A New York State Supreme Court judge has ordered the suspension of the $1bn Kensington Expressway Project in Buffalo because the state’s department of transportation (NYSDOT) did not conduct an…

Montenegro is to cancel the pre-qualification tender for a 22km motorway project following a request from the EU and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which are financing…

Californian contractor Granite has signed an $88m contract with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to expand a section of the Ortega Highway State Route 74 near to Lake Elsinore.…

A joint venture between Austrian contractors Porr and Strabag has won a €217m contract to replace a 1.8km bridge in the Austrian Alps. The 55-year-old Luegbrücke is part of the…

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala opened the country’s first motorway procured through a public-private partnership (PPP) this week after a €530m project Vinci Construction started just under four years ago.…

US-headquartered Hill International is providing consulting services on a 5.5km motorway project in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Funded by the EU, the $310m project is a considered a critical piece of…

The Philippines has secured nearly $2.8bn in loans for a 26km motorway along one of the country’s busiest corridors. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend just under $1.7bn, the…

Ethiopia’s parliament has approved a $738m loan to South Sudan to build its share of a 220km cross-border highway aimed at improving trade between the countries, Addis Insights reports. The…

China First Highway Engineering Corporation has begun design work on the second phase of a motorway that will run east–west between Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, and the port city…

Vinci Highways has won a 30-year concession to operate and modernise a 594km section of Brazil’s tolled BR-040 highway. It’s the company’s second in Brazil after taking a 55% stake…

The cost of Pakistan’s M6 motorway between the cities of Sukkur and Hyderabad has nearly tripled in six years as a result of “mismanagement and inordinate delays by the federal…

An Oklahoma contractor specialising in erosion control on highway projects has been charged, along with its vice president and another employee, with a price-fixing conspiracy targeting more than $100m worth…

AASHTO – the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials – has approved a Purdue University-invented device that uses vibrations to check when concrete has cured. After seven years…

One of India’s most ambitious road projects, the 1,386km Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, is facing serious delays owing to land acquisition issues in the state of Gujarat, The Times of India reports.…

China Road and Bridge (CRBC) has been chosen to build Angola’s first motorway: a 1,400km-long project that will link the north and south of the country, local media reports. Carlos…

Vietnam is planning to build a $2.2bn motorway connecting Pleiku in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai to the port city of Quy Nhon. The project was suggested by…

Vietnam will spend $1.4bn on two ambitious motorways in its mountainous northwest. One will be a 121km link between the provinces of Cao Bang and Lang Son on the Chinese…

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has awarded Californian contractor Granite a $48m contract for reconstruction work on Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County. Improvements include a lane for cars…