquire majority stake in Indonesian toll company
Astratel Nusantara, the highway construction unit of Astra International in Indonesia, has reached an agreement to acquire a 95% stake in PT Marga Hanurata Intrinstic, which will operate...
Arakansas selects bidders for road projects
The Arkansas state Highway and Transportation Department has selected bidders for $120.7m in road projects. The road project includes $56.3m of work on a ten-mile stretch of Interstate 40...
Adanti wins Tuscany road contract
Austrian construction company Strabag's Italian subsidiary Adanti has won a €105m contract from Italy's state road company ANAS to upgrade about 11km of road between Grosseto and Siena...
Chinese firm starts Vietnam highway project
China-based Guangdong Provincial Changda Highway Engineering has commenced work on a highway project that will link the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi with Haiphong city. The 105km highway project...
Columbus city trials new traffic detectors to monitor traffic flow remotely
The Columbus State Department of Roads in the US is planning to install traffic detectors with state-of-the-art technology at road intersections. The devices, unlike cameras, will monitor...
Majority of Londoners plan to avoid roads during the Olympics
Almost 70% of Londoners are planning to avoid roads during the Olympics, according to research released by triOpsis. About a quarter complained about more roadworks in London and 42%...
Taiwan to open Taipei Expressway No. 2 next month
Taiwan is planning to open the provincial Highway No. 65 section in Taiwan, connecting Sianmin Boulevard in New Taipei City's Banciao District and the Tucheng Interchange on Freeway No. 3 by...
Mexico invests in highway projects
Mexico has completed the construction of 16,500km of highways over the last five years. The country earmarked about Mex$78.9bn (US$6.39bn) to be invested in highway infrastructure during...
Astaldi and Max Boegl win Romanian highway contract
Romanian highways company CNADNR has awarded a €141m contract to Astaldi and Max Boegl Construction Company to construct the Cernavoda–Medgidia highway in Romania. Under the contract,...
Ten companies vie for construction of Kenyan road project
Ten international companies are keen to get the Sh5bn ($52.8m) Timboroa-Eldoret road project, the remaining section of Kenya's main trunk road. The bidders include Zhongmei, China Road and...
New South Wales unveils road project budget
New South Wales (NSW) in Australia has unveiled a budget of $6.3bn to upgrade roads across the state. Under the roads plan, about $468m will be allocated to upgrade the Pacific Highway and...
Baulderstone secures Queensland road project
Lend Lease subsidiary Baulderstone has won a A$115m (US$122m) contract from Queensland Department of Transport in Australia to design and build the Mains Road Kessels Roads intersection upgrade...
Work starts on India's longest road tunnel
Leighton Welspun Contractors has started work on the Rs37.2bn ($809.5m) project to build a 9km Chenani-Nashri road tunnel in the Jammu and Kashmir states of India. The project...
Mississippi completes Highway 30 bypass project
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) in the US has completed the construction of the Highway 30 Bypass. The project provides an eight-mile southern bypass of the city of...
Vietnam to open Cau Gie-Ninh Binh Highway next year
Vietnam is planning to complete construction of the Cau Gie-Ninh Binh Highway, which is being built at a cost of VND8.9tn ($428m), by next year. The six-lane highway covers 50.3km from...
Oregon completes I-5 Willamette river bridge replacement project
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) in the US has completed construction work on the new Interstate 5 bridge over the Willamette River in Eugene, Springfield. The $200m bridge...
Mississippi launches new traffic monitoring system
Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) in the US has launched a new website that allows monitoring of traffic and utilises over 400 cameras across the US state. The new website...
Teledyne launches Genie TS series cameras for traffic applications
Teledyne DALSA, a unit of Teledyne Technologies, has launched its Genie TS series cameras. The Genie TS is the first machine vision camera platform that is helpful for Intelligent Traffic...
407 ETR adds new lane to world's first open access electronic tollway in Canada
407 Express Toll Route (ETR), owned by Cintra Infraestructuras, has opened a new lane in each direction between Highway 401 and Trafalgar Road in Canada. The new lanes, spanning 13km in...
Parsons wins USAID contract to support Rwandan roads
Parsons has won a contract by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand rural roads in Rwanda. Under this contract, Parsons will provide inventory and...
TomTom launches portable navigation device featuring travel-specific apps
TomTom has launched a portable GO LIVE 1535M navigation device specifically for travellers, which integrates third-party apps from Expedia, TripAdvisor, Twitter and Yelp. The device will...
Skanska wins Finland bypass road contract
Skanska has won a contract from the Finnish Transport Agency to design and construct the Sepänkylä bypass road between Kotiranta, Vaasa and Stormossen in Finland. Under the €41m...
NIS launches traffic information service for UK highways
Network Information Services (NIS), a joint venture between Mouchel and Thales UK, will launch the new National Traffic Information Service for the Highways Agency in the UK. The service will...
Abu Dhabi to complete $1.3bn Salam road project by year end
Abu Dhabi in the UAE has completed 90% of the Dh5bn ($1.36bn) Salam street project and is planning to open the road by the end of this year. The road link will connect Salam street near...
India plans port connectivity project
India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai has unveiled plans to award Rs22.6bn ($491.6m) road projects to increase connectivity between the port and the national highways. The...
Port Mann Bridge project in Canada completes half-way point
A joint-venture between Peter Kiewit Sons and Flatiron Constructors Canada has completed 50% of the new ten-lane Port Mann-Highway 1 Bridge across the Fraser River in British Columbia...
JICA to fund Tanzania-Rwanda bridge project
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will extend JPY1.86bn ($24.18m) to Tanzania for the construction of a bridge linking the east African country with its neighbour Rwanda to boost...
Turkey to privatise nine highways and two bridge projects
The Privatisation Administration (OIB) of Turkey is planning to privatise nine highways and two bridge projects, which include Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge. OIB is...
North Carolina plans Mid-Currituck Bridge project
A study commissioned by North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) in the US found that a trip from Norfolk to Corolla takes less than an hour compared with the current 3.5 hours from Aydlett...
RouteMatch to deliver intelligent transportation system to Georgia
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) in the US has awarded a contract to Atlanta-based RouteMatch Software to provide an intelligent transport system. The new intelligent...
Skanska wins Norwegian road contract
Skanska has won a 680m ($108m) contract from Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Statens Vegvesen, to carry out the second phase of the E18 road project in Bjørvika, Oslo. The...
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Western Australia to move ahead with Stirling highway corridor study
Western Australia has unveiled plans to move ahead with the Stirling Highway corridor study, which will guide future planning and improvement of the highway, one of the key Perth-Fremantle routes....
Scotland completes M80 carriageway project
The M80 dual carriageway project stretching between Stepps to Haggs in Scotland has been opened to the public after three years of construction and will finally be commissioned in September...
Tennessee explores Signal Mountain road project options
The Tennessee Department of Transportation in the US has proposed three road projects to ease traffic congestion on US 127 (SR-8) on Signal Mountain. The draft report will be submitted...
Korea to expand intelligent transport systems
The Korean Government is planning to expand the installation of the intelligent transport systems (ITS) to more than 25% of the nation's 83,196km paved roads by 2020. The expansion of ITS...
Kuwait to spend $6bn on motorway projects
Kuwait is to spend KD1.7bn ($6.2bn) on building 550km of motorways. Kuwait's Ministry of Public Works, which is now designing the motorways, will launch the tenders for their construction...
Michigan crash costs are higher than crime
Traffic crashes cost the US state of Michigan $9.1bn in 2009, higher than the cost of crime, which stood at $4.7bn, according to a study by the University of Michigan Transportation...
Speed cameras fail to reduce UK road accidents
Speed cameras have failed to cut accident rates and casualty rates have worsened at some speed camera sites in the UK, according to new figures revealed by the UK Department for Transport (DfT). ...
Jakarta launches intelligent transport system
The Department of Transportation of Jakarta, Indonesia, has launched an intelligent transport system (ITS) to monitor and control traffic in the city. The IDR30bn ($3.51m) system is used as...
Australian men more likely to speed and drive drunk than women
A study by Victoria's Transport Accident Commission (TAC) in Australia found that males are more likely to drink-drive and speed. The survey conducted on 900 Victorian motorists showed...
Fifteen companies bid for Bulgaria's Struma highway project
Fifteen local and foreign construction firms have submitted bids to construct a 15km section of Bulgaria's Struma highway at a cost of €53m. The entire Bulgaria's Struma...
Croatia resumes Peljesac bridge project
Croatia has resumed construction of the Peljesac bridge, which will connect Peljesac peninsula with the Croatian mainland, spanning the Adriatic Sea. The project, which is estimated to...
Tanzania's Kigamboni bridge project moves forward
The Tanzanian Government is planning to invest $130.2m for construction of the 680m Kigamboni Bridge, which will connect Dar es Salaam's CBD to Kigamboni peninsula. The project will...
Santa Clara receives funds for highway projects
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in California, US, has received $156.5m in state funding for two highway projects in Silicon Valley. The funds will be used to...
Well Connected Consortium wins $1.3bn New Zealand road project
The Well Connected Consortium has won a $1.3bn Waterview Connection project to link up Auckland’s Western Ring Route in New Zealand. The partners in the consortium include Fletcher...
US county to expand intelligent transportation system
Bay County in Florida, US, has awarded a contract to World Fiber Technologies for the expansion of its intelligent transportation system (ITS). The ITS will be expanded west along Back...
US counties to implement advanced traffic management system
The US federal Highway Administration has allocated $2.6m for the $32m Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) to be implemented in Sarasota and Manatee counties. The system will...
Botswana to carry out rural road projects
The Botswana Government and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) have signed a $40m (P268m) loan to improve 827km of rural and semi-urban roads under the Kenye road depot. ...
Zambia commences work on road projects
Zambia has started construction on the ZMK270bn ($53.9m) Kasama-Mbesuma road project in the Mungwi District of Northern Province. The 110km Kasama-Mbesuma road, which is being carried out...
IMF to fund Iraq highway project
The Iraq Ministry of Construction and Housing is planning to build a 508km highway linking Baghdad with Turkey. The highway will be financed by the International Monetary Fund. ...
Canada completes Ontario's Queen Elizabeth Way extension
Canada has completed the widening of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW), an important road corridor linking the Greater Toronto Area to the Niagara region and the US, through St. Catharines. ...
Florida to go ahead with First Coast Outer Beltway project
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in the US has revealed plans to proceed with the First Coast Outer Beltway project. The project is estimated to cost $291m and will be funded...
US funds research project to develop innovative bridge material
The US Department of Transportation has allocated $417.3m in grants for research into innovative bridge materials and construction methods. Among the grant recipients, North Carolina...
Costain uses BIM system for Port Talbot road project in UK
Costain, the international engineering and construction group, is using Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology to support Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council in the design...
ADEC rolls out radar-based traffic detector
ADEC has launched a short to medium-range Doppler radar-based traffic detector and Doppler radar-based detector stands. The detectors can be used for green-phase requests at traffic...
Majority in UK want 20mph speed zone near schools
About 67% of respondents in the UK are in favour of setting 20mph zones for motorists driving near schools, according to the latest poll conducted by the Institute of Advanced Motorists...
Brazilian state plans to tender $3.86bn Rodoanel Norte beltway
Brazil's São Paulo state government is planning to launch a BRL6.1bn ($3.86bn) tender in September this year to build and operate the Norte stretch of the Rodoanel Mário Covas beltway. ...
Kenya invests $1bn on road projects
The Kenya Government invested more than Sh100bn ($1bn) last year on the construction and rehabilitation of key roads in the country. The country has rehabilitated more than 60% of the...
Delaware to begin Walt Whitman Bridge re-decking project
The Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) in the US will commence preliminary work on the Walt Whitman Bridge re-decking project, beginning next week. The Pennsylvania-based American...
Oman awards Bidbid-Sur road dualisation project
Oman has awarded an OMR117.5m ($305m) contract to Turkish construction conglomerate Sezai Turkes-Feyzi Akkaya, known as STFA, to carry out a 75km-long dual carriageway. The project will...
Riyadh introduces new system to respond quickly to road accidents
The Riyadh Development Authority in Saudi Arabia has introduced a new system to help respond quickly to road accidents on highways for preventive action. The system will help in locating...
California approves funds for road projects
The California Transportation Commission has allocated $90m for road projects in Tulare County, and more than half of it will be used for widening Highway 99 in Goshen and Visalia. The...
BMW Offers Real-Time Traffic Information through Web-Enabled Devices
BMW ConnectedDrive has launched Real-Time Traffic Information (RTTI) through a new platform called BMW Routes, which will allows the driver to plan routes in advance by using any...
Ghana Allocates Funds for Road Projects
The Ghanaian Government has allocated GH¢305m ($197m) to carry out works on major road projects in the country. The projects include the 37.1km Accra-Kumasi highway from Akwafokrom...
Kenya Launches Western Ring Road Project in Nairobi
Kenya has launched a new Sh1.9bn ($19.8m) Western Ring Road project, which will ease traffic flow in the western part of Nairobi. The 8.4km project, also known as Missing Link Road, will...
Actelis Network Upgrades Intelligent Transportation Systems in US
Actelis Network has delivered its Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) upgrading its ageing automotive traffic system. MCDOT...
Venezuela Unveils Transport Investment Plan
Venezuela's transport and communications ministry (MPPTC) is planning to invest about VEF4.97bn ($1.16bn) in transport infrastructure as part of its 2011-12 public works programme. ...
Queensland Opens Forgan Bridge
The Queensland Government in Australia has completed and opened the new Forgan Bridge in Mackay. The A$148m ($152.7m) Forgan Bridge duplication project, carried out by Golding...
Nokia Offers Real-Time Traffic Information in South Africa
Nokia South Africa has launched a new update to Nokia Maps in South Africa, which provides real-time traffic information supplied by its subsidiary Navteq. Nokia live traffic service...
Maryland to Offer Instant Traffic Updates
The State Highway Administration in the US is planning to introduce a new service to offer instant traffic updates to motorists. Under the new system, drivers can dial 511 to get the...
Veidekke Wins Norway Highway Contract
Veidekke has signed a NOK193m ($35m) contract with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to construct the first stage of the new Highway 2 (riksvei 2) between Kongsvinger and Slomarka. ...
Metro Pacific to Invest in Philippine Expressway Project
Metro Pacific Tollways (MTPC) in the Philippines is planning to start construction on an 8km expressway next year, which will connect North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to the port area. ...
Kiewit-General-Manson JV Bids on Washington Floating Bridge Project
The Kiewit-General-Manson joint venture has submitted the lowest bid for replacing the ageing State Route 520 floating bridge in Washington, US. The joint venture offered to build the...
California Approves Funds for Road Projects
The California Transportation Commission in the US has approved $200m for road projects in South Bay and two infrastructure improvement projects in Silicon Valley. The commission has...
European Researchers Develop Optical Sensor System to Reduce Accidents
ADOSE consortium, led by Centro Ricerche Fiat Societa Consortile per Azioni in Italy, has developed an inexpensive optical sensor system for the windshields of small and medium-sized cars,...
Seeing Machines to Deliver Driver State System in Australia
Seeing Machines has secured a contract from Toll Mining Services in Australia to deliver its Driver State System (DSS) to help avert accidents within its mining fleet. Under the...
India Plans $2.2bn Highway Projects for Extremist-Affected States
India is planning to invest Rs100bn ($2.2bn) on road projects in left-wing extremism-affected states under the second phase of a road expansion programme. Officials have been advised...
IRD to Install WIM and VWIM Systems on Indiana Roads
Canada-based International Road Dynamics (IRD) has won a contract from the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) to deliver Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) and Virtual Weigh-In-Motion (VWIM) Systems....
Azerbaijan Set to Roll Out Intelligent Traffic Management System
The Azerbaijan transport ministry is set to complete installation of the first phase of the intelligent traffic management system in Baku by November this year. The intelligent transport...
Western Australia Commences Kwinana Freeway Expansion
Western Australia has started widening the Kwinana Freeway, adding two new lanes between the Leach and Roe highways. The Kwinana Freeway is a major arterial road linking Perth with the...
McCain to Deliver 2070E Traffic Signal Controllers in New York
McCain has won a contract from the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) in the US to provide 2070E traffic signal controllers. The signal controllers are designed to...
New Zealand Announces Details of Christchurch Southern Motorway
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has announced the route for the next phase of the Christchurch Southern Motorway (CSM2). The $200m motorway will also improve access from the south...
Serbia's Ada Bridge Construction Moves Forward
The construction on the new Sava River Bridge over the Ada Ciganlija river island in Belgrade, Serbia, has moved ahead with the erection of the last steel segment of the main span of the...
New Zealand Opens Hobsonville Motorway Ahead of Schedule
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has opened the Hobsonville motorway in north-west Auckland, six months ahead of schedule. The new NZD$220m ($184.5m) motorway has two sections: first...
Pakistan to Install Electronic Highway Toll Management System
The National Highway Authority (NHA) of Pakistan is planning to install an electronic toll and traffic management (ETTM) system on national highways to improve the toll collection system. ...
Mozambique Set to Commence Nampula-Cuamba Road Link
Mozambique is planning to rebuild a 348km road linking the cities of Nampula and Cuamba, in Mozambique's Niassa province by the end of this year. The $250m project is funded by the...
UK Reports Drop in Drink-Drive Deaths in 2010
The latest figure from the UK Department of Transport (DfT) has reported a sharp fall in the number of deaths due to drink driving in 2010 compared with the previous year. The fatalities...
Ecuador to Invest in Manabi Road Projects
Ecuador's transport and public works ministry (MTOP) is planning to invest $800m this year on highway projects in the coastal province of Manabí. The project includes improvement works...
UTI to Implement Traffic Management System in Poland
Romanian company UTI has won a contract to design and implement a traffic management system in the city of Szczecin in Poland. After completion of the €1.8m project, Polish motorists...
Consortium Wins A9 Motorway Project in Germany
A consortium comprising VINCI, BAM and Reinhold Meister has won a contract from the German Government to build a section of A9 motorway linking Berlin and Munich. The contract has been...
Romania Renegotiates Transylvania Motorway Contract with Bechtel
The Romanian and American authorities have renegotiated their contract with US-based Bechtel for the construction of the Transylvania motorway. Under the renegotiated deal, Bechtel will...
Taiwan to Install eTags on Vehicles to Boost Freeway Toll Collection
Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection (FETC) in Taiwan is planning to invest NT$1bn ($35m) for free installation of the eTag system on all vehicles to boost the use of the Electronic...
New Durable Roads to Benefit Scotland
Transport Scotland has approved the use of a new surface course specification for the Trunk Road Network in Scotland, which will specify surfacing material to improve the durability of roads...
TomTom Offers Accurate Fleet Routing Solution in US
TomTom has launched new Commercial Vehicle Restrictions software integrated into TomTom PRO navigation solutions in the US. Commercial Vehicle Restriction content will provide motorist...
Poland to Commence A2 Motorway Work Soon
Poland's roads directorate, GDDKiA, will soon commence construction on the A2 motorway project, following the award of contracts for section A and C of the highway. The project has been...
UK Expressway Introduces Contactless Toll Payment System
Midland Expressway, the UK's M6 Toll operator, has joined up with Barclay Card and CreditCall to introduce contactless technology for toll payment for the first time in the country. The...
Red Light Safety Cameras Prevent Crash Related Deaths in Texas
A new study conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) said red light safety cameras are an effective means of preventing crash-related deaths and injuries. The study examined...
ETC Wins Toll Collection System Contract from New York Port
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded a $88m contract to Electronic Transaction Consultants (ETC) to facility-wide replacement toll collection and audit system as well...
New York Awards Bridge Rehabilitation Contract
MTA Bridges and Tunnels in New York, US, has awarded a $109m contract to a joint venture between EE Cruz of Manhattan and Tully Construction Company to upgrade the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge. ...
The Majority of Americans Consider Themselves to be Good Drivers
The majority of Americans consider themselves to be good drivers, but their driving habits don't match their claims, according a survey conducted by Allstate. American drivers believe their...
Quebec to Start Diamond Mine Highway Project
Quebec state in Canada is set to start construction on a Route 167 Extension between Mistissini and Chibougamau, a 243km permanent highway to Quebec's first diamond mine. The $331m...
Vietnam Begins Nhat Tan Bridge-Noi Bai Ring Road Project
Vietnam has started construction on the ring road from Noi Bai International Airport to Nhat Tan Bridge in Dong Anh district, Hanoi, Vietnam. The project is estimated to cost $239.4m, and...
India Awards Four Highway Projects
The National Highway Authority of India has awarded four road projects worth Rs95bn ($2bn). GMR Infrastructure has won an Rs57bn ($1.3bn) national highway project running from Kishangarh...
UK Approves Funds for Northamptonshire Street Light Project
The UK Department of Transport has approved a £132m private finance initiative (PFI) scheme to replace street lights in Northamptonshire over the next five years. Under the scheme to be...
Texas Commences Highway 290 Upgrade Project
The Texas Department of Transportation in the US has broken ground on the $151.5m 610 Loop / Highway 290 interchange project. The project will see construction of an inbound connection from...
Drunk Driving Cases Rise in UK
A campaign launched by UK police against summer drink-driving caught a higher proportion of motorists driving under the influence compared with last year. Figures released by the Association...
UK's Borough of Merton Invites Bids for Highway Project
The London Borough of Merton is seeking bidders for a highways construction and repairs contract. The £70m contract includes highway construction, maintenance and reactive maintenance,...
Intelligent Transport System to Measure Waiting Times at Canadian Border
Canada and British Columbia have expanded the installation of Advanced Traveller Information System (ATIS) to two new British Columbia border crossings, which will help measure waiting times. ...
ITIS Holdings to Acquire INRIX
INRIX, international provider of real-time traffic information and connected driving services, has offered to buy ITIS Holdings for $60m. ITIS provides traffic and travel information...
China to Help Rebuild Pakistan's Karakoram Highway
China has extended $90m to Pakistan to restore the Karakoram Highway, which was damaged by earthquakes and floods. The 1,300km Karakoram Highway, also known as Friendship Highway, is a...
Afcons Wins Highway Interchange Project in Bahrain
The Ministry of Works in Bahrain has awarded a BD25m ($66.3m) contract to India-based Afcons Infrastructure for the construction of a three-level highway interchange with a two-lane flyover. ...
Atkins to Deliver Intelligent Transport in Nevada
The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) in the US has awarded an intelligent transportation systems contract to Atkins for the extension of the Freeway and Arterial System of...
Illinois Proposes $12bn Capital Plan for Road Projects
The Illinois Toll Highway Authority in the US has proposed a new 15-year, $12bn capital investment plan to fund construction projects within the state. The proposed capital plan under...
UK Opens Longest Road Tunnel
The UK has opened it's longest road tunnel to date, the £371m A3 Hindhead Tunnel, which will provide better journeys between London and Portsmouth. The country's longest road tunnel at 1.2...
NAVTEQ to Provide RDS Real-Time Traffic Services in Russia
NAVTEQ has signed an agreement with the Russian network radio station Autoradio to provide real-time traffic information distribution through the Radio Data System (RDS). The company...
Brazilian State Plans $3bn Highway Projects
Brazil's São Paulo state is looking to start road projects worth $3.09bn along the northern coast of the state, on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis. The road projects will...
Ghanaian Road Project Gets Funding Boost from China
The China State Construction Engineering (CSCEC) will contribute 10% of the 15% counterpart funding for the Eastern Corridor road project in Ghana, which was expected to be paid by the...
Indonesia to Implement Smart Transportation System
The Indonesia Ministry of Transportation has unveiled a plan to install a smart transportation system, which will provide real-time traffic information to road users. The...
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India Unveils $2.2bn Jammu & Kashmir Road Project
India has unveiled a plan to invest $INR100bn ($2.2bn) for road projects in Jammu & Kashmir state. The investment will be used in road projects including two strategic tunnels –...
North Carolina Awards Bonner Bridge Contract
The North Carolina Department of Transportation in the US has awarded a contract to replace the Bonner Bridge in Dare County to CL Civil Constructors and HDR Engineering. The...
New Zealand to Open Hobsonville Motorway in August
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has revealed that it will complete the SH18 Hobsonville Deviation and SH16 Brigham Creek Extension motorway on 6 August this year, six months ahead of...
Kapsch TrafficCom Wins Toll Technology Contracts in Portugal and US
Kapsch TrafficCom has won an order to install an electronic toll collection system for Portugese operator ASCENDI. The company will install an electronic toll collection system for...
Armenia Rolls Out National Traffic Monitoring System and Enhances Traffic Monitoring Technology
The Armenian police force has entered into a contract with technology company Security Dream, in a consortium with Sweden-based Sensys Traffic and Ellips for a national traffic monitoring system. ...
INRIX Unveils New Traffic Application for Mobile Phones
INRIX has introduced its free traffic information application, INRIX Traffic, on Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry. The application delivers real-time traffic information for drivers and...
Toyota Develops New Vehicle Technology for Safer Traffic
Toyota Motor has unveiled a new technology that can improve road safety for pedestrians and elderly drivers. The new technology includes a Pre-Collision System (PCS) with...
Ivory Coast Signs Deal With Bouygues For Bridge Project
Ivory Coast has signed a deal with France's Bouygues to construct a third bridge over Abidjan's main lagoon at a cost of $325m to ease congestion in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital. The...
Primoris Services Wins Texas Highway Contract
James Construction Group, a unit of Primoris Services, has won a $123.6m contract from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US to reconstruct and widen a portion of I-35 in Waco...
Roadtraffic-technology.com Launches Major Transport Survey
Roadtraffic-technology.com is launching a major global transport industry survey, and we'd like to hear your opinions on the most important sustainability issues for 2011-2012. Upon...
Virginia Unveils Active Traffic Management Plan
The US state of Virginia has unveiled a plan to trial an active traffic management system on the I-66 highway. The Active Traffic Management System will comprise traffic cameras, display...
World Bank Funds Liberian Road Project
The Liberian Government and the World Bank have signed a deal to provide $249m for the rehabilitation of about 249km of the Monrovia (Red Light) Gbarnga-Ganta-Guinea border road. The...
Traffic Logix Launches Radar Speed Road Signs
Traffic Logix has launched SafePace 400, 500, and 600 radar speed signs, which will help drivers ensure safety on roads. All three of the new signs in the SafePace series will have large 15"...
Wikitude Launches Reality Navigation Application in US
Wikitude has launched an augmented reality (AR) navigation application in the US, which combines the desired navigation route onto a camera view of the image of the map on a mobile device. ...
Argentinean Province to Award Beltway Project
Argentina's Córdoba province is planning to award a project for construction of a beltway in the capital Córdoba and city Las Varillas at a cost of ARS1.01bn ($244m). ...
Road Improvement Saves $680.5m a Year in Dubai
The improvement of roads, bridges and tunnels as well as mass transit networks in Dubai, UAE, has saved AED2.5bn ($680.5m) per year, according to the Dubai Road and Transport Authority (RTA). ...
ADB Funds Indian Road Projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend a $200m loan to India to reconstruct roads in north-eastern parts of the country. The loan will be released in two phases and will be used to...
EC Proposes Tachograph Review for Enhanced Road Safety
The European Commission (EC) has proposed to revise tachograph legislation, which controls the use of tachographs equipped to six million buses and trucks in Europe, to ensure better...
Massachusetts Finalises Shrewsbury River Bridge Main Design
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation in the US has finalised the design of the new Shrewsbury Lake Quinsigamond bridge linking Worcester with Shrewsbury. The proposed $140m bridge...
Pakistan Introduces New Traffic Inspection System
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) in Islamabad, Pakistan, has unveiled plans to develop a modern traffic inspection system in the country. Under the Islamabad civilian and traffic...
Virginia Approves Funds for Western Bypass
The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) in Virginia, US, has approved funds for the construction of the Western Bypass in Albemarle County. The state board has granted $197m for...
Georgia Secures Federal Funds for Northwest Corridor Project
The US state of Georgia has received $275m in federal funding for the proposed Northwest Corridor Project in Atlanta. The project is estimated to cost about $1bn and involves building...
ADB Grants Loan to Upgrade Indian State Highways
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $315m loan to India for the Karnataka state highway improvement project. The project includes the rehabilitation and upgrade of about 615km of...
Turkey to Upgrade Electronic Toll Collection System
Turkey's national roads agency's prime toll collection contractor VENDEKA Bilgi Teknolojileri has awarded a contract to Federal Signal Technologies (FSTech) to upgrade Turkey's in-lane...
Manhattan Unveils New Traffic Management System
The city of Manhattan in New York, US, has unveiled a new traffic management system that offers real-time traffic information in a bid to ease traffic congestion and improve flow. The...
Indonesia Unveils New Road Safety Plan
The Indonesian Government has unveiled a new plan to improve road infrastructure and cut the number of road deaths in the country by 50% by 2020 and by 80% by 2035. The programme is split into...
North Carolina Proposes Revised Monroe Connector-Bypass Plan
The North Carolina Turnpike Authority in the US has revised its financing plan for the Monroe Connector-Bypass project in Charlotte. The revised plan would bring the total estimated cost of...
Vietnam Needs Funds for Bridges Upgrade
Vietnam requires more than $189m for the repair and upgrade of 402 ageing bridges throughout the country, in a bid to improve traffic safety, according to a survey by the Directorate for...
The Philippines Allocates Funds for Expressway Project
The Central Luzon Regional Development Council (RDC) in the Philippines has allocated PHP29bn ($678m) for the Central Luzon Link Expressway (CCLEx), which will connect Tarlac City and San Jose...
Canada Set to Begin Johnson Street Bridge Project in September
The CAD$77m ($80m) construction work on the Johnson Street bridge in the city of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, is set to start in September this year. The Johnson Street bridge...
Kansas Starts Interchange Project
The US Kansas Department of Transportation has started construction work on the $101m US 69/I-435 project in the city of Overland Park. The project is a continuation of the US 69, 75th Street...
Saudi Arabia and Egypt Plan $5bn Cross-Country Bridge
Saudi Arabia and Egypt have announced that they will launch studies for the construction of a 32km $5bn bridge spanning the Gulf of Aqaba, linking the two countries. Following approval...
TomTom Rolls Out Real-Time Traffic Information Tool
TomTom has launched the traffic information tool that offers access to real-time traffic information for road networks around the world. TomTom said the Custom Area Analysis provides...
Missouri Approves Funds for Daniel Boone Bridge Project
Funds of $120m for the construction of the Daniel Boone Bridge across the Missouri River between the US counties of St Louis and St Charles have been approved by the Missouri Highways...
Google Adds Live Traffic Information for 13 European Countries
Google has added real-time road traffic conditions coverage for 13 countries in Europe in its Google Maps application. The new traffic information includes Google Maps, Google Maps for...
Sao Paulo Installs Siemens Traffic Control System
The Municipality of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has upgraded its urban traffic control system to the Siemens PC Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique (SCOOT), which will increase the efficiency of...
Credit Facility Granted for Philippines Expressway
A credit facility worth PHP11.5bn ($267m) has been obtained by a consortium led by San Miguel and the Consunji Group to build the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) in the Philippines. ...
Oklahoma Approves Tulsa Road Upgrade Plan
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation in the US has approved a five-year, $705m road and bridge improvement plan for Tulsa county. The 2012-2016 plan will include more than 85,000 miles...
BAM, Morgan JV Wins M62 Upgrade Contract in UK
The bmJV comprising of BAM Nuttall and UK construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall, has secured a £136m construction contract to upgrade a 24-mile section of the M62 motorway...
Transfield Wins US and Canadian Road Maintenance Contract
Transfield Services has won two new contracts worth $183m to maintain roadways in Canada and US. The contract includes $165m worth of deals from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation in...
Jacobs to Provide Support Service to UK Highway Agency
Jacobs Engineering Group has been selected by the Highways Agency's Project Support Services Framework to provide integrated highway engineering, technology design services and traffic...
Oklahoma Improves Traffic Signals
Oklahoma City in the US is carrying out a traffic signal project to cut commuting times and help improve road safety. The US city will invest $12m to install intelligent transportation...
Consortium to Build Bulgaria’s Hemus Highway Section
Bulgarian-Croatian consortium Hemus A2 has won a contract to build a section of the Hemus Highway in Bulgaria. The consortium includes Bulgaria's Trace Group Hold and SK-13 Patstroy AD –...
India to Float Tenders for Delhi-Meerut Expressway
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will soon issue tenders to build the Delhi-Meerut expressway. The 64km-long Delhi-Meerut expressway is estimated to cost about INR45bn ($1bn)...
UK's Highways Agency and TomTom Enter into Traffic Data Deal for Commuters
The UK's Highways Agency (HA) has entered into a deal with TomTom to feed real-time traffic information from England's motorways and major A roads into the company's satnav services for road...
The Philippines to Launch New Traffic Information System
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in the Philippines is planning to launch a new traffic information system to provide real-time updates to road users in the city. The...
Michigan City Council Backs $1bn Bridge Project
Detroit City Council in Michigan, US, has approved plans for a proposed bridge to Canada that would provide freeway-to-freeway access for vehicles along the route. The council will now draft...
Canada Commences Highway 97 Realignment
The Ministry of Transportation in Lake Country, British Columbia, Canada, has commenced construction work for the Highway 97 realignment project. The scope of work includes building a new...
Amey and URS/Scott Wilson Win Wales Intelligent Transport Contract
Amey and URS/Scott Wilson have won a four-year contract to manage, maintain and improve Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) throughout Wales. The contract includes all the...
UK to Install Laser Scanners to Clear Crashes Quickly
Police in the UK will soon install new laser-scan technology at road junctions that have witnessed serious fatalities in a bid to clear the roads more quickly. The scanners will deliver a...
Delaware Awards Route 1 and I-95 Interchange Contract
The Department of Transportation of Delaware (DelDOT) in the US has awarded a contract to Cherry Hill Construction Company to develop the Route 1 and I-95 Interchange project. Under the...
Philippines Set to Complete Road Projects
The Department of Public Works and Highways of Philippines has completed 93% of the road projects under the PHP5.2bn ($119.3m) State-of-the-Nation Address in the provinces of Ifugao,...
Nebraska Allocates Funds for Road Projects
The Nebraska Department of Roads in the US has allocated $343m to carry out road projects under its 2012 state highway system programme. Federal funding will cover $222m of the total cost...
China Sees Drop in Drink Driving Cases
Fatalities due to driving under the influence of alcohol have dropped by more than 30% over the past two months in China, following amended legislation imposing harsher punishments on drunk...
Australia Allocates Funds for Majura Parkway
Australia has allocated A$144m ($155m) in federal funding for the Majura Parkway project in Canberra, which is a key link between the Federal Highway and areas to the south of the city. ...
New Zealand Finalises Rotorua Eastern Arterial Preferred Route
Rotorua District Council in New Zealand has decided its preferred route for the Rotorua Eastern Arterial project, another step in moving the project forward. The council has selected...
US Considers New Law for Pedestrian Safety Sound System
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will propose new regulations, which are intended to protect unsuspecting pedestrians and the visually-impaired from accidents...
Washington Releases Alaskan Way Viaduct Final EIS Report
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US and the city of Seattle have released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) of the State Route 99 Alaskan Way...
Tanzania Lays the Foundation on a Kidahwe-Uvinza Highway
Tanzania has laid the foundation on a 130km Kidahwe-Uvinza highway in the Kigoma region of the country. Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has funded $75m for the project, which is...
New Jersey Drivers Strongly Favour Red Light Safety Cameras
About 77% of drivers in New Jersey, US, support the use of red light safety cameras at busy intersections in the state, to monitor drivers who violate traffic rules, according to a new research...
UK Unveils Funds for Sustainable Transport Schemes
The UK Government has allocated £155m for transport schemes designed to boost economic growth and reduce carbon emissions across the country. A total of 39 projects have won funding from...
Ireland's Cork City Begins Flyovers Project
The National Roads Authority (NRA) in Ireland has started construction work for the N25 Bandon and Sarsfield Road flyovers in Cork city. The €100m project to build two flyovers on the...
California City Approves La Pata Connector Plan
The San Clemente city council has approved the environmental plan for the construction of the Avenida La Pata extension between San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano in Orange County,...
Majority of Australian Drivers Over Speed
Speeding either intentionally or unintentionally is the most common mistake made by one third of Australian drivers, according to a new research report by AustRoads. The report The Nature...
UK Highways Agency Extends Traffic Information Deal with Capita Symonds
The UK's Highways Agency has extended its highways agency traffic information system (HATRIS) contract with UK-based multidisciplinary consultancy Capita Symonds. The £668,000 extension to...
New Zealand to Open Victoria Park Tunnel Early
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) will open the Victoria Park Tunnel in central Auckland in November this year, three months ahead of schedule. The NZD$340m ($280.7m) tunnel...
Johannesburg Traffic Costs Billions
Traffic jams cost billions in the South African city of Johannesburg as well as increase stress for road users, according to a survey by TomTom Traffic. About 78% of 3.8 million drivers...
China Completes Shuiguan Expressway Expansion
China has completed the $169m Shuiguan Expressway expansion project, which involved widening the expressway from four lanes to a two-way ten-lane 20km road between Meilin and Longgang. ...
New York Awards Traffic Monitoring System Contracts to IRD
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) in the US has awarded two traffic monitoring system contracts to International Road Dynamics. The initial two-year contracts are...
More UK Drivers Adopt Eco-Friendly Driving
About 80% of UK drivers have changed their driving behaviour to save fuel and have changed to a more eco-friendly driving style, according to a recent survey. The Institute of...
US Drivers Support Red Light Cameras
Two-thirds of drivers in 14 big cities in the US support long-standing red light camera programmes, according to a survey conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. More than 9...
MNTC to Manage Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway in the Philippines
Manila North Tollways (MNTC) in the Philippines has signed a deal with Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) to manage and operate the 94km four-lane Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway...
Investors Keen on Vietnam Expressway Project
The highway project proposed to be awarded by Vietnam has attracted investors from foreign and domestic companies, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport. The projects include...
Tanzania Revises Serengeti Highway Plan
Tanzania will go ahead with a $500m controversial highway project through the Serengeti National Park, despite protests from environmental groups. Facing protests from environmental...
Ontario Highway Twinning Project Nears Completion
The Canadian province of Ontario has nearly completed the Highway 11 twinning project, with about 26km of its newly twinned northbound and southbound lanes from south of Hague to north of...
Maryland River Bridge Study Nearly Complete
The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) in the US has nearly completed the study to extend the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge in St. Mary County over the Patuxent River. The...
Fatalities on UK Roads Reach Record Low
Annual fatalities on the UK's roads have fallen below 2,000 for the first time since records began, according to statistics published by the UK Department for Transport. The figures...
China Opens World's Longest Sea Bridge
China has opened the world’s longest cross-sea bridge estimated to be worth $2.3bn, crossing the Jiaozhou Bay of Qingdao in Shandong province. The Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay bridge is 41.58km,...
Scotland Opens New M74 Motorway to Traffic
Scotland has completed the M74 motorway extension project in Glasgow and opened it for traffic, about eight months ahead of schedule. The £445m project is also £15m-£20m under budget. ...
AfDB Grants Loan for Burundi Road Project
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $67.23m loan for the second phase of the Gitega-Nyangungu-Ngozi road project in Burundi, Africa. The loan proceeds will be used to fund...
Norway Awards Road Contract
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has awarded a NOK574m ($105.9m) contract to AF Gruppen (AFG) for the upgrade and development of the road Rv. 70 Oppdølstranda in Sunndal...
Japan to Deliver Road Maintenance System to Vietnam
Japan has signed a contract with Vietnam to deliver a modern information system to help the country manage its 16,758km national road network. The technical cooperation project will...
Queensland Allocates Funds For Distaster Damaged North Roads
Queensland state in Australia has allocated A$460m ($482m) to repair the disaster-damaged roads in Far North Queensland under its Operation Queenslander programme. The funds will be used...
Missouri Council Approves Highway Extension Funding
The East-West Gateway Council of Governments Board in St. Louis, Missouri, US has approved a $100m plan to complete the Highway 364 (the Page Avenue) extension project in St. Charles...
Report Calls for Improvement in Road Signage in Europe
European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) and European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) has called for improvement in road signage to take advantage of new vehicle technology, which...
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Canadian Road Courtesy on Decline: Survey
The vast majority of drivers – about 94% – in the province of British Columbia, Canada, report experiencing at least some type of discourteous behaviour from other drivers, according to a...
Oman’s Dhofar Road Project to Finish Next Year
The Hasik-Al Shuwaimiyah road in the Governorate of Dhofar, Oman, is expected to be completed at the end of next year, the country's government has revealed. The OMR81.4m ($211m) project...
Ethiopia to Award Road Contracts
The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) has unveiled plans to award five road contracts worth around ETB1.9bn ($111m) before the end of July 2011, to connect economic hubs with existing road networks....
Wisconsin to Upgrade Two Highways
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation in the US will proceed with two highway projects worth about $390m following approval from the state legislature. The projects involved – US...
Sri Lanka Inaugurates Ratnapura Road Project
Sri Lanka has inaugurated a development project to upgrade the Ratnapura road in the province of Sabaragamuwa. The project includes development of around 275km of provincial roads and will...
UK Increases Speed Camera Data Transparency
In a bid to improve speed camera data transparency, the UK has unveiled plans to publish information gathered by speed cameras through local authorities and the police for the first time. ...
Victoria Opens Western Highway Section Early
The A$200m ($208.8m) Western Highway Anthony's Cutting Realignment project in Victoria, Australia, has been completed nine months ahead of schedule and has been opened for traffic. This...
EIB Approves Loan for Polish Motorway Extension
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved an €800m ($1.14bn) loan for the extensions of Poland’s motorways along priority transport corridors. The loan will be used for...
Bangladesh Unveils Funds for Road Projects
The Bangladesh Government has unveiled plans to carry out 22 connectivity projects worth a total of $6.45bn to upgrade the country's land transport infrastructure and increase sub-regional trade. ...
Irish County Signs Tralee Bypass Deal
Kerry County Council in Ireland has signed a contract with Bam Civil Engineering to implement the Tralee bypass project. The €60m ($84.8m) project includes construction work for 13.5km...
Romanian Firm Develops Intelligent Traffic Light System
A Romania-based company has invented an intelligent traffic light synchronisation system that helps streamline urban traffic and reduce congestion at key road intersections. The new...
Negligent Driving Results in Fatalities on Canadian Roads, Data Reveals
Sleeping, carelessness, negligence, speeding and handling cargo the wrong way are some of the key factors behind the thousands of fatalities on Canada's roads in the past 20 years, according to...
Abu Dhabi's Salam Street Expressway to Open Next Month
The fourth and final phase of the Al Salam Street expressway in Abu Dhbai, UAE will be completed and will open for traffic next month. The AED5bn ($1.36bn) project, which began in October...
California Unveils Funds for Road Projects
The California Transportation Commission in the US has allocated $825m in new funding to 92 highway, transit, and rail projects that will upgrade the state's transportation system. The...
Romanian City to Roll Out Networked Street Lighting
The City of Brasov in Romania will deploy Echelon energy control technology for 18,000 streetlights over the next three years, which will help transform its street lighting network into...
EBRD Plans to Fund Bosnia Highway Project
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering extending $100m to Bosnia-Herzegovina for highway construction in the northern part of the country. The loan will...
California Breaks Ground on I-5 Interchange Project
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in the US has broken ground on the Carmenita / I-5 interchange improvement project. Construction work on the interchange is scheduled...
Malaysia to Open LATAR Expressway Project
Malaysia will open the LATAR Expressway (Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor Expressway) later this month, built at a cost of RM958m ($314m), and expects to see average traffic of around 60,000...
Dubai Sees Fall in Pedestrian Fatalities
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai has revealed that pedestrian fatalities on the emirate's roads have declined by 35% to 11 deaths during the first three months of 2011,...
Ohio Awards Design Contract for Cleveland Bridge
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in the US has awarded a contract to Michael Baker Corporation subsidiary Michael Baker Jr. to design the new Eastbound Interstate 90 Cleveland...
Brazil to Float Highway Project Tenders in 2012
Brazil's transport infrastructure department DNIT has unveiled plans to float a $437m tender by the first quarter of 2012 for highways improvement in the northern states of Amazonas...
Washington Opens Westbound Nalley Valley Viaduct
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has opened the new Westbound Nalley Valley Viaduct. Guy F. Atkinson Construction delivered the $120m project, which...
Connecticut City Commences Interchange Project
The Connecticut Department of Transportation in the US has commenced the $357m reconstruction of the I-95/I-91/Route 34 Interchange in New Haven. The project, known as the I-95 New Haven...
Consortium Finalised for Puerto Rico Toll Road Concession
The Puerto Rican Government has selected the consortium led by Abertis and investment fund Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners II as the preferred bidder to manage the PR-22 and PR-5 toll roads....
Austrian Motorways to Feature New Toll Sticker Monitoring System
Strabag subsidiary and toll technology company Efkon has supplied Austrian motorway operator Asfinag Maut Service with toll sticker monitoring systems. The mobile systems for the...
Dubai to Open Al Houdh Flyover in September
The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has revealed that the flyover passing over Al Houdh roundabout will be opened in September 2011 and will be completed by the second quarter of 2013. ...
TagMaster Installs Automatic Vehicle Identification System in Italy
TagMaster has installed automatic vehicle identification for traffic control on the island of Capri in Italy to help facilitate a more efficient traffic flow. The system uses long-range...
Mexican State to Invest $1.68bn in Highways Improvement
The Mexican state of Tamaulipas has unveiled a plan to invest $1.68bn to improve its highway infrastructure. Funds earmarked for this year include Mex$106m ($8.9m) for maintenance of the...
OHL to Invest in Brazil Highway Projects
Brazilian highway concessionaire OHL Brasil is planning to invest BRL1.07bn ($664m) in its highway concessions by the end of 2011. The Brazilian company plans to invest BRL930m ($582.3m)...
TomTom Upgrades Traffic Information Technology Version
TomTom has launched its new HD Traffic version 5.0 service, which communicates real-time traffic information to the company's LIVE devices. The company notes that the devices have been...
Support High but Trust Low for Speed Cameras in UK
About 50% of UK motorists believe that speed cameras on roads are primarily meant to raise money and only 29% said that they are used only at sites with a record of crashes and injuries,...
Citilog Installs Automatic Incident Detection System in Rio De Janeiro Tunnel
France-based Citilog has installed MediaTunnel, a video-based Automatic Incident Detection (AID) system, in the Rebouças tunnel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in partnership with its...
MIT Developing Intelligent Transportation System Algorithm
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US has revealed that it is working on a new intelligent transportation system (ITS), which takes into account models of human...
Inthinc and Mobileye Partner to Develop Collision Prevention Technology
US-based Inthinc Technology Solutions has partnered with Netherlands firm Mobileye to deliver collision prevention and mitigation technology, which can provide additional safety measures for...
Sterling Named Preferred Bidder for North Texas Parkway Project
Sterling Construction Company has been named as the preferred bidder for a six-mile section of the SH 121 / Southwest Parkway project for the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) in the...
ADB Grants Loan to Upgrade Indian State Highways
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $300m loan to the state of Madhya Pradesh in India to upgrade 1,000km of highways in the eastern and west central parts of the state. ADB...
Azerbaijan to Implement Intelligent Traffic System in Baku
Azerbaijan is planning to implement an intelligent traffic management system in the capital Baku at a cost of $100m by the end of this year. The project involves the installation of 150...
MindTree Unveils Automatic Traffic Pattern Classification Software
MindTree has launched its automatic traffic counting and classification (ATCC) system to conduct round-the-clock traffic pattern studies for single, intermediate, two, four and six-lane...
Scotland to Open M74 Extension in Two Weeks
Scotland has finished the construction of the M74 completion scheme eight months ahead of schedule and will open to traffic in two weeks. The £445m project is also £15m-£20m under...
Queensland Allocates Funds for Highway Expansion
The Government of Queensland in Australia has announced plans to invest A$96m ($102.7m) to expand the Warrego Highway. The project involves the extension of a 6km section of the highway...
Romania Awards Road Project
Romania has awarded a €428m 22-month contract to Strabag and Astaldi to carry out construction on parts of the Orastie to Sibiu highway. Austria-based Strabag's share in the contract...
China TransInfo Secures Transportation Command Control System Deal
China TransInfo Technology has secured a contract to design and build the first phase of its integrated transportation command and control centre system in Shenzhen, China. The company said...
Kansas to Complete Highway Extension by End of 2012
The Kansas Department of Transportation in the US will complete the construction of a new section of US Highway 59 freeway, from the southern edge of Lawrence south to the Douglas County line,...
Costain Wins Welsh Road Upgrade Contract
UK-based construction company Costain has secured a £150m contract from the Welsh Government to construct the A465 Heads of the Valleys road in South Wales. Costain, in partnership with...
India Plans Four-Lane Highway in Jammu and Kashmir
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planning to invest INR100bn ($2.1bn) to build a four-lane highway in Jammu and Kashmir. The project will include several tunnels such as...
Scotland Awards Contract for Intelligent Transport System
Transport Scotland has awarded a £12.9m contract for the Forth Replacement Crossing’s intelligent transport system (ITS) along the M90 in Fife. Under the deal, Northern Ireland-based firm...
Rhode Island Begins Bridge Replacement Work
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) in the US has commenced the George Street Bridge replacement project over I-95 in Pawtucket. The project forms part of the Pawtucket...
Lend Lease Wins Queensland Highway Upgrade Deal
Lend Lease has secured a A$106m ($112.7m) contract to upgrade Section B of the Bruce Highway between Cooroy and Curra in the Australian state of Queensland. The contract, to be delivered...
ADB to Fund Kyrgyzstan-China Highway Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend a $55m loan to finance improvements to a key highway, connecting the Kyrgyz Republic with China. The 60km highway linking the Kyrgyz capital...
Hungary to Deploy eCall Intelligent Transport System
Hungary is set to deploy the eCall intelligent transport system after signing a memorandum of understanding on 6 June. In the event of a serious accident, an eCall-equipped...
Texas Authority to Begin Expressway Project
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority in the US will begin work on the 6.2-mile Manor Expressway from US 183 to east of Parmer Lane, following the approval of $376m in bond sales to...
Pioneer Upgrades Traffic Services Platform with INRIX
Traffic information provider INRIX has signed a deal with Pioneer Corporation to provide both real-time and predictive traffic data solutions to power its new web-based services platform...
TomTom Unveils New Traffic Solution
TomTom has introduced its Custom Area Analysis traffic application, which enables governments and enterprises to save valuable resources and more efficiently manage their local road...
Ontario Allocates Funds for Highway Expansion
The province of Ontario in Canada has allocated more than $200m to widen Highway 417 from Nicholas Street to Ottawa Road 174. The project adds an additional lane in each direction from...
California Agency to Hurry Route 67 Widening
San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) in California, US, has proposed a plan to commence the Route 67 widening project sooner than expected in its Draft 2050 Regional Transportation...
Washington Unveils Final EIS for SR 520 Project
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the SR 520 bridge replacement project, after 14 years of...
Chile to Award La Serena-Vallenar Highway Contract
Chile's public works ministry (MOP) is planning to award a $267m contract to a Azvi-Copasa consortium by the end of July for a section of highway Ruta 5, linking northern region IV capital...
Iteris Launches Traffic Incident Detection and Data Collection Solution
Iteris has unveiled its next-generation traffic incident detection and data collection solution, Abacus 2.0, to help traffic managers to leverage current surveillance cameras and turn them...
Romania Awards Highway Contracts
Romania has awarded a €427m ($624m) contract to a group of construction companies including Strabag, Straco Grup – Studio Corona and Astaldi – Astalrom to design and build three segments...
Navteq Unveils Traffic Services Tool
Navteq has introduced its navigation and location-based real-time traffic services in the TPEG standard format. TPEG is a family of protocols that reduces costs of delivering traffic and...
Bangladesh Secures ADB Loan for Padma Bridge Project
Bangladesh has signed a $615m loan with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to build the country's largest bridge across the river Padma. Bangladesh has already signed a loan agreement with three...
Ethiopian Toll Project to Finish Ahead of Schedule
The six-lane Addis Abeba–Adama (Nazareth) toll road project in Ethiopia is expected to be completed six months ahead of its scheduled opening date of 20 April 2014. The $612m project,...
South Carolina Commences Backgate Interchange Project
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) in the US has begun construction work on the first phase of the Myrtle Beach Backgate interchange project. The work includes...
UK Study Shows Men Are More Prone to Crashes
Male motorists are twice as likely to be involved in crashes than women because of bad driving habits such as driving too fast and drink-driving, according to a new research. The...
Canadian Province Allocates Funds for Road Improvement
The Government of Nova Scotia in Canada has earmarked CAD$265m ($270m) for road improvement under a five-year road improvement plan. The investment will focus on paving, bridge repairs...
Rhythm Engineering to Launch Traffic Congestion System
Adaptive traffic control systems developer, Rhythm Engineering, is planning to launch its CentralSync software companion to its InSync traffic congestion system. CentralSync empowers...
Downer Secures Third Western Australian Service Contract
Downer EDI, in a joint venture with Mouchel, has secured a contract to provide an integrated service arrangement (ISA) for Main Roads Western Australia. The ISA is for the delivery...
Dutch Consortium Develops Technology to Combat Traffic Congestion
A consortium including information technology majors IBM and Siemens has developed a technology that will help reduce traffic congestion in the Netherlands within the next four years. ...
Japanese Loan to Upgrade Philippine Roads
Philippines central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, has approved a $500m loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to fund road projects in the country. The proposed...
UK Awards National Traffic Information Service Contract
The UK's Highways Agency has awarded a new seven-year £57m contract to Network Information Services (NIS) to provide real-time traffic information for drivers using motorways and other major...
India to Invest $12bn on Highways This Year
India is planning to award INR550bn ($12bn) of highway construction projects this year in a bid to improve its infrastructure in the country. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)...
Washington to Replace Viaduct Section Six Months Early
The first section of the seismically-vulnerable Alaskan Way Viaduct in Washington, US, will be demolished this October, six months ahead of schedule. The Alaskan Way Viaduct plays a major...
ADB, Australia Grant Loan For Vietnamese Bridge Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $26m loan financed by the Government of Australia to support the Central Mekong delta region connectivity project in Vietnam. The project...
Aecom Wins Road Safety Contract in Qatar
The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) of Qatar has awarded a QR23.9m ($6.5m) contract to Aecom International to carry out road safety works over the next five years. The contract...
South Carolina to Commence Interchange Project
Construction on the $105m Back Gate Interchange project in Myrtle Beach in the US state of South Carolina at US 17 and Farrow Parkway is set to commence next week. The South Carolina...
Intergraph Deploys Incident Mapping System in Arkansas
The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) in the US has deployed Intergraph's mapping and pattern analysis system, I/Incident Analyst, to improve the safety of its roadways. ...
Nebraska Interstate Widening Work Progresses
The Nebraska Department of Roads in the US has nearly completed the Interstate 80 widening project, and has released funds between the last section of the project between Lincoln's 56th Street...
Texas to Commence North Tarrant Express Work
Construction is set to commence on the second project for the North Tarrant Express in Texas, US. The $2bn North Tarrant Express project, which runs along the 13-mile east-west corridor on...
Zambia Commences Mbala-Nakonde Road Upgrade
Zambia has started the preliminary works on the tarring of the Mbala-Nakonde Road. The project, delivered by the country's Road Development Agency and carried out by Chinese contractors,...
Libelium Introduces New Smart Parking Sensor Platform
Spanish wireless sensor networks provider Libelium has launched its Waspmote-based smart parking platform, which enables cities to make efficient use of their parking resources. The new...
World Bank Funds Indian Highway Project
The World Bank has approved a $350m loan to India for the Second Karnataka state highway improvement project (KSHIP II). The Government of Karnataka has identified about 25,000km of the...
Sydney to Install Energy-Efficient Street Lights
The Sydney City Council in Australia plans to replace 9,000 street lights and expects to save about 40% in energy costs with the latest lighting technology. Sydney currently spends about $50m...
Spain Unveils New Road Traffic Characterisation System
Two Spanish universities, in a joint collaboration, have developed a system for road traffic characterisation based on ultrasonic sensors, which provides the number, type and speed of vehicles on...
Most US Drivers Don't Qualify for Driving Licences, Report Reveals
About 85% of US drivers don't know what to do when approaching a steady yellow traffic light, and around 18% of current drivers would not pass a driving test, according to a new insurance survey. ...
World Bank Funds Indonesian Road Projects
The World Bank will provide a $250m loan to Indonesia to improve road projects in the country. The Indonesian government will provide a further $100m in counter-funding to the project,...
Saudi Arabia Allocates Funds for Road Projects
The transport ministry of Saudi Arabia has signed SR2.38bn ($634m) worth of contracts with national companies to carry out road projects across the country. Saudi Arabia will build 1,865km...
EIB Funds Ukraine Road Projects
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide €450m to Ukraine to rehabilitate and improve the quality of roads in the country. The EIB loan will improve 350km of five sections...
Gambia Carries Out Road Projects with EU Funds
The European Union has provided €76m in funds to Gambia to carry out road reconstruction projects in the country. The EU is currently reconstructing 250km of trunk roads in Gambia,...
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Washington Commences Highway Widening Work
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has awarded a $73m construction contract to Scarsella Brothers for the widening of four miles of SR 522 between the...
FDA Funds Nigerian Road Projects
The French Development Agency (FDA) has extended a $100m grant to Lagos, Nigeria, for rehabilitation of the Ikorodu-Mile 12 road. The grant will be used to expand the Ikorodu-Mile 12 road...
Scotland to Open M74 Motorway in June
The Transport Ministry of Scotland has completed the M74 motorway project eight months ahead of schedule and is planning to open next month. The project, carried out at a cost of £657m,...
DIV Installs 300 Bluetooth Sensors in the Netherlands
Netherland-based VerkeersInformatieDienst (VID), a leading provider of national traffic information in the Netherlands, has installed 300 Bluetooth detection points in its sensor network...
Australia to Repair Mackay's Flood-Affected Roads
The Federal Government of Australia and the State of Queensland are to invest A$300m ($319m) in repairing flood-affected roads in the Mackay region under Operation Queenslander. The...
New Zealand Receives Approval for Waterview Connection
The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has received approval from the Board of Inquiry to construct the Waterview Connection in Auckland, New Zealand, the first roading project to be considered using...
Morgan Stanley, Isolux Corsan to Build Indian Highways
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, a $4bn infrastructure fund, has formed a $400m joint venture with Spain-based Isolux Corsan to invest in road projects in India. The Morgan Stanley...
Trinidad and Tobago Awards Transportation System Contract
Canada-based IBI Group has secured a contract from the National Infrastructural Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago to implement the first phase of a national transport management...
Florida to Commence Interstate 75 Widening
The Florida Department of Transportation in the US is set to begin construction work on a $155m project to widen Interstate 75 in southern Pasco and northern Hillsborough counties. Work...
IDB to Fund Padma Bridge Project in Bangladesh
The Islamic Development Bank has approved a $140m loan to Bangladesh for the construction of the $3bn Padma Bridge project, which will become the longest bridge in the country. The...
Road Safety Measures Cut UK Fatality Rate
Safety measures adopted on 15 roads across the UK have reduced the number of fatalities and serious injuries this year by 62% to 190 from 494, saving an estimated 300 lives, according to a...
Australia Allocates Funds For Smart Road Projects
The Federal Government of Australia has allocated A$61m (US$71m) to state governments over the next three years to fund smart road infrastructure aimed at cutting travel time and greenhouse...
Australia to Cut Road Casualties by 30%
Australia has unveiled a National Road Safety Strategy to reduce the road toll by at least 30% by 2020. According to reports, road accidents currently kill 1,400 people and seriously...
TrafficCast Unveils Advanced Traffic Monitoring Technology
TrafficCast International has unveiled Mini-BlueTOAD, an advanced traffic monitoring technology in a small form. The system discretely measures travel times, road speeds and route behaviors...
Philippines to Issue Bids for Expressway Project
The Philippine Government is expected to issue bids for the construction of the PHP10.6bn ($244m) Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Expressway Phase II this year under a...
PTV Optimises Russian Motorway Traffic
Germany-based mobility solutions provider PTV will use its traffic software to help officials optimise traffic flow on the 115km St. Petersburg's ring motorway in Russia. As part of...
TransCore Delivers Intelligent Transportation System for Nevada
TransCore has secured three separate contracts to deliver intelligent transportation system (ITS) design, construction and integration services for the Nevada Department of Transportation in...
Singapore Installs EMAS Signboards to Provide On Route Traffic Updates
Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has installed 26 new electronic signboards to provide updates on traffic conditions along two key road corridors. The system comprises of live...
Western Australia Earmarks $1.2bn for Road Projects
Western Australia has outlined an investment of A$1.2bn ($1.27bn) between 2011 and 2012 to improve the state's roads. Road projects to be funded include A$1m to begin planning, and for...
India Approves Funds for North-Eastern Road Projects
The Indian Government has approved an Asian Development Bank (ABD)-assisted proposal to spend INR13.54bn ($301.5m) on road projects in the north-eastern part of the country. The...
Bangladesh Padma Bridge Project Moves Forward
Japan has allocated a $415m loan to Bangladesh for the construction of the $3bn Padma bridge project, which will become the biggest bridge in the country. The Bangladesh Government said...
UK Toll Road to Trial Contactless Payments Technology
The M6 toll road in the UK has revealed that it will trial contactless technology on one of the road's toll booth lanes later this year in a bid to reduce queuing time at the toll plazas. It...
UK Unveils Plan to Tackle Huge Road Closure Drain
The Department for Transport (DfT) has unveiled a strategy to tackle the £1bn cost to the UK economy caused every year by motorway closures and congestion. The department also announced the...
Queensland Completes Gold Coast Highway Upgrade
The state of Queensland in Australia has completed the third and final stage of the $127m Gold Coast Highway upgrade. The $19.5m third stage involves upgrade between Broad Street and...
Rhythm Engineering Installs Traffic Adaptive System in US
Rhythm Engineering has installed its adaptive traffic control system, InSync, in about 400 traffic intersections across 13 US cities, which will adapt to traffic demand. InSync's...
Netherlands to Install Traffic Data Management System
Dutch National Data Warehouse for Traffic Information (NDW) in the Netherlands has approved a plan to use SWARCO iTravel traffic data acquisition system for traffic data acquisition. NDW is...
Queensland to Repair Flood-Affected Warrego Highway
Queensland, Australia, is planning to invest more than $82.46m to fix the flood-damaged Warrego highway. The repair work will be done in 26 sections at the 90km stretch of the highway...
Accenture Delivers Portuguese Tolling Modernisation Programme
Accenture has implemented a commercial back-office system for the Portuguese toll road operator Ascendi and has entered into a five-year deal to maintain its tolling system. Under the...
Georgia Unveils Highway Project Plan
The US state of Georgia has unveiled plans for a highway project, the Jimmy DeLoach Parkway Connector, to improve access to the port of Savannah. The highway project is estimated to cost...
Oregon to Open River Bridge Section in October
The Oregon Department of Transportation in the US will open the first section of the new Willamette River Bridge on Interstate 5 by the end of August this year, ahead of the October...
Vietnam Starts Construction on Southern Coastal Corridor Project
Vietnam has started construction on the Minh Luong-Thu Bay road and the Rach Gia bypass in Chau Thanh district in the southern province of Kien Giang. Both the projects will form part of...
Fix Existing New Jersey Roads, Recommends Watchdog
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) in the US is spending on too many new road projects that it cannot afford, leaving less funding for smart transportation projects such as...
Texas Begins Work on $2bn Freeway Extension
Construction work has commenced on the $2bn LBJ Freeway extension project in Texas, US. The project involves completely rebuilding the section of I-635, also known as the LBJ Freeway,...
Latvia Awards Speed Enforcement System Contract
German-based Vitronic and its subsidiary Vitronic Baltica, together with the Latvian company SIA Komerccentrs DATI Grupa, have won a contract for the installation of 130 speed enforcement...
Dubai RTA Unveils Funding for Road Projects
The Dubai Road Transport Authority (RTA) has unveiled a plan to invest AED20bn ($5.45bn) in road projects over the coming four years. The transport authority has already invested...
China to Fund Road Project in Zambia
A state-owned Chinese bank will provide $180m to Zambia to upgrade a road that will help the country boost trade with Africa's Great Lakes countries. The loan from the Chinese bank will be...
New Tom Tom Traffic Solution Set for US Market
Dutch navigation equipment maker TomTom is planning to roll out a live traffic information service for users of its high-end personal navigation devices in the US. The new traffic products...
Balfour Beatty Wins UK Highway Maintenance Contract
Balfour Beatty has won a £200m contract from Warwickshire and Coventry county councils in the UK for highway maintenance. The highways term maintenance contract involves full maintenance of...
Massachusetts Unveils 2011 Road and Bridge Projects
The US state of Massachusetts has revealed $931m in road and bridge projects to be carried out across the state this year. The construction programme for this year includes about 450...
US City Amends Intelligent Transportation Systems Deal
Edmond city council in Oklahoma, US, has amended a contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates for the first phase of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in the region. The...
US County Newton Seeks Funds for Road Projects
Newton County in Georgia, US, has submitted $260m in road projects to the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission, but must wait for official approval. The 18 projects include a $64m for...
DBSA to Fund Zimbabwe Highway Project
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) will provide a $206m loan to Zimbabwe for the rehabilitation and upgrade of the 800km Plumtree-Mutare highway, running along Bulawayo, Gweru,...
Pennsylvania to Receive Intelligent Transportation System
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has announced plans to install a new intelligent transportation system (ITS) in the US state, to offer smoother travel. The $7.3m...
Brazil Grants Funds for Ghana Road Project
Brazil has approved another $250m to Ghana to undertake a series of road constructions for the Eastern Corridor road project in the country. The Eastern Corridor road project will run...
Contractors to Bid for Batinah Expressway Project
Around 14 local and international contractors have joined the race to bid for the Batinah expressway project in Oman. The 265km-long dual three-lane expressway will extend the 53km-long...
UK Initiates Technology Project to Minimise Road-Work Disruptions
The Department for Transport (DfT) in the UK has announced a joint £1m development fund, which will be used to research and develop new technologies to reduce the disruption caused by road works. ...
Iowa Submits $2.3bn Draft Roads Plan
The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) in the US has submitted a $2.3bn plan to the Iowa Transportation Commission for state highway construction projects during the 2012-2016 period. ...
MNTC to Raise Funds for Philippines Expressway Project
Manila North Tollways Corporation (MNTC) is looking to raise PHP6.5bn ($151m) in debt or equity funding to finance the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) project in Manila, Philippines. The...
Georgia to Invite Bids for Roads Project Next Month
Georgia's Department of Transportation in the US is considering seeking bids next month for a $1bn road project on Interstate highways 75 and 575 in the region. The project will be carried...
US Drivers Want Additional Road Safety Laws, Survey Shows
About 62% of Americans support more laws to prevent people from doing dangerous things while driving and want more action by the government to improve highway safety, according to a new survey...
Third Thai-Laos Friendship Bridge to Open in November
Authorities have confirmed that construction of the third Thai-Laos friendship bridge connecting Nakhon Phanom and Tha Khaek in Khammuan province, Laos, is 90% complete and is expected to open...
Australia Allocates $6bn for Road Project
The Australian Government has earmarked AUS$6bn for various road, rail and public transport infrastructure projects in the country. The federal government will provide $585m to carry out...
Indian State Deploys New Traffic Management System
The Indian city of Kolkat has introduced an advanced traffic management system, known as area traffic control (ATC), to improve traffic in the city. The ATC is governed by a giant processor...
Washington Extends Deadline for Opening SR 520 Floating Bridge
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has extended the deadline to open the new State Route 520 floating bridge for traffic to 31 July 2015, from December...
Dubai Sees Fall in Traffic Fatalities
Fatalities on Dubai's roads have dropped by 54% to 152 in 2010, compared with the peak levels reached in 2007, according to new figures by the emirate's traffic police. The region...
UK Part Funds Sri Lankan Bridge Projects
The UK has granted a loan of LKR6.2bn ($56m) from the Export Credits Guaranteed Department (ECGD) to part-fund the building of 210 permanent steel bridges in Sri Lanka. The 210 steel...
NSW Starts Work on Holbrook Bypass
Preliminary work has commenced on the A$247m ($265m) Holbrook bypass project in New South Wales, Australia, which will upgrade the last remaining section of the Hume Highway. The initial...
Illinois Interstate Upgrade Works Underway
The Illinois Department of Transportation has started work on the $76.1m Interstate 55 three-phased upgrade project in Madison county, Illinois, US. The $42.3m first phase, scheduled...
NAVTEQ Launches New Traffic Information System in Russia
NAVTEQ, a provider of maps, traffic and location data, has launched its NAVTEQ Traffic in Russia, offering real-time traffic information in the three cities of Moscow, St Petersburg...
Ohio Introduces Online Traffic Data System
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in Michigan, US, has launched a website with real-time traffic flow updates for several major metro areas across the state. The dedicated...
Indonesia Finalises Chinese Contractors for Toll Road Project
The Ministry of Public Works in Indonesia has revealed that three Chinese companies have passed the pre-qualification stage for the Medan-Kualanamu toll road project in Sumatra. The...
Eximbank Grants Loan for Vietnamese Bridge Project
South Korea's Eximbank has approved a $200m loan for the construction of Vam Cong bridge in Vietnam, which will link the Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang and Dong Thap. The $200m...
Phillipines to Open Expressway Section by 2012
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) expects to complete the first phase of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) project at Rosario in Batangas province, Phillipines, by August 2012. ...
Slovakia Issues Tender for East-West Highway Project
Slovakia has issued a tender for a proposed $303m highway project. The successful contractor will build a 11km section of Slovakia's main east-west highway. Potential bidders can...
World Bank Funds Road Project in Papua New Guinea
The World Bank Board has approved a $43m loan for the Papua New Guinea road maintenance and rehabilitation project II (RMRP II). The new five-year project will support the...
Texas to Award First Contract for Road Programme
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US will award a contract to Williams Brothers Construction Company for the US 290 programme's first construction project located at the...
Costa Rica Allocates Funds for Road Works
Costa Rica has unveiled plans to spend $503m for its national transport plan for 2033 to rehabilitate various roads in the region. The project includes expanding the Cañas-Liberia...
Abu Dhabi Deploys Mobile Security Cameras
Abu Dhabi has deployed 40 additional mobile speed cameras in a bid to increase road safety and curb reckless driving in the emirate, which has one of the highest traffic accident rates. The...
Tennessee Delays Highway Extension Project
The Tennessee Department of Transportation in the US has delayed the Mack Hatcher Memorial Parkway extension project in Williamson County in Franklin city. The department's latest...
Telstra and Mercurien Develop Cloud-Based Traffic Management System
Australia-based transaction software company Mercurien and tele-communications company Telstra have partnered to jointly investigate and develop a local cloud-based traffic management...
Abu Dhabi Commences Road Tunnelling Project
Al Naboodah Contracting Company has commenced construction work on a tunnel and road project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The total cost of the project is an estimated AED700m ($190.6m) and the...
Dubai Pilots Traffic Technology Scheme
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has piloted a traffic technology project that will link about 300 junctions to a central light traffic control system. The system...
World Bank Funds Sri Lankan Road Project
The World Bank has extended $100m in additional financing to the Government of Sri Lanka to carry out road projects in the country. The project will improve connectivity to the northern...
Ohio Commences Bridge Work
The Ohio Department of Transportation in the US has commenced construction work on the I-90 Innerbelt bridge project, which will cross the Cuyahoga river in the downtown section of the...
New Safety Technologies Actively Prevent Crashes in Australia
New technologies that actively prevent crashes each year will help improve road safety in Australia, according to a new report. The University of Adelaide's Centre for Automotive...
Washington Starts SR 520 Casting Basin Excavation
Kiewit-General has commenced excavation work for a casting basin facility at the project site in Aberdeen to replace the ageing State Route 520 floating bridge between Seattle and Redmond...
Albania Begins Work on Tirana-Elbasan Highway
The Albanian Government has commenced work on the $400m Tirana-Elbasan highway project, which includes building a four-lane highway between Tirana and Elbasan. The new road will be 31km...
Ghana Starts Buipe-Tamale Highway Project
Ghana has commenced work on the reconstruction of the 103.39km Buipe-Tamale highway project. The construction work includes resurfacing and tarring the ageing Buipe-Tamale road, as well...
Washington Trials New Electronic Toll System
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), US, has started testing an all-electronic SR 520 toll system. The system will be trialled over the next six weeks until mid-June...
Texas Approves Funds for Motorway Work
The Texas Department of Transportation, US, has approved $350m for Segment E of the Grand Parkway in West Harris County. Segment E is a proposed 15.2 mile, four-lane, controlled access...
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Brazil to Issue Highway Tender Next Year
Brazil's transport infrastructure department (DNIT) is planning to issue a $167m tender in the second half of next year for the BR-230 highway improvement project in João Pessoa, in the...
Texas Awards Traffic Counting Services Contract
The Traffic Group has secured a contract to handle traffic counting services for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US. The $8.5m statewide project will use...
Philippines Partners with NetLogix, Skymaster to Improve Traffic
Netlogix has teamed with the Philippine local systems integrator partner, Skymaster Wireless, to develop a technology that will help improve traffic in the country. ACS and XEROX are...
Malaysian State Allocates Funds for Road Works
The state of Sarwark in Malaysia has allocated MYR2bn ($669m) under the National Key Result Area (NKRA) for the construction of 500km of new roads in the state by the end of 2012. The...
Columbia River Crossing Project Moves Forward
The Columbia River Crossing bridge project can now move forward after the US states of Washington and Oregon finalised the 'deck truss' design for the proposed river crossing, which will...
ADB Provides Uzbekistan Highway Project Loan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan worth $240m towards a $600m national highway project in Uzbekistan. The loan has been issued under a multi-tranche funding programme of...
US Teens Claim their Parents are Risky Drivers
Around 80% US teens report that their parents are riskier drivers than they claim, and have seen them engage in risky actions behind the wheel, according to a new national survey commissioned...
Florida to Commence Expressway Widening Project by August
The Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority in Florida, US, is set to commence the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway project from August this year. The project will widen the...
World Bank to Fund Kenyan Road Project
The World Bank will provide a $300m loan to Kenya for the reconstruction of its western transport corridor, which involves the upgrade of 221km of roads. The funds will be used towards...
Russian Firm Wins Intelligent Transport System Deal
AFK Sistema's subsidiary Sitronics has won a contract to develop and upgrade Moscow's intelligent transportation system (ITS) in a bid to reduce traffic problems in the region. The...
Australia Starts Work on Western Section of Hunter Expressway
Australia has started work on the western section of the Hunter Expressway project in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, which will shorten the distance between Newcastle and the surrounding...
Malta to Start Work on Trans European Road Network
Transport Malta will start work on four Trans European Road Networks, known as the Ten-T road projects, as part of a wider trans-European transport network. The projects, which will...
South Africa Invests in Road Maintenance
The South African Department of Transport has launched a ZAR22bn ($3.2bn) S'hamba Sonke-Moving Together programme for road construction, maintenance and repairing potholes across the country,...
Albania to Use EBRD and EIB Loans to Fund Bypass Project
The Government of Albania will use €60m ($85.9m) of loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund Fier bypass...
Sri Lanka’s Katunayake Expressway Project to Finish This Year
The Sri Lankan Government has revealed that the LKR32.1bn ($290.5m) Katunayake expressway project between Colombo and Katunayake (International Airport) will be ready for traffic by November...
Men Twice as Likely to Get Distracted While Driving
Men are twice likely to be distracted while driving when compared to women drivers, according to a survey by the UK's Santander car insurance firm. According to the survey, 11% of men are said...
UK Motorists Fail to Understand Most Road Signs
About one fifth of motorists in the UK are unable to comprehend the meaning of basic road signs, according to a study by the UK's car insurance retailer firm, Swinton Insurance. The study...
Salam Tunnel in UAE to Open in June
The UAE's AED5bn ($1.3bn) Salam tunnel project, which is presently under construction in the capital of Abu Dhabi, will be partially opened to traffic in June. The 3km tunnel stretches from...
IRB Secures Indian Highway Project
Indian construction firm IRB Infrastructure Developers has won a INR 36bn ($813m) road project to create six lanes on the Ahmedabad to Vadodara segment of National Highway-8 in Gujarat. ...
Vietnam Allocates Funds for Road Safety Improvements
The Transport Development and Strategy Institute of Vietnam (TDSIV) has earmarked VND34tn ($1.6bn) for 45 priority programmes, which involves infrastructure and technology upgrades to improve...
Nordecon and Ramboll Win Estonia Highway Project
Baltic-based construction firm Nordecon International and Denmark's Ramboll have won a contract with Estonia’s state road administration to build a stretch of highway from Tallinn to Tartu. ...
IBM to Develop California’s Intelligent Transport System
A collaboration between IBM, the California Department of Transportation and the California Center for Innovative Transportation in California in the University of California, US, have...
China Plans New Road through Central Asia to Europe
China has unveiled a plan to construct a 'new silk road', which will pass through Central Asia to Europe at a cost of CNY 4.3bn ($660m). The 213km expressway, stretching from Kashgar...
Pakistani Army Starts Work on Pak-Afghan Road Link
The Pakistani Army has launched a road project that will serve as a central trade link between the country's tribal areas and Afghanistan. The 80km road, costing PKR 4bn ($48m), will...
Impregilo Wins Road Project in Romania
Italian firm Impregilo has won a €144m ($208.7m) contract from National Company for Roads and Motorways of Romania to build a portion of the Orastie-Sibiu motorway. Work...
Loan Approved for George Bush Turnpike Extension
The Texas Transportation Commission has approved an agreement with the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) and the US Department of Transportation (US DOT) to move forward State Highway...
UK Approves Funds for London Street Lighting
The UK Department of Transport has approved £151m ($246.7m) for street lighting improvement and maintenance works in the regions of Croydon and Lewisham in London, UK. Work involves...
Honduras to Invest in Road Projects
The Ministry of Transport Public Works and Housing in Honduras has unveiled plans to invest between $300m and $400m for highway projects across the region. The department has planned to...
ATX Voice Texting Reduces Drivers’ Distraction, Says VTTI Survey
A study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) in the US has revealed that interactive voice applications used for text messaging when driving decreases distraction levels...
Romania Awards Pan European Corridor Project Contract
The Romania's Highways Company, CNADNR, has awarded €1bn ($1.4bn) in contracts to construct four highway segments of the IV Pan European Corridor. CNADNR has awarded contracts...
Consortium Secures Highway Upgrade Work in Germany
A consortium comprising of HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions and the STRABAG's subsidiary HERMANN KIRCHNER Projektgesellschaft has won a €410m ($594m) contract to upgrade and maintain a 58km stretch...
Construction to Begin on Fayetteville Outer Loop Project
The North Carolina Department of Transportation in the US has revealed that construction on three segments of Interstate 295 Street is scheduled to begin this week. The $55.2m road...
Pakistan Road Project Moves Forward
Road projects across the Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa regions of Pakistan will move forward after the government made an offer of PKR1bn ($12m) to the National Highway Authority to carry...
Majority of People Dissatisfied with Road Conditions, Says UK Survey
A survey by Institution of Civil Engineers in UK has revealed that almost less than a third of people in the UK are satisfied with the condition of the roads in the country. The study,...
Consortium Wins Road Project in Panama
A consortium of Mexican construction firm ICA and MECO Constructora of Costa Rica have signed a $238m contract with Ministry of Public Works of Panama for the reconstruction and expansion of...
South Luzon Tollways to Start Philippines Toll Road Project
Philippines' South Luzon Tollways (SLTC) is planning to build a highway from Metro Manila to Quezon province and other regions over five years after receiving approval from the country's...
Jamaica Starts Construction on Toll Motorway
Jamaica has begun construction on a 10km extension to the country's only toll motorway project worth $285m, stretching between Sandy Bay and Four Paths. The four-lane motorway extension...
Austria Records Lowest Ever Road Accidents
The number of road traffic accidents in Austria, which includes the number of accidents, injuries and deaths, has dropped to its lowest level in 2010 since the beginning of standardised...
Bangladesh to Issue Final Tender for Padma Bridge Project
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority is planning to award the final tender for the $2.93bn Padma Bridge project this month to one of five companies participating in the bidding process from India,...
South Korean Firm Keen to Participate in Indonesian Bridge Project
A construction company of South Korea, GS Engineering and Construction, has expressed interest in building the $17.5bn Sunda Strait bridge project in Indonesia. The 31km bridge will cover...
Illinois to Begin Road and Bridge Projects
The Illinois Department of Transportation in the US has unveiled a $11.5bn multi-year construction programme to improve roadways across the state. The investment programme, spanning from...
Telensa to Improve Street Lighting in the UK
UK-based lighting technology firm, Telensa, has secured a £2.5m five-year contract from the Suffolk County Council in the UK to monitor the region's street lighting system using Telensa’s...
Q-Free to Supply Congestion Charging Equipment to Sweden
Road User Charging and Traffic Surveillance provider Q-Free has won a contract for delivery of congestion charging infrastructure in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. The 143 MNOK...
Consortium Wins Salamanca-León Highway Project in Mexico
The Mexico transport and communications ministry has awarded a MXN 4.7bn ($397m) contract to a consortium comprising of Coconal, Operadora de Autopistas and México Constructora Industrial...
India to Build New Delhi Expressways
The Indian Government has unveiled plans to construct two new expressways, connecting Jaipur and Chandigarh to the capital New Delhi, which are likely to cost INR127.5bn ($2.8bn). The...
Dominican Republic to Construct Santo Domingo Highway
The Norte Sul Consortium, a joint venture of Odebrecht Latin America & Angola and Estrella, has signed a $255m contract with the Dominican Republic Ministry of Public Works and Communications...
Minnesota Unveils Road Improvement Programme
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has unveiled a $900m transportation construction programme for 2011 that will enhance safety and mobility, expand capacity and preserve...
OKP Holdings Secures Singapore Road Contract
Singapore has awarded a contract to Or Kim Peow Contractors, a subsidiary of OKP Holdings, to carry out road works at the interchange at Tampines Expressway, Sengkang West Road and...
Vietnam Highway Project Approved
Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the VND 28tn ($1.3bn) central Da Nang-Quang Ngai highway project proposed by the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The highway project is...
Peru Completes Red Vial Highway Project
The Peruvian Government has officially opened the Mocupe-Cayalti-Oyotun stretch, which is part of the 10,000km Red Vial highway across the state. The 47km stretch will reduce traffic...
Northern Kentucky to Start Work on Road Upgrades
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has announced plans for several road projects worth $120m, with construction work scheduled to begin in the coming weeks. The projects include upgrade work...
China TransInfo and Nissan to Develop Traffic Information System
China TransInfo Technology's subsidiary Beijing Zhangcheng Science and Technology (Palmcity) has signed a 340.9m yen ($4.1m) development agreement with Nissan Motor to implement a new...
New Network to Drive Electric Vehicle Market in Europe
Coulomb Technologies have announced the expansion of their ChargePoint Network designed to bridge the gap between transportation and energy management in Europe. The electric vehicle...
California City Plans Interchange Project
Officials from the city of Temecula in California, US, have announced plans to build a $200m interchange to prevent gridlock on I-15, running north-south of Temecula's western edge. The...
Ohio Doubles Funds for Road Projects
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has announced plans to double its spending on road projects this year. About 50 projects worth $461.2m are underway or will start by October 2011...
Peab Secures Swedish Road Extension Contract
Construction and civil engineering company Peab has won a SEK1.1bn ($173m) contract by the Swedish Transport Authority for the expansion of the E4 South Myre-Skönsmons road project...
Malaysia Approves West Coast Expressway
The Public Private Partnership Unit (PPU) of the Prime Minister's Department has approved the $1.52bn West Coast Expressway project between Taiping and Banting, Malaysia. The project is...
Illinois to Start Work on Road and Bridge Rehabilitation
The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the US is set to start work on the $65m Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) Roadway and Bridge Rehabilitation Project, involving the repair...
Israel to Widen Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Highway
A ministerial committee has approved a NIS2.5bn ($721.5m) project to widen the highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Irael, from two to three lanes in both directions. The segment...
US Reports Record Low in Traffic Fatalities in 2010
Traffic fatalities in the US dropped by 25% between 2005-2010, the lowest since 1949, a report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has revealed. The study showed...
INRIX Partners with Viasuisse in Switzerland
Traffic information and driver services provider INRIX has teamed up with Viasuisse in Switzerland to integrate the company's real-time traffic incident data into INRIX's traffic products as...
Ghana Begins Work on Road Rehabilitation Project
Ghana has started the construction of the $63m Tarkwa-Bogoso-Ayamfuri road in the western region of the country. The 94.4km road, which is the first phase of a 146.6km road project, upgrades...
Bangladesh to Build its First Elevated Expressway
Work has begun on a Tk87bn (US$1.25bn) elevated expressway in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with an Italian-Thai development company as the main contractor. The 26km road project...
Ramky to Raise Funds for Indian Highway Project
Indian firm Ramky Infrastructure has announced it will raise INR14.4bn ($322m) for the Srinagar-Banihal Highway project in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The debt has been raised with the ICICI...
Saudi Arabia to Invest in Road Upgrades
The Jeddah municipality in Saudi Arabia has allocated SR5bn ($1.3bn) for improvements in the traffic and transport system across the city. The projects include the construction of bridges...
Indian City to Improve Road Infrastructure
The city authorities of Noida in India have allocated INR20bn ($442m) in funding for road projects as part of their 2011-2012 budget. The money will be spent on the construction of elevated...
Five in Bid for Duqm Port Road Project in Oman
Five well-know local and international firms are bidding for a key contract for the development of landside infrastructure within the Duqm port complex in Oman. The five bidders for...
Canada to Invest in Provincial Highway Projects
The Alberta Government of Canada has announced plans to invest $1.7bn in provincial highway projects across the southern part of the country, under a three-year construction programme. The...
India to Award 100 Highway Projects in 2012
The Indian Government has announced plans to put 100 highway projects up for bidding in the next fiscal year, which will stretch over 11,000km and require an investment of INR1tr ($22.3bn). ...
TRL Launches Updated Urban Traffic System
Research, consultancy and testing group TRL has launched an updated version of the SCOOT Urban Traffic Control system, Scoot MMX. The SCOOT technology is currently operating in more than...
New Zealand Motorway Project to Complete Ahead of Schedule
The NZ Transport Agency has announced that the NZ$220m ($166m) Hobsonville motorway project will open in September, six months ahead of the scheduled date. The project includes the...
Fletcher Construction Wins NZ Road Project
Fletcher Construction has secured a $150m contract to design and build the Ngaruawahia section of the Waikato Expressway between Hamilton and Auckland, New Zealand. The 12km section of...
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India to Build Roads Along Chinese and Pakistani Borders
India has announced plans to invest Rs500bn ($11bn) in the construction of 558 roads, stretching 27,986km along the Chinese and Pakistani borders. The project will be completed in two phases...
Mott MacDonald to Improve UK Traffic System
Mott MacDonald has been commissioned by Kent Highway Services (KHS) to provide an urban traffic management and control (UTMC) historical data analysis system for the UK county. The...
European Commission Aims to Increase Mobility by 2050
The European Commission has adopted the Transport 2050 plan, a comprehensive strategy for an improved transport system to increase mobility and reduce carbon emissions by 2050. The programme...
Clayton County Approves Road Project Package
Clayton County in Georgia, US, has approved various road and transit projects worth $1.1bn for consideration for a list compiled for a ten-county referendum in 2012. The projects include...
Abu Dhabi to Open Salam Tunnel
South Korean company Samsung Construction is set to complete the AED5bn ($1.36bn) Salam Tunnel project in Abu Dhabi, UAE, by July this year. The four-phase project stretches from the...
India to Launch Highway Project
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to begin work on Rs90bn ($2bn) of road projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan in the next three to four months. The projects include a...
Japan Donates to Afghanistan Infrastructure Reconstruction Fund
Japan has become the first country to donate to the new Asian Development Bank-administered (ADB) fund, which will help reconstruct roads and other major infrastructure projects in...
Nigeria Approves Road Contracts
The Ondo State Government in Nigeria has approved the award of eight contracts worth N9bn ($56.8m) for the reconstruction, rehabilitation and dualisation of roads. The contracts involve...
World Bank to Fund Indian Highway Project
The World Bank has approved a $350m loan to India to carry out core road network development in the state of Karnataka as part of the Second Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project (KSHIP II)....
Japan to Fund Sri Lankan Road Projects
The Japan International Cooperation Agency has offered a JPY33bn ($408m) loan to help Sri Lanka finance road development works, under its annual Yen Loan Package. Despite being battered by...
New Jersey Unveils Transport Capex Plan
The US state of New Jersey has unveiled a $3.5bn capital expenditure plan for highway and mass transit improvements in 2011-2012, as part of a five-year transportation capital plan. The...
Dubai Upgrades Traffic Control System
Dubai City in the UAE has upgraded its urban traffic control (UTC) system to improve the efficiency of its road network. The contract was awarded by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to...
Aktor Secures $83m Albanian Tunnel Contract
Aktor has won a €59m ($83.4m) contract to build Albania's Tirana-Elbasan highway tunnel, outbidding seven other companies. The 4.2km tunnel is part of a 31km highway project...
Canada to Invest in Arctic Motorway Project
The Canadian Government has earmarked $150m for the construction of an Arctic motorway in Canada's North West Territories. The grant will be used to build a 140km, year-round road...
Ness Wins Israeli Toll Roads Contract Extension
Information technology services provider Ness Technologies has won a $5m toll roads maintenance and development contract extension from Derech Eretz Highways Management and HaCarmel Lanes...
UK Opens New Motorway Scheme
The UK has opened a new Managed Motorway scheme in West Midlands, England, which is expected to reduce traffic congestion and enhance road safety on the M6. The M6 J8 to J10a scheme...
Ghana Commences Work on Awoshie-Pokuase Road Project
Ghana has started work on the $141.8m Awoshie-Pokuase road and community development project in Ablekuma in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The project includes the construction of a...
FHWA Begins Bridge Oversight Initiative
The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has launched a new initiative to monitor how states are performing in bridge inspections and maintenance. Under the new initiative, the FHWA...
UK Doubles Funds for Pothole Repairs in 2011 Budget
The UK Government has announced £100m of additional funding in the 2011 budget to the local highway authorities. The funding is an addition to the £100m announced in February 2011 for...
Washington County to Start Work on Highway Projects
Work on one of the most dangerous interchanges in Washington County, US, the south junction of Interstate 70 and 79, is set to begin later this year. The Pennsylvania Department of...
Turkey to Expand Highway Network
Turkey has announced plans to carry out a series of projects to interconnect the highways across the country, increasing its network to 7,516km by 2023. The country will invest more than...
Dutch Motorway Project Moves Forward
The Netherlands has announced plans to start work on a €4.4bn road project to improve the motorway connections between Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport and Almere. The project will...
JICA to Fund Philippines Road Projects
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide a $500m loan to fund road projects in the Philippines. The loan will fund the country's Road Upgrading and Preservation...
New Zealand to Restart Long-Stalled Road Project
The New Zealand Transport Agency has resumed its plans to spend $2.4bn to upgrade the State Highway 1 from Wellington Airport to Levin in New Zealand. The work includes the construction of...
FCBC Secures Forth Replacement Crossing Contract
The Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (FCBC) consortium has been named as the preferred bidder by the Scottish Government to build the bridge and connecting roads of the Forth Replacement...
Brazil Unveils Transport Investment Plan
Brazil's transport infrastructure department (DNIT) has announced plans to invest BRL15.6bn ($9.34bn) in transportation infrastructure projects in 2011. The budget will be used for...
Uzbekistan to Award Road Reconstruction Contract
The Government of Uzbekistan has announced a tender for the reconstruction of the Tashkent-Andijan (A-373) road. The project includes the reconstruction of the A373 Tashkent road section...
Odebrecht Wins Panama Road Contract
The Brazilian construction company Odebrecht has secured a $776.9m contract for the third construction phase of the Cinta Costera beltway in Panama, Central America. The third phase will...
Poland to Introduce New Speed Control System on Highways
Gdansk Transport Company of Poland has revealed plans to introduce a new speed control system on several sections of the country's highway before the end of the month. Current radar speed...
ADB to Fund Indian Road Projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Indian Government have signed an agreement for the second tranche of a $250m loan to fund road projects in the country. The loan is part of...
Illinois County to Invest in Road Projects
Will County in Illinois, US, has approved $60m for various summer road projects such as intersection improvements, widening, maintenance overlays. and bridge repairs and replacement. ...
Siemens Starts Traffic Signal Works on UK Olympic Routes
Siemens has commenced work on the installation of its new traffic signalling equipment in Weymouth, UK, ahead of the 2012 Olympics sailing events. The signal controllers and traffic...
Vietnamese City to Introduce New Traffic Control Centre
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport is planning to invest €131m ($182.4m) to set up a traffic control centre in the Vietnamese region. The project involves the installation...
Traficon to Install Intelligent Traffic Control in Indian Cities
Belgium-based Traficon has secured a contract to deliver over 700 vehicle presence detectors for intelligent traffic control in Mumbai and Chennai of India. About 700 detectors,...
Washington Starts Work on State Route Upgrade
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has commenced construction on the $306m State Route 520 Eastside Transit and HOV Project in the US. The project includes...
Georgia Commences Construction on Ajara Bypass Road
China-based contractor Sinohidro has started work at Ajara bypass road in Georgia, along with the construction of a segment of the Kobuleti bypass. The 12.4km-bypass will stretch from...
UK to Open Weymouth to Dorchester Relief Road
The Weymouth to Dorchester relief road in the UK is set to open to traffic after numerous delays. The £89m road has been built to ease the traffic during the Olympic 2012 sailing events,...
Work Begins on E-ZPass Interchange in US
Allan A Myers will start work on the $48m Route 29 E-ZPass Only Interchange project this month in Charlestown, East Whiteland and Tredyffrin Townships in Chester County, Pennsylvania, US. ...
US Completes Highway 118 Widening
The second phase of the $65m highway 118 widening project has been completed in Simi Valley, California, US. The project included the widening of the highway from Tapo Canyon Road to the...
DownerMouchel Launches Road Management System in Western Australia
DownerMouchel, a joint venture between Australia-based contractor Downer and consulting and business services group Mouchel, has started work on the implementation of the new integrated...
UAE Starts Up Second Phase of Emirates Road Expansion Project
The UAE will shortly announce the winning bidders for the Dh500m ($136m) construction contracts of the second phase of the Emirates Road expansion from Ajman to Dubai. The project includes...
Iran Launches Persian Gulf Bridge Project
Iran has started construction on the €650m ($908.5m) Persian Gulf Bridge project to connect Qeshm Island off the southern coast to the port of Bohal in Iran's Southern Hormozgan province...
Mota Engil Wins Road Construction Project in Mozambique
Mota-Engil SGPS has secured a €69m ($96.4m) contract for the construction of a 250km road in central Mozambique. The project will link the central port of Quelimane in Mozambique...
Worn Out Road Markings on UK Roads Pose Safety Risk
A report by the Road Safety Marking Association (RSMA) in the UK has revealed that a large proportion of white lines on some of the country's most dangerous roads are in a bad state, posing...
India to Introduce New Bidding Norm for Highway Projects
India plans to launch a new bidding norm for highway projects to replace the existing annuity model in the Engineering, Procurement and Contract (EPC) model. The Planning Commission has...
OHL and Globalvia JV to Bid for Canadian Highway Project
Obrascon Huarte Lain (OHL) and Fomento de Construcciones & Contratas' (FCC) Globalvia infrastructure unit have partnered to bid for a contract to extend and manage part of the 407 highway...
Jordan Starts Road Expansion Project at Jordan Airport
Work has started on a $113m road expansion project at Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) in Amman, Jordan, according to the Jordan Ministry of Public Works and Housing. The...
Dubai Commissions New Roads for Residential Areas
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai, UAE, has approved the construction of local road projects in three residential districts, including Al Khawaneej 1, Al Barsha 1, 2 and 3, and...
Hong Kong to Introduce New Traffic and Incident Management System
Hong Kong will allocate $12.8m for the installation of a new traffic and incident management system (TIMS) to allow the dissemination of real-time traffic and transport information in the...
IRD Wins Indian Road Contracts
International Road Dynamics (IRD) of Saskatoon, Canada, has secured two contracts for road projects in India. The first contract includes the supply of a toll collection system for the...
ADB to Finance Indian Road Projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend a $300m loan for road improvements in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The loan will fund the Madhya Pradesh State Roads Project III, which...
Iran Allocates Funds for Armenia Highway Project
The Iranian Government has designated $60m for a highway project between Iran and Armenia. The project includes the expansion of Armenia's existing roads from the border with Iran to the...
LED Roadway Lighting to Upgrade Street Lights in Canada
LED Roadway Lighting has won a contract to test 200 LED street lights equipped with automatic global positioning system (GPS) switches, in Canada. The $500,000 contract has been awarded by...
Siemens Wins UK Traffic Upgrade Contract
Siemens has received a contract for the upgrade of the network communications on strategic routes across from Coventry city council in the West Midlands, UK. The company will install...
UK Motorists Feel Endangered on Streets
Over 69% of UK motorists fear being killed while driving a car, according to a survey by road safety charity Brake and the Direct Line insurance company. The study, conducted with 800...
UK Motorists Spend 43% of City Rush Hours at Standstill
The average inner city commuter in the UK spends 43% of their trip at a complete standstill during a one-hour journey at peak hours twice during their daily commute, according to a study...
Manhattan Construction Wins Bridge Contract in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Transport Commission has awarded a $78m contract to Manhattan Construction to build a multi-modal, double-decker bridge crossing the Arkansas River on I-244 in Oklahoma, US. ...
US State Georgia to Upgrade Interstate Highways
CW Matthews Contracting Company has won a $22.8m contract to undertake various upgrade works across the Interstate Highways in Georgia, US. The 6ml project includes the resurfacing of the...
Jacobs Awarded Interchange Improvement Contract in Ireland
US-based Jacobs Engineering Group has won a two-year contract to undertake engineering and environmental consultant work for the N8/N25 Dunkettle Interchange Improvement scheme in Cork, Ireland. ...
Kiewit-Massman Announced as Preferred Bidder for US Road Project
The Kiewit-Massman joint venture has been named as the preferred bidder for the construction of a new South Park Bridge in King county, Washington, US. The Kiewit-Massman bid amounts to $96m...
UAE Reports Decrease in Road Fatalities
Fatalities from road accidents in UAE reduced by 14.5 % to 826 in 2010, compared to 966 in 2009, according to new data from the traffic coordination department at the interior...
Scotland to Issue Tenders for Motorway Interchange
The Scottish Transport Ministry is set to issue tenders for the construction of a multi-million motorway interchange for Larbert in Scotland, UK, in June this year. The M876...
US to Install Smart Traffic Technology in New Jersey
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has provided a $10m grant to fund the installation of a new traffic signalling technology in northern New Jersey. The sensor-based...
US State Virginia to Revive Stalled Road Projects
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) plans to revive several delayed road projects in the state of Virginia, US. The step comes after a multi-year transportation plan to...
Israel Approves Speed Cameras
The Ministry of Public Security has obtained approval from Israel National Roads Company to install high-speed cameras along the country's roads. The first high-speed cameras will be...
Philippine Road Project to Be Completed in 2012
The proposed 57.79km Kapalong-Talaingod-Bukidnon road project in the Philippines is expected to be completed in 2012. Part of the project is the construction of six bridges, including a...
Philippine Expressway Contracts Up for Bidding
The Philippine Government has opened the bidding process for three expressway contracts, which will be built under the public-private partnership (PPP) initiative. The three projects...
North Carolina to Start Work on Road Projects Ahead of Schedule
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will begin the work on several Greensboro Urban Loop projects in North Carolina, US, sooner than scheduled. The availability of funds...
Telvent Wins Tunnel Management Contract in Brazil
Telvent has been selected by Brazilian toll road operator CCR Rodoanel to implement its SmartMobility Tunnel application on the western section of the Rodoanel Mario Covas beltway in Sao...
US Reports Decline in Fatal Intersection Crashes
Fatalities at intersections with traffic lights have dropped by 17% from 2005 to 2009 in the US, according to a National Safety Council report. The report further reveals that fatal crashes...
Beijing to Use Mobile Phone Data to Control Traffic Flows
The Chinese Government has approved Beijing's plan to monitor the movement of 17 million mobile phone subscribers using geolocation to control traffic flows in the capital. The scheme...
Abigroup Secures Holbrook Bypass Project in Australia
Abigroup has won a $247m contract to build the 9.5km Holbrook Bypass, the final stage of the Hume Highway upgrade in Australia. The work includes a four-lane divided highway between Sydney...
Econolite to Distribute Traffic Monitoring System in Canada
Econolite is set to distribute TrafficCast International's traffic monitoring technology, BlueTOAD in Canada, enabling technical support and localised service. The company's...
ITIS Introduces Precision Traffic Technology in Germany
ITIS has teamed up with Telefonica O2 Germany to generate speed and flow information across all German roads using anonymised signalling data from more than 17 million mobile devices. ...
Leighton Opus JV Wins Road Contract in Australia
The Leighton Opus joint venture has received a five-year contract to upgrade and maintain the road network across the Wheatbelt region in Western Australia. The A$191m ($194m) contract to...
US Drivers Browse Web While Driving
About 19% of drivers in the US admitted browsing the internet on cell phones at least once a week while driving, according to an online survey by insurance company State Farm. The survey...
US Highway Travel Reaches Record High Since 2007
US drivers drove 20.5 billion more miles in 2010 than 2009, according to recent data from the US Department of Transportation. The data reveals that US highway travel increased by 0.6%, or...
Cisco Wins Road Upgrade Contract in the US
Cisco Construction has won a $48m contract for the upgrade of a road in the Toledo district of Belize. The 23-mile road from Big Falls Village (Dump) to the Belize / Guatemala Border...
Majority of UK Motorists Admit to Speeding
Experienced drivers and car owners admitted to speeding on UK roads, according to a driving attitudes survey conducted by UK website Top CashBack. Over 2,000 members completed the...
Bidding Process Begins for UK Mersey Bridge Contract
About 130 contractors have submitted bids for a contract to construct and operate the proposed Mersey Gateway in Cheshire, UK. The £430m ($702m) project involves building a new six-lane...
India Approves Expressway Project
India has granted approval for work on the proposed Chennai Port-Maduravoyal expressway, worth INR15bn ($332.5m), in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The amount of INR3.45bn ($76m) will...
Booz Allen Hamilton Wins US Intelligent Transportation Systems Contract
Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a $113m contract to help the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in the US enhance its intelligent transportation systems by installing a multi-modal...
UK Considers Changes to Speed Limits
Motorway speed limits in the UK could be raised to 80mph and limits on city and town roads may be reduced. The government is considering this step under a road safety review, in a bid to...
Rise in UK Traffic Lights Slows Traffic, Report Reveals
British motorists are spending more time at traffic lights, as their number increased by 30% to 25,000 traffic lights between 2000 and 2008, according to a report by the RAC Foundation, a...
Ghana Secures Funds for Road Upgrades
Ghana has secured $1.8bn in funding from China for the implementation of various road upgrade projects in the country. The project will cover the eastern corridor,...
UK Safety Camera Enforcement Leads to Drop in Road Accidents
Safer Road Humber reported a 29% drop in injury rates and a 48% drop in child casualties in seven years, after the implementation of speed cameras in North East Lincolnshire, UK. The report...
Work Begins on Second Tube Tunnel in Istanbul
Work has started on the 14.5km second tube tunnel project under the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey. The project will be constructed 1.8km south of the Marmaray while a 5.5km section of...
Dubai Reports Decline in Traffic Fatalities
Road fatalities in Dubai dropped by about 32% to 153 cases last year, from 225 in 2009, according to the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). The reduction in numbers has been attributed...
Aecon Wins Overhead Animal Crossing Passage Contract in Canada
Aecon Construction and Materials has been awarded a $58.3m contract for the construction of the first four-lane overhead eco-passage in Ontario, Canada. The project has been initiated by...
US State Virginia Awards Contracts for Highway Works
Kanawha Stone Company has won a $23.3m deal for the Route 460 - Grundy Phase III widening project, which will include the construction of a bridge over Watkins Branch. W-L Construction &...
Philippines to Complete Open Major Road Projects in 2011
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Philippines has revealed that the PHP5.2bn ($119m) road projects in the Cordillera are 93% complete and will be open for traffic this...
US State of Texas Receives Approval for Parkway Project
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the US will soon award contracts to build a section of the 180-mile Grand Parkway, known as State Highway 99, following the receipt of an...
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US City to Implement Smart Traffic Management System
The city of Calgary in California, US, has unveiled plans to install a new traffic management system, which will improve traffic flow citywide. The system will network all 170 traffic...
US State Michigan Awards Road Contracts in 2011
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) plans to award $274m in road contracts in 2011 to improve the road infrastructure in Detroit, US. Contracts will be awarded to improve 82ml...
CTMC Wins Expressway Contract in Texas
Joint venture firm Central Texas Mobility Constructors (CTMC) has been selected to design and build a 6.2ml section of the Manor Expressway north east of Austin in Texas, US. The $207m...
RCC Begins Road Upgrade Work in Nigeria
Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) has started work on the first phase of the Benin-Abraka road reconstruction project in Nigeria. The NGN9.75bn ($63.6m) project involves the...
UK Allocates Additional Funds for Pothole Repair
Local councils in the UK will receive £100m ($162m) to repair potholes caused by the freezing weather at the end of last year, as part of a road upgrade programme. The funds will be...
UK Kent County Road Fatalities Reach Record Low
Fatal and serious casualties on Kent's roads in the UK fell to an all-time low of 553 in 2010, down by half compared with the 1,196 casualties recorded ten years ago. The provisional...
First Section of Montgomery Road Link Opens in US
The first section of the $2.56bn Maryland Intercounty Connector (ICC) in Montgomery County in the US state of Maryland has been opened. The first section lies between the link I-370 at...
ACS Introduces Electronic Toll System in California
Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) will establish a new electronic toll system in Los Angeles county in the US state of California, which will allow single passenger vehicles to shift into the...
JV Wins Contract for Highway Upgrade in Australia
The Highway Works Albem joint venture has won a A$42m ($42.1m) contract for the duplication of a 7.2km section of Dampier Highway in the state of Western Australia. The project includes...
Taiwan Allocates Funds for Highway Extension Work
Taiwan has revealed plans to allocate $647m to widen key sections of the South Link Highway, which connects Taitung county and Greater Kaohsiung. Work to improve the Suhua Highway already...
Siemens Extends UK Traffic Control Systems Deal
Siemens Traffic Controls has received a five-year contract from three local boroughs in the UK, to supply traffic signal controllers, control equipment, traffic information systems and...
SKL Consortium Appointed Preferred Bidder for UK Street Light Project
A consortium formed by Skanska and John Laing (SKL) has been announced as preferred bidder to deliver the Croydon & Lewisham Street Lighting project in London, UK. SKL will design,...
Macquarie and Carlyle to Acquire Redflex
Alternative asset management company The Carlyle Group and diversified financial services group Macquarie Group, have entered into an agreement to buy traffic safety company Redflex Holdings...
Pennsylvania Reports an Increase in Road Fatalities
Deaths in crashes on highways of the US-state Pennsylvania have increased to 1,324 in 2010, a rise of 68 from the record low numbers in 2009, according to new figures by the PA Department...
UK County Installs Wireless Street Lighting System
Surrey county in the UK has started the installation of the wireless street lighting system LeafNut across its 89,000 street lights. The five-year project will help the county council to...
New Zealand Earthquake Damages Road System
A massive earthquake has hit the city of Christchurch in New Zealand, damaging several sidewalks and main roads including liquefaction and surface flooding. The US Geological Survey notes...
Condition of UK's Road Network Declines
Around 6% of the road network in the UK is in poor condition, with A roads in better condition than B roads and C roads, according to new figures from the Department for Transport (DfT). ...
Kuwait to Invest in Road Development Project
The Ministry of Public Works (MPW) in Kuwait plans to invest KWD264.76m ($947m) in the Jahra Road Development Project. Work on the motorway construction project has already been underway...
Bulgaria to Issue E-Tickets to Traffic Violators
The Bulgarian traffic police plans to implement an e-ticket system to catch road traffic violators beginning on 21 February 2011, following recent amendments in the Road Traffic Act. ...
Wales Traffic Fatalities at Lowest Since 1968
The number of fatalities on roads in Wales, UK, fell by 29% in 2010, with 89 deaths, the lowest since 1968, according to a new report published by the Welsh Assembly Government. The...
US Study to Measure Affect of Anklet Laws on Drunk Driver Reform
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched a nationwide road-safety study to determine whether special anklets worn by convicted drink drivers can prevent...
Most Australian Commuters Suffer from Travel Stress, Study Reveals
Most Australian drivers experience travel stress, which could be reduced by greater use of technology in managing work and traffic, according to IBM's Australian Commuter Pain study conducted...
Miami Airport Road Widening to Finish in 2013
A design-build project for the widening of the key roadway connecting Miami International Airport, Florida, US, with surrounding expressways will be accomplished by 2013. The $72m...
Abigroup to Build 3.2km Bridge in Australia
Australian national contractor Abigroup has won the contract to design and build a 3.2km bridge in the state of New South Wales, as part of a 664km Pacific Highway upgrade. The new bridge...
ALK Introduces New GPS Navigation Platform
ALK Technologies has launched CoPilot Live 9, the company's next generation global positioning system (GPS) navigation platform for smartphones and tablet devices at the Mobile World Congress...
US State Introduces New Good To Go! Passes for Tolling
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has announced that new Good To Go! passes for the upcoming State Route 520 tolls are now available. The passes can be purchased...
Scotland Road Repairs Backlog Reaches $3.6bn
Only 63% of Scotland's roads were in an acceptable condition last year as the cost of the maintenance backlog for repairs has increased to £2.25bn ($3.6bn), £1bn ($1.6bn) more than in...
IMS to Launch Telematics Systems with Integrated Road Traffic Technology
Mobile in-car systems developer Intelligent Mechatronic Systems (IMS) has unveiled plans to integrate Intellione's wireless road traffic conditions technology into its telematics and...
Lithuania Allocates Funds for Road Works
Lithuania has allocated LTL416.4m ($162.6m) for the development of roads of national significance. The major part of the EU funds will be used for the construction of Vilnius outer...
Survey Reveals Support for Australian M4 Motorway Extension
Nearly three quarters of the residents along the M4 and Parramatta road corridor support the extension of the M4 motorway in Central Sydney in the Australian state of New South Wales, according...
Astaldi JV Secures Oman Road Dualisation Contract
A joint venture of Italy's Astaldi and Turkish engineering firm Ozkar Insaat, has won a OMR125.2m ($325.2m) contract to dualise the first phase of a dual carriageway between Bidbid and Sur, Oman. ...
New Mobile Phone App Alerts Road Users
ASP Technology has introduced the anti-sleep pilot application for road users at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, for the iPhone and iPad, to prevent fatigue-related...
Walsh Construction to Begin US Highway Extension Work
Walsh Construction Company will rebuild and widen the southernmost six-mile stretch of Pennsylvania Turnpike's North Eastern Extension (Interstate 476) in Montgomery County, US. The...
Consortium Wins Road Study Contract in Australia
A consortium of Kellogg, Brown, Root, URS Australia, and Mott MacDonald Australia, has won the contract to conduct a planning study for the upgrade of the South Road corridor in South Australia. ...
ATC Develops Dehumidification System for UK Bridge
Aecom Technology Corporation (ATC) has developed a dehumidification system to prevent corrosion on the Humber Bridge in East Yorkshire, UK. Aecom designed the dehumidification system...
Scotland Proposes Motorway Link Plan
Work on a project to connect Scotland's two motorways in North Lanarkshire will commence next year, following approval by the Scottish Government. The project involves building a new...
US State River Bridge Work to be Complete by 2011
Agate Construction Company will complete the work on the Mullica River Bridge project on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, US, by December this year, the company has announced. Work on...
Redflex Wins Radar Systems Contract in Abu Dhabi
Redflex Traffic Systems has won an interim contract to supply and install fixed speed-radar, point-to-point camera systems and a supporting back office for Abu Dhabi Police in the UAE. The...
US Begins Floating Bridge Replacement
Kiewit-General joint venture (JV) has begun the work on a design-build project to replace the ageing State Route 520 floating bridge in Washington, US. The $367.3m SR 520 bridge replacement...
Wales’s Traffic Deaths Fall to Record Low
The latest official statistics to be released by the Assembly Government reports a 26% fall in deaths in Wales last year compared with 2009, with 24 deaths in the third quarter of 2010. ...
GAN and AccuWeather Launch Weather Alert System
Global Traffic Network subsidiary Global Alert Network (GAN) has partnered with AccuWeather.com to launch a location-based weather alerting system, which can deliver hands-free alerts for...
Navteq Launches Traffic Application in UAE
Navteq has launched a new application, Navteq Traffic, in the UAE, which will provide road users with real-time traffic information through in-vehicle navigation systems, personal...
Australian State Awards Road Upgrade Work
Synergy joint venture (JV) has won a contract to upgrade the Bruce Highway between Sankeys Road and Traveston Road in the state of Queensland, Australia. Synergy JV comprises Civil...
Uzbekistan Seeks Loans for Road Upgrades
The Uzbekistan Government is working on acquiring $152m in loans from foreign financial institutions for road upgrade works, to be carried out this year. The government will sign...
Canadian Highway Work to Tender in March
The tendering process will be issued next month to build a new stretch of Highway 97 in British Columbia, Canada, following approval of its environmental impact. The 9km section highway...
Qatar Awards Expressway Contract
US-based Kellogg Brown & Root Services (KBR) won a QAR491.4m ($134m) contract to design and manage the construction of the QAR40bn ($10bn) Doha Expressway in Qatar. The 300km expressway...
Abu Dhabi Bridge Contract Delayed
The contract to build the proposed Umlifaina Bridge in Abu Dhabi, UAE, will be awarded in March this year, three months behind schedule. Abu Dhabi’s Department of Transport had extended...
Sudan Commences Tarmacking Work for Road Project
Local contractor Bright Stars has begun the tarmacking process on the 192km-long Juba-Nimule road in Southern Sudan. The $225m road project is funded by US Agency for International...
Australian Motorists Ignore Medication Warning Labels
Motorists in the Australian state of Queensland do not devote any attention to medication warning labels and are potentially driving drug-impaired, despite the threat of drowsiness and...
Australian State to Develop Smart Traffic Management System
Australian research institute NICTA and the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) are working on a joint research agreement to develop a new traffic management system to...
Competitive Bidding Saves the Philippines $13m
The Philippine Government was able to save PHP577m ($13m) in the second half of last year, with the elimination of negotiated contracts for projects under the Department of Public Works...
US State Approves Bridge Replacement Plan
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has approved plans to replace the superstructure and concrete decks on 14 overpass bridges along Interstate 93 in Medford, Middlesex County,...
Oman Seeks Consultants for Highway Upgrade Work
Oman has invited consultants to place bids for the upgrade of the Batinah Highway into a 'world-class' carriageway to enhance road safety. The consultant will undertake detailed design work...
Pakistan's Expressway Construction Cost Rises
The cost of construction of the expressway on the East Bay of Gwadar Port in Pakistan has soared from PKR3.763bn ($43m) to PKR6.274bn ($72m), an increase of 67%. According to the...
Saudi Arabia Allocates $3bn for Road Works
Saudi Arabia has allocated SAR11.3bn ($3bn) for 389 new road projects with a total length of 6,600km across the country. The country's ministry has also allotted SAR750m ($200m) for...
India's Jetpur Somnath Tollways Enters Concession Deal
India's Jetpur Somnath Tollways has signed a concession agreement to add four lanes to the Jetpur-Somnath section of the National Highway-8D in Gujarat. The 30-year concession agreement...
Trinidad and Tobago to Invest $200m in Road Upgrade
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has revealed plans to spend TTD$1.27bn ($200m) on road repairs and infrastructure construction across the country. About TTD$750m ($118m) will be...
Telmap Offers Location-Based Service for European Project
Mobile location-based services provider Telmap has introduced multi-modal routing as part of its involvement with the pan-European In-Time project. The In-Time project will pilot and validate...
Japan to Support Private Firms for Vietnamese Road Projects
The Japanese Government has unveiled plans to help private companies compete for contracts worth about JPY50bn ($613m), to build an expressway in Vietnam. The firms would receive about...
UK Approves Funds for Road Works
Nine transport schemes were approved by the Department of Transport (DfT) in the UK after a spending review identified over £45.5m ($73m) or 14% of savings on the original proposed costs. ...
Qatar Awards 13 Road Contracts
Qatar's Public Works Authority has awarded 13 contracts worth QAR3bn ($823m) for major infrastructural projects across the country. The projects involve a three-lane highway between Al...
Joint Venture Wins US State Highway Contract
A joint venture comprising Granite Construction Company and MCM Construction has secured a $72m contract from the California Department of Transportation in the US to reconstruct and widen...
US State Unveils HOV/HOT Lane Road Project
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US has revealed plans for a $1bn road project in the north of the state to ease traffic congestion along I-95 and the Capital...
World Bank Withdraws Funds for Kenyan Toll Road Project
The World Bank has withdrawn its commitment to fund a toll road project in Nairobi, Kenya, until the consortium that won the construction contract improves its compliance and training procedures. ...
Cyclone Closes Roads in Australia
The large tropical cyclone that hit Australia's north-east coast has caused damage to critical infrastructure and bridges, making conditions on roads hazardous. Yesterday, the Bureau...
Red Light Cameras Reduced Fatal Crashes in US
Road fatalities saw a 24% reduction across 14 cities in the US, which implemented the safety camera programmes from 2004-2008, according to a new study. The comprehensive national study by...
Pacific Highway Tops New South Wales Worst Roads List
Pacific Highway has been named as the worst road to travel on in the Australian state of New South Wales by about 10% of the Australian state's motorists, according to a survey. The survey...
Strabag Secures Road Deals in Romania
Austrian construction firm Strabag has won contracts worth €106m ($146.7m) to rehabilitate and upgrade national roads DN14 and DN15A in Romania. The planning and construction works...
Africa Cross-Border Link Deal to be Awarded in July
The contract for the detailed engineering design for a cross-border link between Cameroon and Nigeria will be awarded in July 2011, the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)...
Consortium Wins South African Smart Transportation System Deal
The Teti consortium, led by its South Africa-based subsidiary Tollink, has won a five-year contract to install and operate an intelligent transportation system (ITS) on freeways in South Africa. ...
UK County Extends Maintenance Contract with May Gurney
Infrastructure support services company May Gurney has been granted an 18-month extension to its contract with Norfolk County Council in the UK, worth up to £50m ($80m). The contract...
North Carolina Awards 20 Road Contracts
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded 20 contracts worth $159m for highway and bridge projects across the state, including a project in Wake County, funded through...
Australian State Reveals Traffic Cameras Overhaul
The federal government has revealed a major overhaul of its traffic-camera system to provide greater transparency, integrity and public accountability around speed and red-light cameras in...
Nigeria Awards Five Road Contracts Worth $293m
Nigeria has awarded five Delta State road contracts worth NGN44.89bn ($293m) to four construction firms. Setraco Construction Company won the first phase contract worth NGN12.87bn ($84m),...
Swaziland Seeks Loan to Fund Road Upgrades
The Swaziland Government is looking to receive an Arabian loan of SZL300m ($41m) for the upgrade of the Sicunusa-Nhlangano road. The government is currently in negotiations with the Arab...
US Approves Funds for Road and Bridge Work
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has approved more than $380m for road and bridge projects in nine counties in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, US. The funds will come from...
China to Fund Kenyan Bypass Project
The Chinese Government will offer a $210m concessionary loan, through the China Exim Bank, to Kenya for the 30km Southern Bypass road project in Nairobi. Negotiations for the loan are...
The Philippines to Commence Road Link Work in Q4
The Manila North Tollways Corporation will commence construction of a PHP8bn ($181.2m) elevated road in Manila, the Philippines, in the fourth quarter of this year. The proposed road will...
Consortia Submit Final Bids for Scotland’s Bridge Project
Two consortia have submitted their final bids to build the Forth Road Bridge connecting Edinburgh and Fife in Scotland. Forthspan and Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors are the final two...
Navigon Application Enhances Road Coverage
Onboard navigation provider NAVIGON has upgraded its Traffic Live feature for its smartphone navigation application MobileNavigator to cover 87,000 additional miles in the US. NAVIGON uses...
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Washington Expands Traffic Signal System
An expansion project is underway on a road traffic signal system in the US city of Washington. The expansion project, worth about $325,000, will have about 40 cameras linked to traffic...
Canadian 2008 Traffic Fatalities Lowest in 60 Years
There were 12% fewer deaths on Canadian roads in 2008, about 2,419 road user fatalities, down from 2,761 in the previous year, the lowest number in almost 60 years, according to figures...
Consortium Wins French Highway Deal
Atlandes consortium has won the contract involving the finance, design, development, widening, maintenance and operation of a 105km section of A63 highway between the towns of Salles...
Consortium Secures US State Interchange Contract
A consortium comprising Balfour Beatty Infrastructure and Austin Bridge and Road has won a contract for phase two of the I-85 corridor improvement project in Davidson County, in the US state...
Malaysia Sees Increased Road Fatalities
The number of fatalities due to road accidents in Malaysia increased 1.9% to 6,872 deaths in 2010 from 6,745 deaths in 2009. Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department...
Half of UK Motorists are 'Scared' to Drive on Roads
Almost 50% of all the UK motorists are scared to drive on British roads, according to a new survey. The survey was conducted by Carrentals.co.uk on almost 2,000 people to find out...
Kiewit-Ellis Don Wins Canadian Road Contracts
Kiewit-Ellis Don (KED) partnership secured a CAD$250m ($250.9m) two design/build contract for York Viva Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) rapid-way lanes in York Region, Ontario, Canada. The...
Trinidad Begins $1.1bn Highway Extension Work
Brazilian construction firm, Construtora, has begun work on the extension of the 47km Solomon Hochoy highway from the City of San Fernando to Point Fortin in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ...
Ireland's Roads Programme Receives $1.19bn
Ireland will invest €866.96m ($1.19bn) to upgrade the country's road infrastructure this year, as part of its national roads programme. Work will begin this year on Belturbet By...
CalTrans to Commence Highway Construction Next Month
CalTrans will begin construction on Interstate 680 in the US state of Northern California by next month. The agency has selected Bay Cities Paving & Grading for the reconstruction work...
Work Begins on Australian State Bypass
Construction firm Fulton Hogan has begun work on the Dingley Arterial in Melbourne, Australia. The A$74.6m bypass will provide the missing link between Westall Road and the Dandenong Bypass. ...
Consortium Wins Serbian Bridge Deal
An Italian-Spanish consortium led by the Spanish firm Azvi, has secured a contract to reconstruct the Zezelj bridge over the Danube in Novi Sad, Serbia. The other members in the...
TomTom Unveils Traffic Database for Europe and North America
TomTom has unveiled its Traffic Stats, a traffic database offering traffic information for the entire road network in Europe and North America through its online web portal. Upon submitting...
TrafficCast Introduces Intelligent Transportation Tool
TrafficCast International has released its new traffic monitoring technology tool, BlueTOAD/CONNECT, for direct installation in traffic signal cabinets. BlueTOAD (Bluetooth...
Norwegian County Awards Tunnel Contract
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has awarded a contract to Veidekke Entreprenor to build a 3.5km two-lane tunnel for classified road 13 in Rogaland county, Norway. The...
Oman Awards Interchange Contract
Oman Roads Engineering Company has secured a contract for the OMR20m ($54m) Rabat-Iteen Interchange Project in the city of Muscat, Oman. Under the deal, a grade-separated interchange will be...
Belgium to Introduce Road Tolls From 2013
Belgium will introduce road tolls nationwide for all vehicles starting from 2013, following an approval from the Wallonia Regional Government. The government has approved a deal to introduce...
Taiwan to Install Nationwide Traffic Control System
The National Freeway Bureau (NFB) in Taiwan said that a graphic display system (GDS) would be installed to help control traffic on the nation’s major freeways next month. The GDS will have...
Indian Firm to Raise $100m for Highway Projects
Infrastructure company C&C Constructions will raise $100m by December this year to fund highways projects, the company has announced. The Indian firm intends to construct road projects...
UK Plans $4bn Traffic Management System
The UK Government has unveiled plans to develop a framework of traffic and parking management systems worth around £3bn ($4.8bn), in a bid to ease road congestion. The government's...
US City Road Reconstruction Work Receives Grant
The US Department of Transportation has allotted a $23.2m grant to reconstruct Moody Avenue in Portland, in the US state of Oregon. The grant will help widen the street by 14ft to link with...
Chicago and Washington DC Report Highest Traffic Delays
Chicago and Washington DC have recorded the highest levels of road congestion in the US in 2009, with a yearly commuter delay of 70 hours, according to a new report. The 2010 Urban...
ADB Grants $120m Road Loan to Tajikistan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $120m loan to help Tajikistan upgrade the road connecting the capital city of Dushanbe with the Uzbekistan border. The 62km highway...
Italian-Thai Firm Wins Bangladesh Expressway Deal
Italian-Thai Development Public Company has won a contract to construct the BDT87.03bn ($1.25bn) Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) in Bangladesh. The 36km DEE will include a 2km four-lane...
Israel to Invest $10.7bn in Road Projects
The Israel National Road Company (INRC) will invest ILS38bn ($10.7bn) to upgrade the road networks in the nation over the next five years. INRC plans to build 52km of new roads, construct...
Jacobs Engineering to Design US State Interchange
A joint venture comprising Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a $125.3m design-build contract from the Minnesota Department of Transportation in the US to provide engineering services for...
Motorcyclists More Vulnerable to Accidents in India, Says Report
The report Accidental Deaths in India, released by the National Crime Records Bureau, notes that two-wheelers continue to be the most vulnerable to accidents, reporting 21% of the road deaths...
Afghanistan Receives ADB Loan for Ring Road Completion
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $340m for the completion of a 2,700km ring road in Afghanistan. The grant will fund construction of a 233km road section connecting...
EU to Award Satellite Navigation System Contracts in 2011
The European Commission is expected to award the final two contracts for ground infrastructure this year for the proposed Galileo satellite navigation system in Europe. The first four...
Brazil Floods Submerge Roads
Severe flooding over the last week in the Brazilian states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Goiás and Rio de Janeiro has wiped out many roads, making access difficult. ...
UK County Shortlists Firms for Road Maintenance Deal
The North Yorkshire County Council in the UK has shortlisted five firms for its new £250m ($400.7m) ten-year highways maintenance contract (HMC) 2012. The companies, which progressed to...
Severe Floods Affect Sri Lankan Roads
Widespread flooding in Sri Lanka, which began ten days ago, has badly damaged about 70% of the road network in the Eastern, Central and North Central Provinces of the country. Rain has...
UK County Shortlists Three Bidders for Highways Deal
The Essex County Council has shortlisted three bidders to operate the county's highway work over the next ten years for up to £3bn ($4.78bn) The project will see several existing contracts...
US State Awards Highway Contract
The California Department of Transportation has awarded a contract to Granite Construction Company to construct a new four-lane highway on State Route 78 near Brawley in Southern California, US. ...
Costain Receives Approval to Build River Bridge
Construction firm Costain has received approval from Surrey County Council to build the new £32.3m ($42.9m) Walton bridge in Surrey, UK. The bridge will be the first major road crossing over...
Abertis Sells Atlantia Stake
Spanish infrastructure manager Abertis has raised €626m ($832.5m) by selling its 6.68% stake in Italian toll road builder and operator Atlantia, through a private placement, with capital...
AirQuest Wins US State Asbestos Consulting Services Deal
AirQuest Environmental secured a contract from the US state of Florida for asbestos consulting services on roadway projects in five counties, stretching from Broward to St. Lucie. The...
Dubai Awards Contract to Overhaul Traffic Signals
The Roads & Transport Authority in Dubai, UAE, has said that its Traffic and Roads Agency has awarded a contract to an international consultant to upgrade and improve the performance of...
Consortium Wins Zimbabwe Highway Dualisation Work
A consortium comprising 14 local companies and multinational firms has won a $600m project to build the Harare-Beitbridge road in Zimbabwe. The ZimHighways consortium is led by Costain...
Dakota Needs Funds for Roads Upgrade
The US state of North Dakota will need $211.5m annually for rehabilitation of rural roads, according to a new study by the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI). The study...
US State Approves New Red-Light Camera Policy
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission in the US has adopted a new policy with immediate effect to help ensure cameras on the state highways are used fairly and consistently. ...
WB Loan to Rehabilitate Roads in Indian State
The World Bank has allotted a $220m loan to the Indian state of Bihar for the construction of 90 bridges and 290km of roads. The initiative is part of the state's Kosi Recovery project to...
China to Begin Work on Ugandan Toll Road in July
China will begin construction work on a $350m toll road from Uganda's Entebbe Airport to the city of Kampala from July this year. The road is designed to ease traffic flow on the existing...
Washington Bridge Project to Begin in February
The construction of pontoons for the SR 520 floating bridge project in Washington, US, will begin in mid-February, following federal approval. The Washington State Department of...
Romania to Invest in Road Safety
Romania will spend around €88m ($115m) on modernising National Route no 1 (DN1) between Bucharest and Brasov and the surrounding regions. The government, in a bid to improve road safety,...
Era Infra Reaches Financial Close for Indian Road Project
Indian engineering firm Era Infra has achieved financial closure for the INR19.51bn ($433.5m) Bareilly-Sitapur road project in Uttar Pradesh, awarded by the National Highways Authority of...
Uganda to Rehabilitate Kampala's Roads by 2013
The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has unveiled plans to reconstruct all ageing roads in the city of Kampala by 2013, and is looking for sources of funding. In order to link Jinja...
French Province Sees Drop in Road Fatalities
Road fatalities in the Alpes-Maritimes province of France declined by 22.7% in 2010, compared with the previous year. According to the Conseil General, fatalities across France were under...
Kenya Awards Road Rehabilitation Contract
Kundan Singh Construction has won a KES2.3bn ($28m) contract from the Kenya National Highways Authority for the reconstruction of the Voi-Mwatate road. The section to be repaired is a...
Cleveland Approves Bridge Plans
The Cleveland Planning Commission has approved the final design for the westbound I-90 Innerbelt Bridge over the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, US. The pier design includes...
Qatar Awards Road Contracts
Qatar's Public Works Authority, Ashghal, has awarded two major road contracts in the region. A QAR555.4m ($152.58m) contract was signed with Bin Omran for trade and contracting deals...
Chun Wo JV Secures Hong Kong Bypass Contract
A Chun Wo Development Holdings-led joint venture has won a HKD$4bn (US$514m) contract for the Central-Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel (North Point Section) and Island Eastern Corridor Link in Hong Kong. ...
Wet Weather Makes Most US Roads Impassable
Freezing rain and sleet have led to road closures throughout the southern US, forcing the states of Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana to declare emergencies. North Georgia recorded up to 8in...
China TransInfo Secures Smart Traffic System Deal in China
China TransInfo Technology Corporation has secured a contract to develop a traffic data collection and service system for national trunk roads in China. The company received the $1.8m...
Kenya to Receive EXIM Bank Loan for Bypass Road
Kenya has plans to sign a $210.7m loan deal with the Export-Import Bank of China for a Southern Bypass project in Nairobi. The 30km Southern Bypass project, worth KEN67bn ($824.6m), will...
Oman Issues Tenders for Road Work Dualisation
Oman has issued tenders inviting firms to bid for the project to dualise the 750km-long Adam-Thumrait stretch of the Nizwa-Thumrait road. The government has floated a tender for the design...
UK Road Network Hit by Snow
The UK Met Office has declared December the coldest month on record in Northern Ireland, with many roads affected by treacherous conditions. With an estimated mean temperature of 8C,...
Dubai Sees Rise in Seat Belt Offences
Dubai recorded an 83% rise in the number of passengers not wearing a seat belt while driving in 2010, compared with 41,472 the previous year. The statistics, released by the Dubai Police,...
US State Awards Funds for Road Projects
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) in the US has awarded $24.7m for transportation projects in 41 communities across the state. The grants were awarded under...
US State Awards Billion Dollar Alaskan Tunnel Contract
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has entered into a $1.35bn contract with Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP) for the SR 99 bored tunnel, which will replace the...
Rains Continue to Cause Road Closures in Australia
Flash flooding in Queensland, Australia, has cut vital road links to Brisbane, Ipswich and Moreton Bay. The Warrego Highway at Toowoomba was cut off and the Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road at...
IDC Unveils New Radar Speed Sign Trailer
US-based Information Display Company has unveiled a next-generation speed display trailer with an improved design to promote driving safety in the US. The SpeedCheck DuraTrailer has...
Alcohol Main Factor in Teenage Crashes, Thai Survey Reveals
Alcohol, drugs and confrontations are the main factors for road fatalities and severe injuries among teenagers in Thailand, according to a recent survey. The Department of...
Northern Ireland's Road Fatalities Reach Record Low
Northern Ireland reported 55 road fatalities in 2010, its lowest figure since 1931 and 60 fewer than in 2009. Serious injuries declined by 20%, according to latest figures released by the...
Clear Channel Launches Enhanced Traffic Services Platform
Traffic data service provider Clear Channel Radio's Total Traffic Network (TTN) has launched an enhanced platform, TrafficNet 8.2, in a bid to enhance real-time traffic data service in the...
Beijing Adds Additional Traffic Monitoring Cameras
The Beijing Traffic Management Bureau in China has installed 552 traffic monitoring cameras in a bid to capture traffic violations. The cameras will target illegal licence plates and...
NZ Opens Final Section of Manukau Motorway
Work on the 4.5km section of the Manukau Extension motorway (SH20-1) in Auckland, New Zealand, has been finished, marking the completion of the final stage of the NZ$220m (US$166.5m) project. ...
Cobra to Release Advanced Smart Detection System
Cobra Electronics has announced the release of a crowd-sourced database enhancement to the Cobra iRadar smart detection system, which is a available as an application on the Apple iPhone. ...
Boredom Causes Accidents in the UK, Study Reveals
About one third of drivers in the UK are prone to accidents because they speed or overtake out of boredom, according to a new study. The study of 1,563 drivers by Newcastle University in the...
US State Deploys Aldis Traffic Management Application
Traffic management systems provider Aldis has revealed that its GridSmart application is being deployed by the US state of Tennessee to manage traffic congestion along a corridor in...
Bulgaria Sees Reduced Road Fatalities
Bulgaria recorded 775 fatalities on its roads in 2010, its lowest figure for 44 years. There were 6,583 accidents in 2010 compared with 7,014 in 2009, while accidents involving pedestrians,...
UAE Road Crashes Cost $5bn a Year
Road-related accidents and injuries in the UAE cost the country about AED20bn ($5.4bn) annually, according to new research. The research, carried out by the Roadway, Transportation and...
Abu Dhabi Begins Traffic Camera Project
Abu Dhabi is carrying out a major road safety project to install video cameras on streets to monitor reckless driving and mobile phone usage while driving. About 600 advanced small cameras...
Costain Secures Wales Highways Deal
Costain has won a £59m ($91m) contract by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council for the peripheral distributor road (PDR) project in Port Talbot, Wales. The project includes the...
Ecuador Unveils Superhighway Plan
Ecuador has unveiled plans to invest $5bn to build over 1,300km of superhighways in the country by 2014. The works will be financed with state bonds, though further details were not...
Australian Roads Devastated by Floods
More than 300 roads have been submerged in the state of Queensland, Australia, after severe flooding which began on 24 December 2010. Constant rainfall has cut off the Capricorn Highway,...
US State Imposes Texting-While-Driving Ban
The US State of Delaware's ban on hand-held mobile phone use while driving took effect on 2 January 2011 following approval by the state last year. With the ban, the state has...
Sri Lanka Awards Expressway Contract
CML-MTD Construction has won a subcontract to build the 25.1km Colombo-Katunayake expressway in Sri Lanka. The $292m project will create a high speed mobility link between Colombo...
Ireland Witnesses Record Low Road Fatalities
The Republic of Ireland recorded 212 road fatalities in 2010, the lowest figure in 50 years, with December witnessing a total of only ten fatalities. The number of deaths on the roads last...
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Abu Dhabi to Offer Intelligent Transportation System
The city of Abu Dhabi in UAE is planning to build the Abu Dhabi Transportation Management Centre (ADTMC), which incorporates an integrated intelligent transportation systems (ITS) strategy...
Freezing Weather Hits European Road Networks
Snow, ice and freezing conditions have disrupted road traffic across Europe, with the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands amongst the worst hit. Dutch authorities imposed a 50km/h...
Malaysia to Deploy Security Surveillance Cameras Nationwide
Malaysia has revealed that the first phase of installation of 496 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras nationwide, as part of a road safety initiative, will be completed by March next year. ...
Bulgaria Receives EU Loan for Highway Completion
The European Commission has granted BGN400m ($268m) for the completion of Trakia highway in Bulgaria. The funds will help complete the three remaining parts of the highway, spanning...
Fijian City Trials Speed Cameras
Red and speed light cameras are now being trialled at key junctions in the city of Suva in Fiji in a bid to test their suitability for traffic enforcement. The country's Land Transport...
World Bank Grants Loan for Indian Road Scheme
The World Bank has approved a $1.5bn loan to India to improve rural accessibility of roads in several states. The project under the Prime Minister's Rural Roads Programme will concentrate on...
Mexican Infrastructure Fund Acquires Decarred
Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund (MMIF) has acquired Desarrollos Carreteros del Estado de Durango (Decarred) from Rostec de México and Carreteras y Tecnología en Concretos...
UK Unveils Motorcycle Test Review Proposals
The Department for Transport (DfT) has released new motorcycle test review proposals to trial a new, single, on-road motorcycle test to prepare bikers as part of a safety initiative in the...
Indian City Trials New Traffic Violation Video Analytics
Video analytics is now being trialled at a junction in the city of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India, in a bid to monitor road traffic violations and increase surveillance. Video analytics...
London Sees Reduced Road-Related Deaths and Shift to Public Transport
A new Transport for London (TfL) report has found a 80% reduction in road fatalities and a 7% rise in use of public transportation over the last decade, highlighting changes in the...
BMD Wins Highway Upgrade Contract in Australia
BMD Constructions has received a A$220m ($217m) contract to duplicate the Princes Highway between the Waurn Ponds connecting Geelong Ring Road and Winchelsea in Australia. The upgrade...
IBM and Telvent to Develop Smart Traffic Management System
Telvent and IBM will jointly develop a smart traffic management application based on GPS and embedded road sensors to improve traffic control and reduce congestion in small cities and...
Bilfinger Berger Secures Polish Motorway Expansion
Bilfinger Berger has won a €90m ($119m) contract for the expansion of a 23km section of National Road 8 in Poland from two to four lanes. The company said the section of the motorway...
Majority of NZ Drivers Experience Travel Stress
Use of private cars for commuting amounted for an 80% rise in commuter stress in all major cities in New Zealand, according to IBM’s Commuter Pain Study. The study to review...
UK Bridge Replacement Project Receives Approval
The proposal to replace the Forth Road Bridge between Edinburgh and Fife in Scotland has been approved by the Scottish Government. It is expected that the principal contract for the...
Scotland Approves Motorway Section Upgrade
The Scottish Government has approved the upgrade of the A8 Baillieston to Newhouse section of the M8 motorway connecting Edinburgh and Glasgow cities in Scotland to motorway status,...
US County Receives Funds for Freeway Projects
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has allocated $22m to the Solano Transportation Authority for the proposed improvements to the Interstate 80 corridor in California, US. ...
Clear Channel Traffic Service Expands into Mexico City
US traffic data service provider Clear Channel Radio has broadened its Total Traffic Network (TTN) to offer new traffic information applications to local information and service providers in...
US City Selects Ameresco to Install LED Traffic Lights
The city of Phoenix in Arizona, US, has awarded a contract to Ameresco to replace traffic signal incandescent lamps with traffic signal light-emitting diode (LED) lamps at various intersections...
UK Agency Seeks Bids for Road Maintenance
The UK Highways Agency (HA) is seeking bids from companies for a £80m ($124.4m) contract to maintain and operate over 1,100km of motorways and a trunk road network in south-west England. ...
US State Awards Highways Contracts
The Wyoming Transportation Commission in the US has awarded $41.9m in contracts for nine highway projects in the state. Reiman Corporation won a $9.7m contract to install six wildlife...
Navteq Acquires Reach Unlimited
US digital maps firm Navteq, a unit of Nokia, has acquired technology firm Reach Unlimited, developer of the traffic service application Trapster. Trapster is an iPhone application that...
US County Unveils New Online Snow Plow Map
Montgomery County in the US state of Maryland has launched a new online tool that tracks real-time status of snow plowing operations and indicates when emergency roads and primary...
ADB Funds Vietnam Expressway Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted a $636m loan for the $1.6bn Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway Project in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The 57km project to construct a modern...
Sirit to Deliver Tolling Technology to US State
Sirit Corporation has received a contract from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to supply its IDentity 5200 readers and tags for the SR 520 bridge in Seattle, as well...
New NZ Road Extension Opens
The new Truman Lane extension in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, has been opened following completion. The extension involved extending the Truman Lane road 1.3km east and joining it...
ADB Grants Loan to Kiribati
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $12m loan to improve the safety and sustainability of South Tarawa roads in the Republic of Kiribati. The Kiribati road project will...
Zambia Begins Road Upgrade Project
Zambia has started a ZMK181bn ($39.2m) project to upgrade the Landless Corner-Mumbwa road, which involves upgrade of the existing gravel to a tarred road. The project will connect Mumbwa to...
US State Selects Jupiter's Traffic Management Application
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in the US has selected Jupiter Systems to supply its display wall controller products in a bid to meet the long-term needs of the state's...
Environmental Report Complete for New Washington Bridge
The final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the SR 520 floating bridge construction project in Washington, US, has been completed. The final EIS evaluates the effects of building...
US State Opens New Flyover Ramp
A new flyover ramp, which is part of a $149m ongoing project in New Jersey, US, has been completed almost nine months ahead of schedule and opened for the public. The project aims to...
UK City Sees Reduced Road-Related Fatalities
The city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, UK, has exceeded national road safety targets set a decade ago, in terms of reducing serious injuries and fatalities, according to the...
Indonesian City Trials Traffic-Monitoring Cameras
The Indonesian city of Jakarta will soon install traffic-monitoring cameras across the country in a bid to implement electronic law enforcement technologies and increase road safety. In a...
A Quarter of Canadian Drivers Admit Impaired Driving
About 27% of the drivers in Canada admitted to drunk driving at least once in the past year, according to a new Traffic Safety Culture survey. The survey conducted by the auto club CAA...
US State Awards Road Contracts
Ten contracts worth about $69m have been awarded for highway and bridge projects across North Carolina in the US. The projects are located in Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick,...
NAVTEQ Introduces Navigation Maps for Uruguay and Argentina
Digital mapping company NAVTEQ has launched its most recent map of Argentina and a new Intermediate Map for Uruguay. With the combined coverage in South America's Southern Cone, NAVTEQ...
Abu Dhabi Opens Ghayathi Highway
The Ghayathi-Madinat Zayed main road connecting the towns in the Western Region and linking Madinat Zayed with Ghayathi in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has been opened for traffic. The project included...
Sensys Networks Release Arterial Traffic Management System
US-based integrated traffic data systems provider Sensys Networks has released their new Arterial Travel Time 2.0 (ATT) application, which can monitor performance and travel times along...
Zimbabwe Receives Road Loan from DBSA
The Development Bank for Southern Africa (DBSA) has approved a loan of $207m to Zimbabwe to improve dilapidated roads in the region. The road construction projects would involve the upgrade...
Ukrainian City to Install New Traffic Management System in 2011
The city of Kyiv in Ukraine intends to commission a new system by next year to manage traffic and reduce congestion in the region. The UAH100m ($12.56m) computer-based system has...
US State Opens New River Bridge
The new four-lane Kanawha River Bridge in West Virginia, US, built by consulting firm TY Lin International (TYLI), has been opened to traffic. The $83m bridge will help alleviate...
Washington Issues Proposals for Floating Bridge
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has issued a request for proposals from the three prequalified bidding teams for the SR 520 floating bridge replacement...
Abu Dhabi Bridge Work Complete
The new AED830m ($255.98m) Al Mafraq Bridge in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has been opened, following the completion of construction works. The project includes the construction of a main 75m dual...
Canadian City Launches Road Conditions Map
The city of Calgary in Canada has released a new road conditions map, which will allow commuters to see the real-time condition of plowed roads in the region. Users can see the exact...
VDOT to Launch Road Projects Next Year
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in the US will launch up to $1.1bn construction and maintenance projects during the first half of next year. VDOT is seeking bids from...
Romania to Announce Road Projects by Next Year
Romania will announce EU-funded road projects by 2011-end, which could be worth €5.57bn ($7.4bn). The government will receive the funds from the country's transport operating...
Coyote Systems Unveils GPS Camera Alert System in UK
French-based Coyote Systems has unveiled the new Mini Coyote V2 real-time GPS speed camera alert system in the UK. The Coyote mini V2 displays the vehicle's average speed when driving...
Peru Secures CAF Loan to Upgrade Roads
Peru has entered into two loan agreements with CAF for a total of $500m in order to upgrade roads in the region. The first project, worth $300m, is towards the Investment Programme...
ADB Grants Loan for China Road Work
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $250m loan for the completion of an expressway network in China's Yunnan province. The loan will fund the $1.75bn Yunnan integrated road...
NZ to Open New Motorway Roundabout
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) will open a new roundabout at the intersection of state highway 16 and Brigham Creek road on 13 December this year. The roundabout will ease traffic...
US State Bridge Replacement Work Moves Ahead
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is replacing two existing drawbridges at each end of the Route 52 Causeway with a new 55ft fixed-span structure in Ocean City, Maryland. The work...
Fujitsu Unveils New Wide-Area Traffic Simulator
Japanese research centre Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a wide-area traffic simulation system, which can evaluate the effectiveness and impact of traffic policies in a virtual...
Primoris Subsidiary Wins Louisiana Highway Contracts in US
A Primoris Services subsidiary, James Construction Group, has secured three highway construction contracts worth $101m from the department of transportation in the US. The first $26m...
Kapsch TrafficCom Acquires US Electronic Tolling Firm
Austria-based intelligent transportation systems provider Kapsch TrafficCom has completed the acquisition of MARK IV IVHS for $70m. US-based MARK IV IVHS is an equipment supplier for...
IDB Funds Road Rehabilitation in Panama
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $70m loan to Panama to finance road rehabilitation and maintenance in the region. The five-year project plans to rehabilitate 850km...
May Gurney Preferred for UK Highways Maintenance Contract
UK-based infrastructure company May Gurney has been identified as the preferred bidder to run a new highways maintenance programme for Surrey County Council in the UK. Under the...
EIB Approves Road Loan to Serbia
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €285m ($373.7m) loan to Serbia for two road projects in the region. The bank has approved a €195m ($255.7m) for the first phase...
India to Improve Highways with ADB Loan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $315m to Karnataka, India, for a major overhaul of the state highway system. The $463m Karnataka state highway improvement...
US Study Reveals Texting and Phone Use While Driving on the Rise
Drivers surveyed in the US state of Texas, have agreed that texting while driving is a growing issue due to a 81% rise in cell phone usage. The Texas Traffic Safety Culture Survey conducted...
GE Signs Contract to Install Lighting System in Cleveland, US
The city of East Cleveland in Ohio, US, has signed a contract with GE Appliances & Lighting to upgrade the city's existing street light system. GE will replace over 45 municipal street...
GVK Power Preferred Bidder for Indian Road Project
India-based infrastructure firm GVK Power & Infrastructure has emerged as the preferred bidder for a road project in Gujarat, India. The project involves six laning of the existing three...
ATS Unit Wins New York Streetlight Deal
American Traffic Solutions (ATS) subsidiary Mulvihill ICS secured a contract to install new, energy efficient streetlights in Staten Island in New York, US. Under the contract,...
ECC JV Wins US State Highway Contract
Eastside Corridor Constructors (ECC), a joint venture (JV) team comprising Granite Construction Company and PCL Construction Services, has won a $306m highway contract in the US state...
ADB Approves Road Loan for Lao and Vietnam
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $95m loan to Lao PDR and Viet Nam to upgrade roads in the northeastern transport corridor. Under the deal, 340km of road stretching from...
Hopetech and Punj Lloyd Sign Tolling Solution MOU in India
Malaysia-based Hopetech and Indian construction firm Punj Lloyd have signed a memorandum of understanding to provide automated toll revenue collection systems and road telematics for projects...
Dubai Notices Drop in Road Fatalities
Road-related fatalities fell by 34.5% during the first ten months of the year in Dubai in the UAE when compared to the same period last year, according to statistics released by Dubai...
US City to Impose Texting Ban
A new ban on texting behind the wheel will be into effect in Decatur in the US state of Illinois beginning December 2010, following approval by the city council in early October this year. ...
EIB Approves Loan for Poland’s Motorway Network Extension
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €225m ($297.87m) loan to Poland to co-finance the extension of the A1 motorway network. The new motorway will extend the key TEN...
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ADB Approves Loan for Bangladesh Bridge Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $615m loan to Bangladesh to construct a multipurpose bridge across the Padma River. The $2.92bn bridge is the first fixed river crossing for...
Canada Releases Tenders for Highway Projects
Canada has released C$191m ($187m) tenders for 39 highway construction projects, which are to be taken up next year. The tenders are for 260km worth of highway improvements, as well as...
US Firm to Deliver Smart Radar to Kuwait
Image Sensing Systems revealed that it will be partnering with Transmotion for Traffic and Transportation Consultancy to provide a new generation radar sensor for data collection on highways...
Singapore Introduces Traffic Information System
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) in Singapore has launched a traffic message channel location table (TMC-LT) to provide motorists with real-time and localised traffic information. LTA...
US State to Break Ground on New Bridge
Local authorities will break ground on the construction of a new bridge over the Ohio River in the US on 30 November this year. The Milton-Madison Bridge, will carry US 421 across the river...
Taiwan University Develops Collision Avoidance Radar
National Taiwan University in Taiwan has developed an automatic collision avoidance radar (CAR) system, which they claim could reduce road-related fatalities by about 90%. The...
MNTC Secures Philippine Expressway Contract
Manila North Tollways Corporation (MNTC), a unit of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), has secured a 25-year contract to manage and operate the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX)...
Washington Congestion Drops
Motorists experienced reduced congestion levels across the US state of Washington during the past year, when compared with 2007, according to a report. The Washington State Department...
Study Reveals Habits of Pennsylvania Road Users
About 50% of drivers in the US state of Pennsylvania admitted to speeding, with 44% saying they drive faster than 70 miles per hour in a 65mph zone most or half of the time, according to a study. ...
World Bank to Fund Nepalese Road Works
The World Bank has approved an additional grant of $75m to Nepal to help improve all-weather road access in remote districts of the western parts of the country. The loan will also be used...
UK Report Stresses Safety Value of Speed Cameras
Speed cameras could save around 800 lives a year from road-related deaths or serious injuries in the UK, according to a new report. A report by University College London for the RAC...
Abu Dhabi Tunnel to Open Next Year
The new AED5bn ($1.36bn) Al Salam Street Tunnel in Abu Dhabi, UAE, will be open for traffic by August 2011 and set for full completion in January 2012. The 4,102m road and tunnel project...
IDV to Offer Enhanced Traffic Information in US
IDV Solutions and TrafficLand have announced a partnership that will enable IDV to include TrafficLand live video traffic feeds into its wider range of applications and technology...
UK Survey Reveals Dangers of Distracted Driving
About 30% of British motorists had an accident or near-miss because they were not concentrating properly on the road, according to a study. UK-based Specsavers' study of the nation's...
Brisa to Invest in Indian and Turkish Highway Projects
Toll road operator Brisa-Auto Estradas de Portugal is looking to expand in India and Turkey to avoid having too much portfolio concentration in Portugal. The company is looking to invest...
NZ Expressway Section to Receive Funds
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has approved funding of NZ$169m ($129m) for the construction of the Ngaruawahia section of the Waikato Expressway. The contract will be tendered and...
Children at Risk on Welsh Roads
A total of 12% of Welsh school children have been knocked down while walking or cycling by drivers who drive fast in their neighbourhood, according to a new report. A survey launched for...
Work Begins on Abu Dhabi Interchange
The Abu Dhabi Department of Transport has begun work at the Sheikh Khalifa interchange, which will link to two emirates, Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the UAE. Larsen & Toubro Company will...
US City to Install Traffic Enforcement Device
The Enforcer, a new traffic enforcement device, will be installed in the city of Santa Maria in the US State of California, to enforce red-light violations. The trial will see the devices...
Report Reveals Increasing Road-Related Deaths in Bangladesh
About 2,958 deaths occurred in 3,381 road accidents last year in Bangladesh, of which 324 people were killed in 522 accidents in Dhaka, according to a report. The latest report by the...
UK County Bypass Section Opens
A new three-mile Alderley Edge and Nether Alderley bypass in Cheshire, UK, opened for traffic last week, ahead of schedule. The £52m ($83m) bypass runs to the west of Alderley...
UK Authorities Call for Lane Rental Regulation
The Mayor of London, business leaders and London Councils in the UK have urged the government to introduce a new lane rental system regulation to minimise disruption for road users. ...
Lunda Construction Submits Lowest Bid for US Bridge
Lunda Construction Company has submitted the lowest bid for the construction of the new Highway 52 Lafayette bridge over the Mississippi River in the US state of Minnesota. The proposal...
NAVTEQ Launches Next-Gen Traffic System in US
NAVTEQ has launched its next generation traffic system, a web-based map, traffic, commuter and trip planning service for road users in North America. TrafficOne offers new graphics such...
Libya Signs Highway Maintenance Contract
Libya entered into a contract with Italian consulting companies for consultation work relating to the construction of a new 1,700km new Ras Jdair-Imsaad highway linking Libya's borders from east...
Google Launches Smart Navigation Service in Australia and New Zealand
Google has introduced a new road navigation service for users of its smartphone operating system, in Australia and New Zealand. Through Google Maps Navigation, Android phone users receive...
Cost of UK Motorway Widening Goes Up by 24%
The cost of widening the M25 motorway project has increased by 24% or £660m ($1bn) due to procurement delays by the Highways Agency, according to a report. The National Audit Office...
Fulton Hogan Begins Work on NZ Highway
Fulton Hogan HEB Construction Alliance has begun work on the NZ$455m ($354m) Tauranga Eastern Link Road in Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand. The 23km four-lane highway starting at Te...
Armtec Seals Bridge Girder Deal for Canadian Project
Canada-based Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund (Armtec) has received a contract for the $769m Southeast Stoney Trail project in Calgary, in the Canadian province of Alberta. Under the...
Nassau to Deploy CCTV Cameras Next Year
The capital city of Nassau in the Bahamas will roll out an integrated network of CCTV cameras next year, as part of a road safety initiative to assist police efforts in tackling issues in...
Canadians Back Use of Safety Cameras
About 67% of road users in Ontario, Canada, support the use of safety cameras to measure speed near schools, community centres and construction zones on provincial highways and local...
Consortia Shortlisted for NZ Roadway
NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has shortlisted two consortia, one led by the Fletcher Construction and another led by Leighton Contractors to construct the N$1.4bn ($1bn) Waterview Connection. ...
US Lags Behind in Road Safety
The US is missing significant opportunities to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries, and is falling behind other countries in reducing traffic deaths, according to a new report. The...
US State Activates Smart Highway Traffic Signs
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has activated a new traffic management system, Smarter Highways on SR 520 between 130th Ave NE in Bellevue and Interstate 5...
UK Road Safety Measures to Save $6bn
Meeting road safety targets will ensure the safety of 2,500 lives, while the UK economy could save over £4bn ($6bn) by 2020, according to a new report. The Institute of Advanced Motorists...
US Issues Traffic Monitoring Systems Regulation
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a final rule requiring all states and territories to establish real-time traffic monitoring programmes, where each state will decide...
Telent Technology to Improve Road Crossings in London
Communications services provider Telent has received a contract to supply digital countdown timers to improve road crossing safety in London. The digital timers feature a display unit...
Tunisia to Upgrade Roads with AfDB Loan
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted Tunisia a loan worth €236m ($318m) to finance the nation's road network projects. The road project includes the construction of 862.8km...
Metro Pacific Unit to Bid for Philippine Road Projects
The toll road unit of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) is looking to bid on two new major road projects in the Philippines. The two considered projects will be among...
Indonesia Sets Deadline for Toll-Road Projects
The Ministry of Public Works of Indonesia has set a deadline for builders to secure financing for the completion of eight long-delayed toll-road projects in the nation. The ministry may...
Mobile Speed Cameras Rolled Out in Ireland
A network of private mobile speed enforcement cameras has begun operating in Ireland this week. The national police service of Ireland, An Garda Síochána, signed a...
US City Approves New Road Action Plan
The Jacksonville Economic Development Commission (JEDC) in the US has approved a plan that has identified six road projects worth about $181m to be developed in the state of Florida. ...
UK Roads Have Poor Markings
About 80% of the UK's most dangerous roads have badly-worn centre line markings where one third is almost non-existent while half of the lines fall below the minimum specifiable standard,...
Leighton JV Secures Highway Upgrade Deal in Australia
A joint venture between Leighton Contractors, NRW Holdings and GHD has won a contract for stage one of the Great Eastern Highway upgrade in Australia. As part of the overall A$225m...
US Road Fatalities Hit All-Time Low
Traffic fatalities on US roads have been declining steadily since reaching a near-term peak in 2005, reaching an all-time low in the first half of 2010, according to a new national highways...
World Bank Approves Upgrade for Belarus Roads
The World Bank has approved a $150m loan to Belarus for a road upgrading and modernisation project to improve the road network and introduce electronic tolling. The project is a part of...
UK to Install New Traffic Light System
Work will begin later this month to install a new traffic light system in the UK to improve road safety and reduce congestion at the A34/M40 Junction 9 interchange near Bicester in...
US State Highway Expansion Approved
The US Federal Highway Administration's plan for a proposed four-lane highway in the state of Kansas has received approval. The approval allows the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)...
Strabag Consortium Wins Motorway Contract in Romania
Romania has awarded a €220.6m ($300.5m) contract to the Strabag consortium to build a 33km Deva-Orastie motorway bypass in the mid-western part of the country on NR7. The Strabag SE /...
Jacobs Wins Tolling Contract for US State
Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a contract to provide general tolling consultant services for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US. The contract value...
Agrentina Upgrades Electronic Toll Collection System
Argentina's toll concessionaire Ausol Autopistas del Sol has selected TransCore's technology to upgrade toll collection systems on nine of its separately owned toll roads in Buenos Aires. ...
Bulgaria to Receive Funds for Road Improvements
Bulgaria will receive €615m ($848.5m) in EU- and state-backed funds to improve the nation’s road network during the next year. Stalled projects such as the 19km Lyulin motorway...
Mobileye Launches Traffic Collision Prevention System
Netherlands-based Mobileye has introduced a new collision prevention system C2-270, which can increase pedestrian, road and vehicle safety by alerting drivers in real-time before a...
Australian State to Invest in Road Upgrade
The state of Victoria in Australia is set to invest about A$163m ($164m) to improve a road network in the region. The investments include A$15m ($15m) for the Midland Highway and A$20m...
South African Traffic Offences High
About 80% of South African drivers commit traffic offences on a daily basis, according to a new survey. The study, released by oil company BP and the South African Automobile...
US State Installs Traffic Monitoring Webcams
The Alabama Department of Transportation in the US will install eight webcams at various locations in the city of Muscle Shoals by the end of the year. The webcams will help monitor...
UK Agency to Install Traffic Control System
The Highways Agency in the UK is carrying out work to install traffic lights on four entry slip roads on the A19 and A66 in a bid to better regulate traffic at junctions. The new ramp...
Consortium Wins Road Contract in South Australia
The Urban Superway joint venture has received an A$812m ($815.9m) contract to construct the South Road Superway project in south Australia. The joint venture team comprises Macmahon...
US State Traffic Fatalities Reach 16-Year Low
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) in the US said the number of fatal crashes have dropped across the state, reaching a 16-year low. Data from the US Department of...
Siemens Wins Italian Tunnel Technology Contract
Siemens has secured a €22m ($30.4m) contract to supply the complete technical infrastructure for a new tunnel project in Italy. The contract will be delivered to Italian...
Transport Scotland Seeks Bidders for Road Maintenance
Transport Scotland is seeking bids from companies for a £700m ($1.12bn) contract to upgrade and maintain the 692km trunk road network across the south west and north west of Scotland. ...
US State to Consider Highway Tolling
The South Carolina Department of Transportation in the US is considering adding toll lanes on Interstate 526 in a bid to ease traffic congestion around Charleston. Other options...
US State Shortlists Firms for Floating Bridge Contract
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has shortlisted three firms, which will submit bids for building the new SR 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington by...
Companies Test Wireless Road Traffic Monitoring in Europe
Billoo Development and Telenor Connexion have presented the results of successful field tests of real-time traffic monitoring in Europe with a system developed by Billoo. The two companies...
Caltrans Seeks Bids for US Bridge Replacement Project
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Port of Long Beach in the US have invited bids from firms for the $950m design-build contract for the Gerald Desmond...
Drowsy Drivers Responsible for Fatal Crashes in US
About 17% of deadly crashes in the US, which resulted in occupant hospitalisation, involve a drowsy driver at the wheel, according to a new study. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety study...
Israel to Pilot Speed Camera Programme in 2011
Israel is set to begin a pilot programme of new traffic enforcement cameras beginning in January 2011. The pilot programme will deploy ten traffic enforcement cameras on three road sections...
IDC to Develop New Road Safety System
Consortium Selected for NZ Motorway Project
A Fulton Hogan-led consortium has won the NZ $335m ($263.6m) contract to build the proposed Motorway Tauranga Eastern Link in the Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand. The consortium...
UK Council to Reactivate Speed Cameras
Fixed-location speed cameras will be reactivated in Oxfordshire, England, to tackle driver behaviour following an increase in road traffic violations in the region. The Oxfordshire...
DownerMouchel JV Wins Australian Road Contract
DownerMouchel joint venture (JV) has won a £200m ($322.9m) contract for the maintenance of more than 2,500km of roads in the Perth metropolitan area in Western Australia. The JV...
Philippines Secures WB Grant for Road Safety Assessment
The World Bank (WB) and the UK-based International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) will provide a loan for conducting a safety assessment of the road network in the Philippines. WB's...
Kapsch JV Wins Tolling System Contract in Poland
The consortium led by Austria-based Kapsch TrafficCom has won a contract for the implementation and operation of an electronic toll collection (ETC) system for the road network in Poland. ...
Australian State Travel Speeds Remain Steady
A survey revealed that peak travel times on South East Queensland's road network in Australia remained the same between 2007 and 2009. According to the annual travel time survey by...
Paris Deemed Most Congested City in Europe
Paris is the most congested city in Europe, followed by London, when compared with six other countries on the continent, according to the data revealed by INRIX's Netherlands Traffic Scorecard. ...
Saudi Arabia Awards Road Contracts
Saudi Arabia has signed contracts worth SAR2.16bn ($576m) to construct 850km of new roads and bridges in the country. The Transport Ministry recently signed contracts costing SAR9.12bn...
Indian State Plans New Traffic Management System
The Indian state of Maharashtra is planning to upgrade its traffic surveillance system with the installation of new sky-hi-tech cameras across the capital city of Mumbai. The traffic...
Jasa Marga Seeks Funds to Complete Indonesian Toll Roads
State-owned toll operator PT Jasa Marga has sought funding of up to IDR17.5tn ($1.96bn) from state banks for completion of seven toll road sections projects in Indonesia. The company is...
In-Vehicle Technology Trial Reduces Speeding in Australia
About 89% of motorists in New South Wales, Australia, reduced their driving speed limits after a dashboard device was installed in their vehicle, according to new trial results. A...
EBRD Loan Provided to Moldova for Road Rehabilitation
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a €75m ($104.2m) loan to Moldova for the rehabilitation of the country's road network. The loan, to be provided...
US City Begins LED Signal Upgrade Work
The City of Columbus in the US state of Ohio has began upgrading 3,698 pedestrian street crossing signals with LED crossing signals and visual countdown timers in a bid to increase safety at...
United Infrastructure JV Backed to Win North Carolina Bypass Project
A joint venture (JV) of United Infrastructure Group is being backed as the possible winner of the 19.7-mile Monroe Connector/Bypass project in the US state of North Carolina. Bids for...
Finland Institute Pilots New Traffic Surveillance Equipment
New traffic surveillance equipment developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has been piloted in Tampere, Finland, to help detect seatbelt compliance and measure vehicle speed. ...
US State Awards Toll-Collection Contract
The West Virginia Parkways Authority in the US has awarded a $9m contract to Pennsylvania-based TransCore to upgrade and maintain the state's toll collection system. TransCore will...
Ontario’s Worst Roads List Revealed
Pelican Falls Road in Sioux Lookout has been voted the worst road in Ontario, Canada, according to a survey. The Ontario Worst Roads list is an initiative of the Canadian Automobile...
Highway Upgrade Contract Awarded in Australia
Construction firm Cut and Fill has received a contract to build the seventh and final stage of the $132m ($130m) Bass Highway duplication project in Victoria, Australia. The $39.8m...
Indian City Plans Intelligent Transport System
An intelligent transport system that can record heavy traffic near intersections during busy hours is planned in the city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As part of the plan,...
Telvent Wins Saudi Traffic Management Contract
Telvent has been awarded a contract by Saudi Oger to implement its traffic management system in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company will install the system on the city's new 6km highway...
Teradata to Upgrade IT Application for Spain
Spain's national road traffic control agency Direccion General de Trafico (DGT) has unveiled plans to upgrade its enterprise data warehouse capability to extend tactical decision-making...
Majority of UK Motorists Admit to Speeding on Motorways
61% of motorists in the UK admit to driving at speeds of 80mph or more on motorways, with 23% doing so at least once a week, according to new research. The 2009 poll of 942 drivers by Brake...
US State Opens First Stage of Bypass
The first three-mile section of the proposed 6.2-mile 641 bypass in Terre Haute, Vigo County, in the US state of Indiana, has been opened for traffic. The new road runs from US 41 to...
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Britain’s Badly Maintained Roads Cost £4.1bn
Badly maintained local roads in Britain are costing the economy £4.1bn ($6.46m) a year in wasted staff time, production delays and damage repairs, according to a new report. The Economic...
UK Approves Funding for Major Road Schemes
The UK Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has approved plans for 16 new road projects across the country and has also allotted £600m ($946.4m) for various local authority projects. A total...
US State to Privatise Road-Toll Collections
The US state of New Jersey is looking to privatise state toll road collections on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, in a bid to cut costs. The decision follows a report...
US City Overhauls Red Light Traffic Camera Programme
The city of Albuquerque in New Mexico, US, will conduct a major overhaul of its red light camera programme based on the results of an eight-month study by the University of New Mexico on...
Belgium to Improve Roads with EIB Loan
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €250m ($348.7m) to finance road works in Belgium's Walloon region. The loan will be used to rehabilitate and upgrade roads, motorways...
US Highway Project Breaks Ground
Work will begin this week on the SR 520 Eastside Transit and HOV project in Washington, US. The contract includes corridor widening, building new transit and carpool lanes, shoulders and...
Europe Awards Satellite Navigation System Contract
Spaceopal and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a €194m ($271m) contract to operate 18 Galileo satellites, which are expected to bring about sweeping changes and improvements for...
US State Plans New Camera Integration Project
A new camera integration project, approved by the Ohio Controlling Board in the US, will link various security cameras across the state to a central network in a bid to enhance road safety. ...
US County Awards Speed Cameras Contract
Brekford Corporation has secured a contract to provide the Landover Hills township in the US state of Maryland with its school zone speed cameras and related programme support services. The...
Abu Dhabi's Car Accident Rate Highest in World
The capital city of Abu Dhabi in the UAE suffered from road accidents every 4.5 minutes in 2009 – the highest car accident rate in the world, according to an official study. The study...
ADB Approves Loan for Vietnam Road Upgrade
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $108m loan to Vietnam to upgrade rural roads in the region. The bank said the assistance specifically targets 15 mountainous provinces in...
Leighton Wins Road Contract Upgrade in Australia
Transurban Group has appointed Leighton Contractors as the principal contractor for the construction of the $550m ($545m) upgrade of the Hills M2 motorway in North West Sydney, Australia. ...
US State Receives Grants for Traffic Signal System
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission in the US has received $10m in federal grants to support an adaptive signal system project aimed at improving traffic flow on several corridors in the region....
Safety Cameras Reduce Accidents, Scottish Report Reveals
The average number of people killed or seriously injured at road safety camera sites has dropped 56% since the cameras were enforced, a Scottish Government report has revealed. Published...
Australian Highway Review Suggests Safety Measures
The New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority in Australia has suggested improving signs and reducing speed limits as part of a measure to improve road safety on the Great Western Highway...
UK Prioritises Road Schemes in Spending Review
The UK Department for Transport has released a comprehensive spending review aimed at reducing the deficit while sustaining long-term growth. The department will reduce overall spending by...
Telvent to Maintain Information System for US State
IT solutions provider Telvent has secured a contract to implement and maintain a traveller's information system (TIS) in the US state of Maryland. The TIS can be accessed through the...
NZ Motorway Section to Open in November
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) will open a new section of Manukau station road on 1 November this year, which is part of the $220m Manukau extension motorway. The new section will...
OHL Plans to Raise $1.55bn
The Mexican unit of Spanish construction firm Obrascon Huarte Lain Group has unveiled plans to raise about MXN19.84bn ($1.55bn) by launching an initial public offering (IPO). OHL...
US State Unveils New Passes for Electronic Tolling
Washington's electronic toll collection system Good To Go has unveiled five new devices for electronic tolling payments in the US state. The new tolling passes will have a wider range of...
Abu Dhabi City Installs Central Monitoring System
The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City has installed an automatic incidence detection system in five tunnels on Al Salam Street to ensure smooth and safe traffic movement in the tunnels. The...
UK County Turns Off Cameras Following Review
At least 30 speed cameras are set to be switched off in Lancashire in the UK following official reports that they were inefficient in reducing accident levels in the region. The full review...
Report Reveals High Crash Risk on Bangladesh Highways
Ten major highways in Bangladesh are at high risk of crashes after a report identified 219 "black spots" on the road. The report by the Accident Research Institute (ARI) of Bangladesh...
German Firm Wins Highway Contract in Uzbekistan
German-based GP Papenburg Baugesellschaft has won a contract to reconstruct a 50km section of the $600m Guzar-Bukhara-Nukus-Beinau highway (A-380) in Uzbekistan. The $86m contract...
Survey Reveals Road-Repair Backlogs in UK
The majority of the roads in the UK affected by last year's harsh winter have not been repaired, according to a survey. The UK-based motoring organisation RAC surveyed councils in...
Strabag Consortium Wins Polish Bridge Contract
A consortium of three Strabag subsidiaries has signed a €139m ($191m) contract to build a new bridge complex in Torun, Poland. The companies in the consortium include Strabag and...
US City Approves Red Light Cameras Proposal
Sarasota City Commission in the US state of Florida has approved a plan for the installation of red-light cameras in the region, to catch drivers running red lights. The proposal...
NXP to Launch Telematics System in Singapore
NXP Semiconductors is developing an automotive-qualified 3.5G telematics solution to improve traffic management in Singapore. The company has set 2012 as the deadline for the deployment of...
TomTom Launches Traffic Technology System in NZ
Netherlands-based navigation solution provider TomTom has introduced live services in New Zealand for its new GO LIVE GPS range. The company's HD Traffic function offers accurate live...
Hoover Bypass in US Complete
The new 579m Hoover Bypass dam bridge located southeast of Las Vegas in the US is set to open this week. The Mike O'Callaghan – Pat Tillman memorial bridge is part of a $240m four-lane...
Eastside Bids Low for US Project
Eastside Corridor Constructors' joint venture team has been tipped to win the main contract for the SR 520 Eastside Transit and HOV Project in Washington, US, after offering the best...
Indian Firm Wins $320m Highways Projects
India-based construction firm Sadbhav Engineering has been awarded a contract to work on a road project valued at INR14,113.6m ($320m). The work includes rehabilitation and widening sections...
Florida-Alabama TPO Unveils Road Upgrade Plan
The Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization in the US has revealed the list of roads that will be upgraded as part of its Long Range Transportation Plan, which prioritises...
UK Company Launches Enhanced Driver Assessment Tool
UK-based Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) has launched a new and improved version of Driver Profiler, its online driver risk assessment tool. The new 20:20 user...
TrafficLand Enhances EnRoute Public Safety Software
US-based TrafficLand has completed a licensing agreement to provide live traffic video to EnRoute Emergency Systems for its public safety software. Under the agreement, users of the EnRoute...
German Institute Develops Drowsy Eye Tracking System
The Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Ilmenau, Germany, has developed a system that follows a driver's eye movements and alerts them when they get drowsy. Eyetracker...
Indian Firm Wins $311m Road Contracts
Indian infrastructure company Ashoka Buildcon has won two contracts worth INR13.89bn ($311.9m) for the construction of roads in the state of Karnataka and along the Orissa-Chhattisgarh...
UK Motorists Admit to Online Networking While Driving
More than one in five motorists in the UK said they check a social media alert from sites such as Facebook and Twitter while driving, according to new research figures. UK-based...
US Company Introduces Potholes Repair Solution
US-based pothole repair company Dr. Pothole has introduced a new green asphalt solution that mends road problems. The company uses infrared technology and recycles old material with new to...
Dubai Installs Radars to Monitor Roads
The General Department of Traffic in Dubai has installed 84 cameras and radars at signals and intersections in a bid to check traffic violations in the emirate. New radars are expected to...
Car Crashes are 'Main Cause' of Teenage Death
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the US, as young people have limited exposure to diverse driving experience prior to licensing, according to a study. ...
Malaysia Proposes New Highway Plan
The Malaysian Government has come up with a proposal to develop four new tolled highways for the peninsula. Out of the four, one road is already in existence while the other three will be...
US State Allocates $84m for Road Projects
The Illinois Department of Transportation in the US has allocated $84m for the extension of Illinois 255 and the widening and relocation of US Route 67. The project will extend Illinois 255...
UK Company Wins Asset Inventory Contract
UK-based technology Group OMG said its Yotta DCL division, the highways surveyor, has won a major new asset inventory contract with Nottinghamshire County Council in the UK. Yotta will...
US City to Install New Traffic System by 2012
Oxnard city council in the US state of California said the first phase of a project to install an intelligent transportation system (ITS) in the region will start next year and will be complete...
Australian Baxter-Tooradin Road Improvements to Begin in 2011
Improvement works to the main Baxter-Tooradin road in the Australian state of Victoria will begin next year, as part of the A$759m (US$705.6m) Peninsula Link project. The A$2m...
South Africa Reviews Road Projects
Road contracts awarded by the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) will drop to ZAR10bn ($1.45bn) over the next two years. Sanral has revealed that the high expenditure over the past...
Wales to Review Speed Cameras
Many speed cameras across Wales will be switched off in a bid to investigate the effectiveness in reducing accidents. Welsh road casualty reduction partnership GoSafe, which operates all...
ESCORT Releases Detectors Against False Traffic Alerts
US-based ESCORT has released a new product that allows radar detectors to work without false alerts generated by traffic flow monitoring systems. The company said radar detector users, who...
Fulton Hogan Wins Melbourne Road Link Contract
Fulton Hogan Construction has won a contract to build the A$74.6m ($73.6m) Dingley Arterial Road connection in Melbourne, Australia. Work will soon begin on the new 3.5km four-lane divided...
World Bank to Study Highway Safety in India
World Bank will conduct safety investigations across 3,000km of highways in eight states in India and plans to issue loans for retrofitting in a bid to increase road safety. The move has...
Malaysia to Award Road Safety Systems Contract
Australia-based Redflex Traffic Systems is one of the seven companies bidding on a contract to install a traffic enforcement system in Malaysia. The automated enforcement system (AES)...
India Proposes Single Smart Card for Travel
India has proposed a single smart card scheme that can be used anywhere in the country by daily commuters who use different modes of transport. The proposal for One India Card has been made by...
New $1.18bn Smartcard Ticketing System for Sydney
Electronic payments processor epay is partnering with transportation ticketing solutions provider Cubic Transportation Systems for a new A$1.2bn ($1.18bn) smartcard ticketing system to...
SNC-Lavalin Unit Launches IPO for Toll Road Stake
Canada-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin has unveiled plans to invest in the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR) in Ontario, Canada. SNC-Lavalin, which already owns a 16.8% stake in 407 ETR, said...
Tibet to Invest $7.4bn in Highway Extension
Authorities in China's Tibet Autonomous Region are planning to spend CNY50bn ($7.4bn) on highway construction over the next five years. Tibet's Autonomous regional transport department said...
Pennsylvania Turnpike Considers All-Electronic Toll Collection
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is set replace toll booths with electronic systems across the US state. The turnpike is looking for a consultant to do a one-year study to ascertain...
IDB Funds Uzbekistan National Highway Programme
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $167.2m loan to fund Uzbekistan's road construction programme. The loan will be spent on upgrading and reconstructing the M39 highway in...
Wyless Delivers M2M Connectivity Solution
Wyless Group and its ecosystem partners are delivering end-to-end wireless connectivity applications to parking solution provider IPS Group for implementation in North America. The...
Storm-Hit Jamaica Needs $12bn for Road Repair
Jamaica will need more than $12bn to fix the damage to infrastructure after tropical storm Nicole lashed the nation last month. The financial requirements include $1.7bn immediate assistance...
Garmin Collaborates with NAVTEQ for Navigation Service
Switzerland-based satellite navigation provider Garmin has selected US-based NAVTEQ as its preferred digital map supplier for India. Garmin will incorporate the NAVTEQ map of India in its...
Mobile Navigation Application Launched by deCarta
US-based location services provider deCarta has launched a new white-label navigation application in Australia, allowing its customers to add turn-by-turn route guidance to their location...
Speed Cameras Reduce Accidents
Placing speed cameras on roads reduces the number of road traffic injuries and deaths in the state of Queensland in Australia, according to a new study. The study conducted by University...
SANDAG to Bid for Toll Road
The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) is planning to place a bid to operate the 10-mile south bay expressway (SBX) in the Californian city in the US. SBX toll road is...
Reliance Begins Highway Work in Indian State
Indian firm Reliance Infrastructure has begun extension work on the 140km Pune-Satara highway in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The project, worth INR19.85m ($445.3m), started with...
Scotland Sees Decline in Accident Rates
The drop in the number of speed cameras in Scotland over the last five years may have decreased the country's annual accident rate. The number of cameras decreased from 509 in 2005 to 460 in...
Delhi Adopts New Traffic System for Commonwealth Games
Delhi traffic police have adopted a new traffic update system to regulate traffic during the 2010 Commonwealth Games, being held in the Indian capital city of Delhi this month. ...
Pakistan Needs Additional Funds for Roads Upgrade
Pakistan requires PKR17.4bn ($201.8m) for rehabilitation of the nation's roads, the National Highway Authority has said. NHA said Khyber Pakhtoonkhawan and Sindh were the most damaged...
Maryland Bans Handheld Phones While Driving
The US state of Maryland has introduced a law banning the use of handheld phones while driving. The law requires drivers to use a hands-free headset to make or receive calls, with fines...
Dubai to Launch New Navigation System
The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority in the UAE will launch an advanced navigation system on 15 October to reduce traffic jams in the city. The Dalili traffic system comprises a...
Melbourne Begins Work on A$2.25bn Road Upgrade
BMD Constructions has begun work on the next section of the A$2.25bn (US$2.17bn) M80 ring road upgrade in Melbourne, Australia. The project will involve the upgrade of a section between...
GIS Proves Effective in Disaster Management
The Directorate General of Highways (DGH) in Taiwan said its geographic information system proved to be an effective tool for disaster management when Typhoon Fanapi hit the region last...
TomTom Unveils Traffic Technology System
Netherlands-based navigation solution provider TomTom has unveiled its next generation predictive traffic system across Europe, which is designed to reduce congestion. HD Traffic 4.0...
US State Records Lowest Fatalities
The number of road-related traffic deaths in the US state of Arizona have declined to a 16-year low, with 807 traffic fatalities recorded in 2009, according to a report. The report, released...
Pakistan Highway Project Gets World Bank Support
The World Bank has approved a $130m loan to Pakistan for a highway rehabilitation project in the region. The project will be executed in three components; rehabilitation of 514km of...
US State to Deploy Congestion Warning Software
En Pointe Technologies has won the contract to deploy a new congestion warning traffic solution to ease traffic in New Jersey, US. The software solution will give an early warning to...
India Deploys New Traffic Management System
The Haryana Urban Development Authority in India has installed a new traffic management system in three locations to reduce road congestion. The new intelligent traffic system (ITS)...
US University Develops New Traffic Safety Technology
The University of Utah in the US has developed new traffic safety technology that helps drivers be more attentive on the road. The steering wheel mounted touch-based devices rely on two...
Texting Ban Increases Risk of Crashes in US
Laws that ban texting while driving have not reduced the number of crashes across four states in the US according to a study, but a slight increase in road accidents has been recorded. ...
Abu Dhabi Bridge Tender Deadline Extended
The Abu Dhabi Department of Transport has extended the bid submission date until mid October for the proposed contract to build a bridge in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The authority will accept...
US State Upgrades Traffic Signage
A $5.6m project to replace 42 interstate message boards with new eco- and user-friendly signs has begun in the US state of Georgia. The old message boards on some of the interstates will...
Dangerous State of Mind for UK Motorists
Motorists in Britain are still driving with a summer mentality in monsoon weather and respond too slowly to freak conditions, according to a survey. The survey, conducted by Swinton Car...
Turkey Awards Highway Contract
An Astaldi Group-led consortium has won a contract for the construction of a 421km highway in Turkey. Work will involve construction and operation of the Gebze-Izmir highway and a...
EIB Approves Road Loan to Serbia
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a loan to Serbia for the construction of a bypass road in the capital city of Belgrade. The €40m ($54m) fund will be used to construct...
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Seat Belt Usage Increases in US
The rate of seat belts used by passengers and drivers in the US has increased to 85% this year, according to figures. Further, seat belt usage saved over 72,000 lives between 2005 and...
Road-Related Tourist Deaths Could Double
Worldwide tourist deaths on the roads could almost double to 45,000 in a decade and triple by 2030, according to a report. Currently, 25,000 tourists die in road accidents every year,...
Masabi Receives Funds for Mobile Ticketing
UK mobile ticketing technology provider Masabi has secured $2m from M8 Capital for the deployment of its mobile ticketing systems across UK rail companies. The funds will be used to...
Work to Begin on US State Highway Section
Construction work on a 16.2-mile section of Corridor H in West Virginia, US, will begin ahead of schedule. The new four-lane highway section, which will begin to take shape in the second...
NZ District Sees Fall in Injury Crashes
The Southland district in New Zealand has seen a decline in the injury crashes on the roads with 367 in the region last year, the lowest in nine years, according to a study. But the road...
Speed Limit Compliance Difficult for UK Drivers
The majority of drivers in the UK want to comply with speed limits, but find it difficult, according to a new survey. Nearly 90% of the 3,000 drivers taking part in the survey said they aim...
German University to Develop Sensor-Mediated Traffic Control System
The Dresden University of Technology in Germany is developing a sensor-mediated traffic control system that can control traffic signaling depending on flow, and replace the estimated...
India Opens Key Road Link for Trial
A new 4km six-lane dual carriageway has been opened in Delhi, India, for trial ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The elevated road over Barapulla Nullah will connect the games village...
Delayed US State Budget Halts Transportation Funds
The California department of transportation in the US has said that $932m in transportation funding has been deferred due to a delayed state budget. The department has said $3bn...
US City to Use Intersection Safety Cameras
Yonkers city in the US state of New York will start using intersection safety cameras from next month to reduce the number of red-light runners. The technology, to be deployed at...
Majority of UK Children Cross Roads Unsafely
A majority of schoolchildren in the UK, about 85%, cross the road without using a marked crossing or a lollipop person, according to new research. The study also found that 40% of children...
India to Deploy Common Toll Technology by 2011
The Indian Government has unveiled plans to roll out common toll technology across the nation's highways by next year, as part of its efforts to reduce queuing at toll plazas. The...
Indian Company Wins State Road Contract
India-based IVRCL Infrastructure & Projects (IVRCL) has won a road project in Maharashtra, India. The INR7,500m ($164.8m) project includes four-laning and upgrading works of...
US State Unveils New Traffic Technology
Springfield City in Missouri, US, and the local Department of Transportation, will install new traffic technology to ease road congestion in the area. The advanced traffic management...
UK University Develops New Concrete Road
The University of Sheffield in the UK has developed an energy-efficient concrete road as part of their EcoLanes FP6 project. The new road is made of dry mix concrete, which was developed...
Additional Funding for Vietnam Expressway Sought
Vietnam has sought additional funds from the World Bank (WB) for the Danang-Quang Ngai expressway project. The 140km road project has a low level of financial efficiency, according to...
US City Upgrades Traffic Signals
Sacramento city, in the US state of California, has started upgrading six corridors in the region, with new technology to coordinate traffic signals. The six corridors will include 74...
Ground Breaks on Major US Expressway Project
Phase one of the Staten Island Expressway rehabilitation project in New York broke ground this week at a ceremony attended by federal, state and local officials. The scope of work for the...
UK to Introduce New Transport Fund
The UK Government has unveiled plans to develop a local transport fund to help reduce carbon emissions in the country. The fund will allow local transport authorities outside London to...
UK Council Reviews Road Safety Measures
The Cheshire East Council in the UK is reviewing all traffic-calming measures in the region to determine whether such safety schemes are still needed. The review aims to assess the...
NZ to Open New Motorway Section
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) will open the new SH20-1 Manukau Extension motorway on 26 September this year. The new motorway connects the Southwestern (SH20) and Southern...
Majority of US Motorists Rate Distracted Driving Serious Threat
The majority of US drivers rated distracted driving behaviours a very serious threat to their safety, according to a new study. The study has been released by the American...
Australia Launches New Mobile Travel Information Application
The Australian state of Victoria has launched an iPhone application to increase road safety and to deliver information to the public. The free application VicTraffic will provide...
Irish Private Sector to Invest in Intelligent Transport Systems
Private companies in Ireland will invest about €100m ($130.6m) in intelligent transport systems during the next three to five years. The investments will go towards the development...
Chinese Firm Wins Road Contract in Hong Kong
China State Construction International Holdings has secured a contract for the construction of the Central-Wanchai Bypass in Hong Kong. The HK$5.38bn ($692.9m) contract includes the...
South Australia Funds Road Projects
The South Australian State Government has provided funding for the upgrade and improvement of roads in the region. The government has allotted A$842.8m ($790m) for the South Road Superway...
Balfour Beatty Wins Road Contract in Ireland
UK-based infrastructure group Balfour Beatty, in consortium with the Royal BAM Group, has been selected by Ireland's National Roads Authority to construct a road in the country. The...
Belfast Launches New Traffic Control System
A new traffic control system has been launched on the M1/Westlink route in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. The new £10m ($15.6m) system will monitor the speed and flow of traffic on...
ADB Funds Indian Road Upgrade
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has granted India $300m for assisting in road improvement projects in the state of Bihar. The Bihar State Highways II project involves building and...
Azerbaijan City's Satellite Traffic Technology System Operational in 2011
The new intelligent traffic control system installed in the city of Baku in Azerbaijan will be operational by February 2011. The $77m system is intended to ease congestion on the city's...
UK Roads Deemed Safest by International Survey
UK roads recorded the lowest death rates in 2009 out of 33 surveyed countries in a report on road fatalities published by the International Transport Forum (ITF). Measured by road deaths...
US State to Install New Road Paving Technology
Russell Standard Corporation will install its new road paving technology on Painters Run Road in Scott Township, Pennsylvania, US. The company's road surface sealant Fibermat will be...
US State Installs Speed Control Radar Signs
Riverside County and some cities in the US state of California have installed radar speed feedback signs in a bid to alert drivers about their speed. The feedback signs display the...
UK Motorists Concerned Over Shut-Down Cameras
New research has revealed that 66% of motorists fear roads in some parts of the UK will become more dangerous with the deactivation of speed cameras, following government cuts. Research...
UK Road To Be Recognised as Strategic National Corridor
The UK Department of Transport (DfT) has revealed proposals to identify the A1 north of Newcastle to the Scottish border a route of strategic national importance. The initiative will see...
US State to Award Contract for Interchange Work
The North Carolina Department of Transportation in the US is expected to award the contract for reconstruction of the I- 85/I-485 interchange in Mecklenburg County in Charlotte city by the end...
Mark IV to Deploy RFID Toll Technology in Mexico
US-based technology company Mark IV IVHS has entered into an agreement with OHL Concesiones to deploy its latest RFID technology on major toll roads in Mexico City. The agreement...
Scotland Shortlists Four Firms for Motorway Upgrade
Transport Scotland has shortlisted four tenders from seven major construction firms for the upgrade of Junction 1a on the M9, a key element of the new Forth Replacement Crossing (FRC)...
UK County Reviews Speed Cameras
Derbyshire County Council in the UK has launched a review considering the future of speed cameras on the roads in the region, following their removal due to government budget cuts. The...
US State Invests for Highway Projects
The US state of Washington has allotted funds for the construction of 21 additional highway projects across the state. The funds, worth about $112m, will be used to repair ageing...
Tanzania Road Project to be Completed Next Year
The Arusha-Namanga road rehabilitation project in Tanzania is on schedule and is expected to be complete by July 2011. The 105km road is undergoing massive rehabilitation at a cost of about...
UK County Wins Award for Streetlight Scheme
Surrey County Council in the UK has won a national award for its streetlight replacement scheme that will save the authority £12m ($18.6m) over a 25-year period. The scheme won the best...
Scotland to Open Motorway Next Year
The Scottish Government has announced that the M74 motorway extension in Glasgow will open next June, almost nine months ahead of the scheduled deadline of February 2012. The project...
Welsh County to Use Hidden Cameras for Road Safety
Flintshire County Council in Wales has introduced a hidden camera pilot scheme around schools to protect school children and help with prosecutions. Under the scheme, hidden cameras...
US City Installs New Traffic Monitoring System
The Florida Department of Transportation has installed a new traffic monitoring system to ease congestion in the city of Winter Haven. The project includes installation of 12 miles...
US State to Begin River Bridge Construction
The North Carolina Department of Transportation in the US is planning to begin construction work on the Interstate 85 bridge over the Yadkin River from 29 September. The first phase of the...
European Investment Bank to Fund Polish Roads
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to issue a loan of PLN11bn ($3.59bn) to finance road construction projects in Poland. Poland has already contracted the construction works...
UK County Shortlists Two Firms for Highways Contract
Surrey County Council in the UK will choose between two contractors for its highways maintenance contract after dropping three of the five shortlisted firms. Balfour Beatty and May Gurney...
Canadian Province Pilots New Traffic Calming Measure
The Canadian province of British Columbia has unveiled a new traffic calming measure in West Vancouver that creates an optical illusion resembling a child playing in the road. Canadian...
US Traffic Fatalities Lowest Since 1950
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that US highway deaths fell to 33,808 in 2009, the lowest number since 1950. 2009 has marked the country's the lowest...
US State Tests New Smart Technology on Highways
The US State of Washington has started testing the latest addition to Smarter Highways technology, designed to increase safety and reduce collisions on SR 520. The project includes testing...
New Zealand Tunnel Excavation Works Begin
Excavation works have begun for the proposed Victoria Park Tunnel in Auckland, New Zealand. The work involves digging a 700m trench and a 450m covered tunnel running under Victoria Park,...
Australia Seeks Tenders for Highway Upgrade
Australia has invited tenders from contractors for the upgrade of a section of the Pacific highway northbound carriageway from Herons Creek to Stills Road. The contract involves...
US State Agency to Test New Technology for Road Construction
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) in the US will trial a new speed sensing technology for a new road construction project in Southern Illinois. The agency will install...
UK City Unveils Energy Saving Plan
Bradford Council in the UK has installed dimming devices on all new street lights in the region to reduce carbon emissions and cut energy costs. The dimming equipment is expected to reduce...
Ireland Opens Final Section of Motorway
The final section of the M9 motorway between Carlow and Knocktopher in Kilkenny County, Ireland, has been opened for traffic. The new section, worth €1.519bn ($1.93bn), is a 40km-long...
Liberia Seeks Road Upgrade Funding
Liberia is seeking $1bn in funds from miners and other investors to upgrade the nation's road network. Mining firms such as ArcelorMittal, China Union and Severstal and Golden Agri...
NZ State Continues Highway Safety Checks After Earthquake
The New Zealand transport agency is undertaking measures to check the safety of bridges and highways in the state of Canterbury, as aftershocks following last week's earthquake continue to...
US State Installs Traffic Lights
The Maricopa County Department of Transportation in the US state of Arizona has started the installation of traffic lights at Baseline Road and Arizona 85 in Buckeye. The new lights...
Saudi Arabian Province Expands Traffic Camera Coverage
Saudi Arabia has increased the number of traffic monitoring cameras along expressways in the central and western regions in order to reduce accident rates. The Saher automated traffic...
Malaysia Starts Road Upgrade Project
PPES Works (Sarawak) has begun work to upgrade the 35.7km Beluru-Lapok Road in Malaysia. The upgrade will cover the road, which runs between Baram district and Miri city, and connects...
New Zealand Falls Short on Road Safety Targets
New Zealand has failed to meet its road safety targets compared with Sweden and the UK, according to a Traffic Institute of New Zealand (Trafinz) official. Traffic Institute of New...
US State Awards Road Widening Contracts
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority Board in New Jersey, US, has awarded contracts for the road widening project in the region. Pennsylvania-based PKF-Mark III received the $111.9m contract...
Street Light Reduction Risks Lives in UK
Turning off street lights across several regions in the UK may increase accidents and crime rates, according to a motoring organisation official. County councils throughout the UK have...
Phuket to Install Speed Cameras
The island of Phuket in Thailand will install speed cameras in the region as part of a road safety initiative undertaken by the government. Six sets of the speed cameras will be installed...
US State to Use Smart Traffic Technology
The Metropolitan Area Planning Agency in the US state of Nebraska will install smart signal technology to help improve traffic flow. The technology uses cameras and signal controllers...
Wales Road Project Receives Funding
A proposed 4.8km road in Neath Port Talbot county in Wales has received funding from the Welsh Assembly Government and the European Union. The £107m ($164.7m) funding will enable the...
Plans Submitted for New UK Bridge
Plans for a new bridge over the River Mersey in Halton, England, have been submitted to the government's spending review by the local council. Halton Borough Council's Mersey Gateway...
Israel Installs New Traffic Cameras
The Ministry of Public Security in Israel has deployed new traffic enforcement cameras on roads, supplied by Dutch company Gatsometer. The new cameras will monitor and measure the speed...
US State Unveils 100 Congested Roadway Segments
The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) in the US has unveiled a study, which has an updated list of Texas's 100 most congested roadways. IH 45 in Harris country received the first place...
California State Highways in Best Shape
Highways in the US state of California are in the best shape they have been in for nearly 19 years, according to the 19th annual highway report by the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation. ...
Ireland Introduces Additional Road Safety Measures
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) in Ireland has introduced nine additional measures to increase the safety of inexperienced drivers. RSA CEO Noel Brett said the modern driving environment...
Oman Awards Road Projects Worth $235.2m
Oman has awarded contracts worth $235.2m to upgrade road infrastructure in the country. The tender board has approved $190m for the second stage of the Nizwa-Ibri dual carriageway and...
Washington Freeway Project Reaches Final Phase
Freeway expansion work on Interstate 5 from Grand Mound to Centralia in the US state of Washington has entered its final phase. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)...
Navteq Unveils New Traffic System in Brazil
Navteq has launched a new traffic technology system in Brazil that delivers comprehensive, real-time traffic information. The Navteq Traffic system links real-time traffic information to...
US State Introduces New Mobile Travel Information Tool
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has introduced a new mobile application for iPhone and Android users. The new application provides real-time traffic...
Survey Reveals UK Public's Thoughts on Road Charging
A survey conducted in the UK has found that more than 50% of adults agree that road charges should be based on how often, when and where they use the roads. The survey by the Department...
Irish Motorway Section to Open Soon
A section of a major new motorway linking Limerick Southern Ring Road with the existing Nenagh bypass in Ireland will open in October, following the completion of repair works. The...
New York State Installs Traffic-Detecting Sensors
The US Department of Transportation has started installing receptive acoustic traffic-detecting devices on parkways in the state of New York which capture road noise and determine the...
Zambia, EU Sign Road Maintenance Contract
The European Union (EU) has signed a contract with Zambia for the rehabilitation of the nation's road network. The €70m ($88.8m) contract will involve the periodic maintenance of...
US State to Approve Parking Ticket Cameras
The US state of California has given preliminary approval for the installation of automated ticketing machines on street sweepers to generate parking tickets. The Assembly Bill 2567, which...
NZ City Sees Fall in Road Fatalities
The city of Canterbury in New Zealand has seen a reduction in road fatalities with 32 road crash deaths reported in 2009 compared with 48 in 2008, according to a study. The figures, from...
Saudi Arabian Province Installs Traffic Cameras
Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province (Ash Sharqiyah) has installed a Saher automated traffic camera system in a bid to cut accident rates in the region. The cameras will monitor vehicle speeds...
UK County Installs Motorway Message Signs
The Highways Agency in the UK has installed motorway message signs in Cumbria, which display warnings of incidents and bad weather to drivers using the motorway. The eight large overhead...
Fiji Secures Funds for Road Upgrade
China-based EXIM Bank has provided $189m in funding for a planned upgrade of Fiji's road network. Costs for the upgrade include $99.5m for the Ba and Buca Bay roads, $37m for the Sigatoka...
UK Council Plans Traffic Safety Measures
Kirklees Council in the UK plans to introduce traffic calming measures as part of road safety initiatives undertaken in the region. The traffic calming measures to be introduced on a...
New South Wales Enforces Mobile Speed Cameras
The Australian state of New South Wales has commenced full enforcement of its new mobile speed cameras, as the penalty-free trial of such cameras in the state has come to an end. The Roads...
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WSDOT Activates New Traffic Management System
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US has activated a new traffic management system from Jacobs Engineering Group along northbound Interstate 5 in south...
Australia Awards Road Safety Systems Contract
The state of New South Wales (NSW) in Australia has awarded Kustom Signals a contract for G3 Vision In Car Video and automatic number-plate recognition. Kustom will replace existing...
Flatiron Secures California Road Contracts
The California Department of Transportation in the US has awarded road contracts to infrastructure contractor Flatiron. One contract, worth $109m, includes the construction of about four...
NZ State Highway Closed
State Highway 35 at Maraenui Hill in the North Island of New Zealand was temporarily closed on 25 August by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA). The highway, situated about 32km east of Opotiki,...
US Considers New Tennessee-Georgia Interstate
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in the US is studying a possible new interstate to connect Knoxville, Tennessee, to Savannah, Georgia. The study began in June and the project,...
Poland Awards Toll Road Contract
Poland's General Directorate for National Roads and Highways (GDDKiA) has awarded FCC subsidiary Alpine Bau GmbH a contract to complete the section of the A1 toll road between Swierklany...
Transfield Wins New North American Contract
Transfield Services North America has secured a new $172m road contract with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. The new 12-year contract follows the $143m contract signed last year,...
Zambia Awards Road Contracts
A ZMK706bn ($142.61m) set of contracts has been awarded by Zambia's Road Development Agency (RDA) with the intention of improving the country's ailing roads, according to the Times of...
UK County Invites Bids for £315m Highways Contract
West Sussex County Council in the UK is inviting bids from construction companies for a five-year highway maintenance framework contract in the region. The £315m ($485.57m) deal covers...
WSDOT Plans Changes at Lake Washington
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US is planning some key changes on the ageing State Route 520 floating bridge. The agency plans to hire a contractor to build...
Beijing Hit by World's Longest Traffic Jam
An ongoing traffic jam on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway in China started on 14 August due to road construction work and is expected to continue until mid-September. The construction work is...
Turkish Company Set to Complete 90 Bridges in Turkmenistan
Net Yapi of the NATA Group is about to complete construction of 90 bridges across Turkmenistan. The Turkish construction company signed a two-year $287.5m contract with Turkmenistan in...
NTTA Signs US Tollway Contract
The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) has agreed to develop and operate the Southwest Parkway/Chisholm Trail toll project in Tarrant and Johnson counties in the US state of Texas. The...
London to Trial Average Speed Cameras
Transport for London (TfL) in the UK is planning a two-year trial of average speed cameras in the UK capital. The cameras record vehicles entering and leaving a road to calculate the...
US to Open Bypass Bridge in November
Construction work on the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge in the US is nearing completion and will be open for traffic in November, the Federal Highway Administration has said. The bridge portion...
Africa Israel to Sell Stake in Highway
Israeli real estate developer Africa Israel Investments has agreed to sell its 37.5% stake in Derech Eretz Highways to the Israel Infrastructure Fund for ILS475m ($125m). Africa Israel,...
Aecon Wins Two Road Contracts in Canada
Toronto-based construction company Aecon Group has announced that its infrastructure division has signed two road construction contracts in the Canadian province of Alberta. The first...
Romanian Police Force Deploys Vehicle-Mounted CCTV
UK-based traffic technology company Traffic Security Systems (TSS) has delivered 449 Radar Autovision systems for use in Romanian police vehicles. Radar Autovision is a vehicle-mounted...
WSDOT to Test Solar-Powered Road Reflectors
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US is planning to install solar-powered road reflectors to improve driver visibility and reduce run-off-the-road crashes in...
McCain to Synchronise Traffic Signals in US City
The US city of Temecula has awarded a contract to McCain, a manufacturer of traffic, transit and parking management systems, to supply its city-wide adaptive traffic signal synchronisation system....
Ireland Nearing Completion of New Motorway
The National Roads Authority in Ireland is nearing completion of the final 40km section of the M9 motorway from Dublin to Waterford. The new toll-free motorway, which cost almost...
Washington Seeks Design-Builders for Floating Bridge
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in the US is looking for design-builders to build a new State Route 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington. The...
Belarus Approves New Transit Plan
Belarus has approved a 2011-2015 strategy to develop transit potential in the region. The strategy is expected to generate $2.4bn in cargo and passenger transit revenues in 2015, an increase...
US State Awards Construction Support Service Contract
Michael Baker Jr., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corp., has been awarded a construction support services contract by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for a bypass in Hocking...
NZ to Preview New Motorway Before Use
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is arranging a community open day on 28 August to preview a new motorway, which is part of the Western Ring Route. The agency is inviting the public...
US State Begins River Bridge Replacement Project
The US state of New Jersey has started the Route 3 Passaic River bridge replacement project to improve safety and reduce congestion in the surrounding area. The $149m, federally funded...
Higher Risk for Poorer Children on UK Roads
New research by safety watchdog Road Safety Analysis indicates that children from lower income families are more likely to be injured on the road. According to the report, entitled...
New York to Close Bridge Lane for Repair Work
The US city of New York will close all Manhattan-bound lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge at night from 23 August until 2014 for a $508m renovation project. The lanes will be closed all weekend...
New York to Install More Countdown Signals
New York will install countdown signals at 1,500 intersections after driver inattention and failure to yield were cited as the most common cause of pedestrian injuries and deaths in a report by...
UAE Opens Two New Roads
The second phase of the Maleha Road and a new underpass on King Abdul Aziz Road in Sharjah, UAE, have been opened to traffic. The total cost of the Maleha Road project, now to be called...
NZ Motorway Project Disrupts Cyclists
A temporary route will be placed for cyclists using Hobsonville Road and Buckley Avenue as part of the SH18 Hobsonville Deviation motorway project to be initiated by the New Zealand...
Canada Begins Work on Bus Rapid Transit Corridor
The Ministry of Transportation in Canada has initiated construction work on the Mississauga Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in the province of Ontario. The BRT project, worth $259m,...
Thiess to Begin $825m Expressway Contract
Thiess will commence initial design and construction work on the eastern section of the Hunter Expressway project in the Australian state of New South Wales following the finalisation of...
Star Tollways to Bid for Infra Projects in the Philippines
Star Tollways has revealed plans to invest about $150m to bid for road projects under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) draft master plan for tollways in the Philippines. ...
Pennsylvania Transportation Funding Slashed by 24%
The transportation commission of the US state of Pennsylvania has approved a 24% reduction in funding to its 12-year transportation programme. Under the new plan, $51.6bn will be allocated...
South Australian Expressway to Open Ahead of Schedule
The Northern Expressway in the South Australian city of Adelaide will open three months ahead of schedule due to a financial boost under the federal government's economic stimulus plan. ...
Pakistan Seeks Additional Funds for Highway Projects
Pakistan has sought additional funds of $110m from the World Bank (WB) to complete highway projects that have been behind schedule due to lack of funds. The WB has audited these projects...
Canadian Province Signs 20-Year Road Agreement
British Columbia in Canada has signed a road contract with the Fraser Transportation Group for the completion of the South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR) project. Under the $658m 20-year...
Moldova Could Get EBRD Loan for Road Improvement
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering issuing a loan of about €75m ($96m) to Moldova for road rehabilitation. The project aims to improve the...
Bangalore to Deploy Toll Surveillance System
The Indian city of Bangalore will deploy a toll surveillance system on its roads, expressways and toll plazas. The system, developed by Infinova and DELOPT (Deepti Electronics &...
US State Launches Traffic Management System
Washington has become the first state in the US to implement Smarter Highways on I-5, a traffic management system that provides real-time traffic information on road conditions for...
California Budget Deficit Threatens Road Projects
California's $19.1bn budget deficit could further delay highway projects across the US state. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) said funding for $2.1bn in...
NZ City Highway Ramp Section to be Closed
A highway on-ramp section in Wellington, New Zealand, will be closed for three months from 23 August as part of an upgrade programme by the NZ Transport Agency. The on-ramp closure will...
Australian Funds Pledged for Highway Duplication
The Australian Government has announced it will provide A$257.5m ($231.5m) for the duplication of the Princes Highway between Winchelsea and Colac. The project will receive a further...
Oklahoma Approves Road Infrastructure Improvement Plan
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation in the US has approved a road infrastructure improvement plan to address the state's long-term transportation needs. The road programme, worth...
Balfour Receives Funds for UK Street Light Upgrade
Balfour Beatty has received £230m ($362.9m) in funding for the Public Private Partnership street lighting contract for the city of Coventry in the UK. Balfour will invest £6m ($9m) into...
Australian City to Receive Funds for Road Projects
The Australian city of Belmont will receive funds of A$480m ($434.3m) to improve road networks and A$100m ($90.4m) for highway upgrades. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has...
US State Counts Cost of Distracted Driving
The US state of Alabama has seen more than 1,400 road accidents caused by mobile phones and other electronic devices in the past 13 months, according to a report. The statewide figures...
ADB to Grant $500m for Sri Lankan Expressway
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $500m loan to Sri Lanka for the construction of the first phase of an expressway between Kandy and Colombo. The 98.9km four-lane expressway, to...
New York Subways to Get Free Wi-Fi Service
US-based Transit Wireless (TW) has received $200m in funding from Broadcast Australia to equip the New York Transit with free Wi-Fi services. As part of the deal, Broadcast Australia will...
Saudi Arabia Completes $453m Road Project
The two-track overpass and three-track underpass sections of a completed road project have been opened for public use in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The overpass on Hera Street and an underpass...
Speed Camera Removal in UK Has Reduced Accidents
Swindon, the first town in the UK to switch off its cameras in July last year, has seen a fall in the number of road accidents to 315 in comparison with 327 the previous year, according to...
Qatar to Develop Traffic Monitoring System
The QU Wireless and Innovations Center in Qatar has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mowasalat to develop an intelligent traffic monitoring system (ITMS) in the region. The...
California to Begin Tunnelling Works
The US state of California has begun tunnelling works on the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel. Tunnelling work on the $420m project, which is located on State Route 24 between Oakland...
Sri Lankan Expressway to be Ready by 2012
Work on the Colombo-Katunayake Express Highway in Sri Lanka is expected to be complete by 2012. The $292m project aims to reduce the travel time from Colombo to Katunayake to about 20 minutes....
US Road Authority Offers Bond Sale for Electronic Tolling
The Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) in South Florida, US, is offering $412m in bonds for sale to convert its roads to electronic tolling. Funds secured through the bond sale will be...
Strabag Wins Road Contract in Libya
Austrian construction company Strabag has won a road contract in Libya, which is part of a $30bn infrastructure expansion plan. Under the LYD172m ($133.3m) contract, Strabag will join...
Dubai Encourages Hands-Free Devices for Drivers
Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in the UAE has launched a year-long road safety campaign advising motorists to use hands-free devices in their vehicles to reduce road accidents. ...
Skanska to Build Highway in Slovakia
Skanska will soon begin work on the 14km R4 highway, which will link two provinces in Slovakia. The €77.69m ($102m) project will be delivered for the National Highway Company. ...
New Zealand to Deploy Digital Journey Time Signs
The New Zealand Transport Agency is set to deploy electronic journey time signs across the Auckland motorway network to provide motorists accurate travel information to selected...
URS Wins Transportation Management Contract in US
URS Corporation, a provider of engineering, construction and technical services, has won a contract from the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to provide operations and...
Campaign Reveals Extent of European Drink-Driving
More than 7,500 motorists across Europe failed alcohol breath tests in a single week, according to an operation carried out by the European Traffic Police Network (TISPOL) in 21 countries. ...
Abu Dhabi to Open New Section of Bridge Project
The completed second phase of the Al Mafraq Bridge in Abu Dhabi, UAE, which involves five motorways, will be opened this month. With the opening of the new motorways, the existing detours...
India Approves Highway Widening Projects
The Indian Government has approved a proposal for the six-laning of national highways to address the increased traffic volume in the country. The proposal includes the widening of 6,500km...
Abu Dhabi Completes Traffic Monitor Upgrade
The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City has completed the upgrade of the electronic traffic data capture system aimed at supporting traffic operations and management in the region. The project...
EBRD and EIB Grant Funds for Albanian Road Network
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) are jointly providing a €100m ($132.3m) loan to rehabilitate the road network in...
Cross Border Bridge Rebuilt in India
The Chakan Da Bagh Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district in India has been reconstructed as a steel bridge. The bridge has been re-modelled to a height of 50ft following the collapse...
UK City to Receive Street Light Upgrade
Coventry in the UK is to receive funding to replace its street lights as part of an initiative to improve road safety for motorists and pedestrians. The city council has secured over...
Malaysia to Enhance Road Safety
Malaysia is planning to improve road safety near steep slopes and ravines along highways to curb road crashes. Malaysian transport minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho said a national committee is...
UAE Bridge Conversion Project Completed
The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority has announced that improvement work on the Mirdif Bridge in the UAE has been completed. The bridge, which previously had two lanes in the direction...
Truckers Cause Just 25% of Heavy-Truck Injury Accidents in Europe
Truckers cause only 25% of human error-related, heavy-truck injury accidents in Europe, according to a new study. The report found that over 85% of such accidents occurred in five...
European Bank to Grant Road Loan to Ukraine
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to issue a loan of €450m ($590m) to co-finance road projects in Ukraine. The loan will be used to support...
Massachusetts to Renovate 97-Year-Old Bridge
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation in the US will reconst