The German province of Baden- Württemberg has issued a list of 20 ready to be built federal trunk road projects worth a combined US$1.01billion (€800mn).The first five could be started in 2014 and the next five in 2015 or 2016.
August 24, 2012
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The German province of Baden- Württemberg has issued a list of 20 ready to be built federal trunk road projects worth a combined US$1.01billion (€800mn).The first five could be started in 2014 and the next five in 2015 or 2016.
China’s Liaoning Province is expanding its highway network with a programme of upgrades and new construction. By the end of 2015 Liaoning Province will have up to 4,500km of highways. The province is building some 2,600km of highways for the 2011-2015 period. In all there will be 20 new highways, with the work costing US$14.36 billion in all. The authorities in the province are also spending $17.5 billion on road development during the 2011-2015 period.
Brazil will spend at least US$1.63 billion in privately operated federal road infrastructure projects in 2015.
This is down slightly, from $1.82 billion spent in 2014, according to estimates by the land transport agency NTT.
Work this year includes a stretch of the BR-050 motorway operated by MGO, which already has seen around $104 million. Road operator Concer, which administers sections of the BR-060, BR-153 and BR-262, invested nearly $88 million between 2014 and the first quarter of 2015.
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A report from the German construction and building equipment manufacturer’s association, the VDMA, reveals steady sales for 2014. According to the report, German manufacturers of construction equipment are expecting to see a growth of 5% throughout 2014. In 2013, sales for the entire industry reached €11.7 billion.
“This forecast is, however, based on several different backgrounds,” said Sebastian Popp, the VDMA’s expert on economics explains the situation. He explained that with construction equipment, th
A consortium of BAM-PGGM and HABAU has been appointed preferred bidder for extension of Germany’s A10-A24 motorway from Neuruppin to Pankow, near Brandenburg.
The public-private partnership deal covering nearly 65km is worth around €1 billion over the 30 years of the contract, according to infrastructure project management company DEGES.
