News Kenya secures US funding for $3.6bn Mombasa–Nairobi motorway Kenya has secured $3.6bn of funding for a 440km motorway between the capital of Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. The Usahihi Expressway is set to become the longest…
News $3.6bn Ohio bridge to relieve one of country’s ‘worst truck bottlenecks’ The US Department of Transportation has approved an environmental review of a proposed $3.6bn bridge linking Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky over the Ohio River, meaning the scheme can now…
News Fluor JV starts work on $700m Texas highway project A joint venture between Fluor and Austin Bridge and Road has broken ground on the first phase of the Interstate 35 (I-35) Northeast Expansion South in San Antonio, Texas. The…
News EBRD to lend Armenia €236m to build southern road Armenia is to be loaned €236m by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a 24km section of road linking the towns of Kajaran and Sisian in the southeast…
News New Zealand greenlights $6.2bn transport upgrade in Canterbury New Zealand has approved a 10-year plan to upgrade the transport system in the Canterbury Region, which includes the city of Christchurch. The programme is expected to cost US$6.2bn, of…
News Nigeria to start designing 1,000km north-south highway The government of Nigeria this week said it is planning to build a 1,000km highway between the coastal town of Badagry and the city of Sokoto in the northwest. According…
News Lane wins $110m project to widen I-64 in Virginia Webuild’s US subsidiary Lane Construction has won a $110m design-bid-build project in Hampton City, Virginia, to complete the “Newport News Segment” on Interstate 64 from west of Denbigh Boulevard in…
News Nigeria to build $2bn coastal highway from Lagos to Calabar Nigeria plans to spend $2bn on a 700km coastal highway between the commercial capital of Lagos and the port of Calabar near its border with Cameroon.
News Vietnam starts final section of $59bn North-South Expressway Vietnam broke ground this week on the 60km stretch of highway in the north of the country that will complete its historic $59bn North-South expressway. The $430m section runs north…
News Gulf states and Turkey sign up to Iraq’s $17bn ‘Development Road’ to the Med Transport ministers from Iraq, Turkey, UAE, and Qatar met on Monday to sign a memorandum of understanding on Iraq’s “Development Road”. It’s envisaged as a 1,200km motorway, rail link and…
News US earmarks $830m to protect transport infrastructure from climate change The US government is to spend $830m on mitigating the effects of climate change on road and rail systems. The money will go on 80 projects to protect transport from…
News Besix team nears finish line on Rotterdam’s new ring road The consortium building the new A16 ring road around northern Rotterdam has nearly finished the giant Terbregseplein flyover, member Besix posted on X. Called “De Groene Boog” (The Green Arch),…
News Spanish heavyweights to build a €3bn ring road in congested Lima A consortium of large Spanish firms – Ferrovial, Acciona and Sacyr – has been selected to develop the Peripheral Ring Road in Lima, Peru as a 30-year public-private partnership with…
News Tutor Perini subsidiary wins $136m Illinois road and bridge contract Lunda Construction, a subsidiary of American contractor Tutor Perini, has entered the lowest bid for a bridge replacement and highway improvement project on the border between Illinois and Indiana. The…
News Ferrovial buys €740m stake in Indian toll road company Spanish contractor Ferrovial has bought a 24% stake in Indian road builder IRB Infrastructure Trust for €740m. IRB owns 12 toll road concessions in India, covering an estimated 2,000km, with…
News Implenia and Johann Bunte win €130m German motorway contract A joint venture between Swiss contractor Implenia and Germany’s Johann Bunte Bauunternehmen will build a ring-road to alleviating traffic congestion in Bremen, northwest Germany. The 1.7km bypass will be located…
Projects Vinci celebrates opening of 93km Coastal Road in Côte d’Ivoire Vinci Construction is celebrating the opening of a restored 93km stretch of Côte d’Ivoire’s Coastal Road between Dabou and Grand Lahou. It strengthens the link between the country’s two main…
News Skanska wins three US contracts worth $447m Skanska has won a data centre project in Virginia, a supplemental waterfront facility in the eastern US and a road in Los Angeles. In Virginia, Skanska has landed a $242m…