1 December 2011
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 Qatar.
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30 November 2011
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 Ababa.
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30 November 2011
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 construction.
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30 November 2011
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 infrastructure.
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30 November 2011
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...
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29 November 2011
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 disasters.
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29 November 2011
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 $100m.
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29 November 2011
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) system.
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28 November 2011
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 bridge across Brahmaputra river...
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28 November 2011
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 projects.