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WiM eases bridge structural health worries
March 22, 2024
Concerns about ageing road bridges are leading road authorities to consider the case for using weigh-in-motion - WiM - solutions to monitor health of such infrastructure, writes Adam Hill.
Boost for cycling in Europe
March 22, 2024
Bicycle journeys in France increased 7% during the week and by 6% in urban use compared to 2022, according to a report by Vélos & Territoires.
Wrong time to end right turns?
March 15, 2024
Banning right-hand turns after stopping for a red light is gaining momentum in the US. But debate continues about whether it will result in fewer incidents between vehicles and alternative mobility users. David Arminas reports.
Bitumen technology: counting carbon emissions from road works
March 13, 2024
This month we look at accurate carbon counting, a biobinder that does not come at a premium and efforts to increase recycled content - Kristina Smith reports
Race track construction in Japan
March 13, 2024

Road construction machines from the Wirtgen Group have been used to build a new race track in Japan. Four Vögele asphalt pavers worked on the project to build a demanding circuit in a mountainous area in Japan.

Tight corners and uphill gradients of up to 19% are features of the private racing circuit. Three Vögele pavers, a SUPER 1800-3i, a SUPER 1803-3i and a SUPER 1900-2, paved almost 100,000m2 in four layers, while a MT 3000-3i offset material feeder was also used to ensure efficiency and quality.

The 10 step Tanzania project has received a Prince Michael Award
March 13, 2024
Tanzania's road safety programme has won a key award.
Green asphalt options from Ammann's new plants
March 6, 2024
Ammann is offering innovative advances for the asphalt plant segment - Mike Woof writes
Highway 99 revisited
March 6, 2024
David Arminas recently returned to Seattle for an inside look at some of the features of the now-complete SR99 tunnel that was a World Highways key project report in November 2017.
2023 Global Road Achievement Award Winner - Environmental Mitigation: Xingyi Ring Expressway
March 6, 2024
An important road link in China has won a prestigious 2023 Global Road Achievement Award
John Deere Operations Center™ Construction
March 5, 2024
The digital platform for solutions for optimising processes, machinery and services
Turkish customs: TAREKS taken to task
February 29, 2024
Turkish customs officials, under the TAREKS inspection regime, are taking a harder look at non-EU-made construction equipment. But it appears that some European manufacturers are being caught up in the importation log jam, reports David Arminas.
Innovative road construction
February 19, 2024
Wirtgen is introducing an innovative concept for road construction in the shape of its new WRC 240(i) rock crusher. The machine has been developed from the firm’s proven soil stabiliser technology and is designed to break coarse rocks in-situ, as found in hand-packed pavement layers.
Rebuilding roads in Italy
February 16, 2024
A fleet of Liebherr ADTs is helping with the construction of a major project at Lake Reschen in Northern Italy, close to the country’s borders with Austria and Switzerland.
Asecap Days – Istanbul 2023
February 16, 2024
The “vast lakes of data” collected daily by global highway operators are going to waste meaning opportunities to improve services and boost revenue are continually lost. This must change, reports Geoff Hadwick from the ASECAP Days 2023 conference in Istanbul.
Sustainable Construction with Topcon
February 7, 2024
Michael Gomes, vice president of sustainability and corporate social responsibility at Topcon, talks to Mike Woof, editor of World Highways magazine, about the use of technology to deliver sustainability in road construction.