News 22 jailed in Vietnam over defective $1.4bn expressway A court in Vietnam has sentenced 22 people to prison terms of up to six years for malpractice and negligence in building a major expressway. It also fined five contractors…
News Iranian companies to build $215m stretch of Armenian highway Iranian companies are to build a 32km stretch of Armenia’s North–South highway. According to Russian news agency Interfax, the project is located in the south of Armenia and will run…
News 2km of plastic kerbs installed in Longford, Ireland Clandillon Civil Consulting and precast specialist Killeshal have installed around 2km of Dura Products’ recycled kerb-and-drain system on the N63-Majors Well Road in Longford, Ireland. Made from 70% recycled plastic…
News US government to restore Native American sacred site after losing 15-year legal battle The US government has agreed to restore a sacred First Nation site in Oregon after a 15-year battle in the Supreme Court. The Place of Big Big trees, on the…
News Kenya to request $1bn Chinese loan to finish stalled road projects President Ruto of Kenya is to use his visit to Beijing later this month to ask China for a $1bn loan to restart work on stalled road projects. He will…
News West Africa’s $15bn superhighway set to begin in January The first tenders for a 1,028km motorway between Abidjan and Lagos, the capitals of the Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria, will be published in January, an official from the Ecowas group of West African states has said.
News Skanska wins $834m Washington I-405 corridor contract Skanska has signed an $834m contract with the Washington State Department of Transportation to expand and improve a 7.2km section of the I-405 corridor in Bothell. The project will create…
News Five bidders in race for Oman’s $650m “truck road” Five companies are in the running to construct a “truck road” near Oman’s border with Yemen, business website Zawya reports. The 67km tolled road for heavy vehicles carrying minerals will…
News Ferrovial completes new financing for the North Tarrant Express in Texas Ferrovial, through the NTE Mobility Partners consortium led by its subsidiary Cintra, has completed a financing arrangement to improve the North Tarrant Express toll road in Texas.
News Lane to overhaul busy interchange serving Florida Disney resorts Webuild’s US subsidiary, Lane Construction, has won a $102m design-build project to overhaul a traffic-clogged highway interchange feeding Disney and other resorts in Orange County, Florida. Every day, more than…
News €247m to be spent on modernising motorway between France and Italy A total of €247m in funding has been raised for modernisation and safety work on the A32 motorway that connects northwest Italy and France via the Frejus tunnel. The project…
News Webuild wins €157m Swiss highway renovation CSC Costruzioni, the Swiss subsidiary of Italy’s Webuild, is leading the team carrying out a €157m road renovation contract in Switzerland’s southern Ticino canton. CSC Costruzioni holds a 35% stake…
News Iraq opens bidding on $17bn road and rail link with Turkey Bidding has opened for a 1,200km motorway and rail link that will connect southern Iraq with Turkey, the World Highways website reports. Iraq approved the “Development Road”, as the project…
News Ethiopia borrows $720m to modernise road to Djibouti The International Development Association (IDA) will lend Ethiopia $720m to improve road travel between Addis Ababa and Djibouti. The IDA is the division of the World Bank that deals with…
News Germany wants ex-minister to pay in €243m highway-toll “mistake” The German government is considering whether it can force a former transport minister to pay at least part of the €243m bill for a failed plan to introduce highway tolls,…
News Vinci JV wins major Slovakian road job A joint venture led by Vinci Construction has won a €330m contract to build the second lot of the northern highway bypass of Prešov, Slovakia’s third-largest city. Over four years,…
News Chittagong’s pioneering road tunnel to be completed in September After four years of construction work, a 3.4km road tunnel under the Karnaphuli river in the port city of Chittagong in Bangladesh is nearing completion, the Dhaka Tribune reports. The…
News Skanska wins $423m Norwegian road contract Skanska has signed a $423m contract with the Norwegian Road Authority (NPRA) to build a stretch of the E18 highway in Oslo. The 2.3km, six-lane motorway will link the areas…