News China’s Xinjiang highway will have a 16km ice tunnel Chinese contractors will drill a 16km-long tunnel through a 2.4km-deep layer of glacial ice to build a major road in the far western autonomous region of Xinjiang. The West Tianshan…
News Japan mulls 500km Tokyo-Osaka conveyor tunnel The Japanese government is considering building a 500km-long underground conveyor system to move freight and consumer goods between Tokyo and Osaka to address a logistics crisis caused by labour shortages.…
News Russia, North Korea make new plans to build first road bridge North Korea and Russia have agreed to build a road bridge over the Tumen River that marks their 17km-long border. The two sides agreed to the project during Russian president…
News China Road wins $2.5bn PPP deal to build Angola’s first motorway 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…
News Vietnam mulls $2.2bn motorway from Central Highlands to the coast 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…
News Vinci buys two firms to bolster North American road-building French contractor Vinci has bought two family-run firms to add to its road-building capacity in North America. One is Newport Construction based in New Hampshire in the US, and the…
News Hungary plans ‘logistics ring’ around Budapest Hungary is planning to improve traffic flow in Budapest by constructing a Chinese-funded railway bypass and a motorway ring road, local media report. The V0 railway was discussed during Chinese…
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…