Manila North Tollways Corp (MNTC) has started work on stage two of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) in the Philippines. The US$245.76 million (PHP 10bn) stage involves an 8km road between the Harbour Link and the Smart Connect Interchange in Manila. The project also includes the construction of Segment Nine and Segment 10, earmarked for completion in 12 and 24 months respectively. Segment Nine will connect MacArthur Highway with the Valenzuela NLEX Main via a 2.4km link and costs $41.7 million (PHP 1.7bn),
Work on several new highways being built in Slovakia as public-private partnerships (PPPs) will be delayed by six to 12 months. This means that the first sections of the Martin-Presov link will not open before 2011. The last section is expected to be completed in either late 2012 or early 2013.
There is a lot of work to do on Bulgarian roads, but the government has plans to increase the length of highways built each year as Krasimir Krastanov reports. Bulgarian roads with a pavement make up 98.4% of all the country's roads, while 92.5% of them have an asphalt surface and 82.8% of them are able to carry 10tonnes/axle.
