News Webber wins three Texas road jobs worth $265m The Texas Department of Transportation has picked Ferrovial subsidiary Webber for three road contracts in Texas worth a combined $265m. One is to expand 5.6 miles of the SL 335…
News Webuild wins €284m contract to build 15km section of road in northwest Italy Italian contractor Webuild has won a €284m contract to build a 15km section of the Pedemontana Piemontese highway in Piedmont. Working on behalf of Italy’s state railway company, Webuild and…
Companies Vinci buys its first toll-highway concession in Brazil Vinci Highways just got its first toll-highway concession in Brazil by acquiring a 55% stake in Brazilian road operator Entrevias from Brazilian fund Patria. Agreed in December 2022, the sale…
News Aecon completes $175m sale of roadbuilding subsidiary Canadian contractor Aecon has completed the US$175m cash sale of its Ontario roadbuilding subsidiary to Canadian infrastructure company Green Infrastructure Partners (GIP). Aecon Transportation East (ATE) employs almost 1,000 staff…
News Skanska lands five-year interchange overhaul in San Gabriel Valley Skanska has signed a $267m contract with the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments to make improvements to the State Route 57/60 interchange that runs through the City of Diamond…
News Cambodia plans motorway from Phnom Penh to Vietnam Cambodia’ transport minister Sun Chanthol said work on a $1.6bn motorway running from the capital Phnom Penh southeast to the border with Vietnam will start in June next year, Xinhua…
News Ferrovial in line for $79m crash-reduction upgrade on Atlanta’s I-85 Ferrovial Construction has been selected by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) as the “Best Value Proposer” for the $79m upgrade of an intersection of the I-85 highway in Atlanta.…
News Webuild joint venture lands $1bn Florida interchange contract A joint venture between Webuild subsidiary Lane Construction and US company Superior Construction has been awarded a $1bn contract to rebuild the Westshore Interchange in Tampa, Florida. The scope of…
News Skanska wins $120m interchange project in southern California Skanska this week signed a $120m contract to revamp a major highway interchange in the city of Corona in Riverside County, southern California. The State Route 71/91 Interchange Improvement Project…
News Vinci’s Seymour Whyte lands $385m in Australian road work Transport for New South Wales has awarded Vinci’s Australian subsidiary Seymour Whyte two projects with a combined value of A$385m (€240m). One sees the company building a 5km section of…
News Chinese consortium to repair and upgrade Zambia’s Copperbelt highway A Chinese consortium has agreed to fund and carry out a $650m toll road project in Zambia. According to the South China Morning Post, the aim is to upgrade the…
News Texas announces record-breaking $100bn road improvement plan The Texas Department of Transport (TxDOT) last week announced a 10-year, $100bn road building plan. The investment, a state record, is $15bn more than the 2023 Unified Transportation Programme and…
News China to finance and build highway in Bosnia and Herzegovina A Chinese consortium is to lend $190m to Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s autonomous Serbian province, to build a highway toward Serbia
News Chinese researchers develop self-deicing asphalt Researchers from Hebei University of Science and Technology have developed an additive for asphalt that may keep roads ice-free and negate the need to spread salt on the surface. Their…
News China Railway pays $600m for another stretch of Chile’s main highway China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has increased its ownership of Chile’s main highway by paying $600m for the right to toll a 169km stretch of Route 5 between Chillán in…
News Balfour Beatty awarded $242m design-and-build contract for Interstate 70 in North Carolina UK contractor Balfour Beatty has been awarded a $242m design-and-build contract to upgrade the Interstate 70. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has tasked it with improving mobility for…
News China’s Xinjiang region plans $12bn spend on roads in 2023 China’s state news agency, Xinhua, has reported that the autonomous Xinjiang region in the country’s northwest, will invest $12.3bn in road construction in 2023. The money will be split between…
News NZ’s pothole punch-up based on wrong figures, transport agency says As election year gets underway in New Zealand, the incumbent Labour government has come under fire for presiding over a supposedly record-breaking number of public complaints about potholes, but the…