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…
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…