In Ethiopia, three road projects worth over US$240 million will be built as part of the country's fourth road sector development plan.
The government will fund the projects using its own resources.
The first project is the 83km Sodo-Tercha asphalt-concrete project, costing around $84 million and to be built by China Railway Seventh Group. Completion is scheduled for 19 months.
The second project, worth $102 million is the 99km Bilbela-Sekota road project, scheduled to take 39 months and to be built
A driver in Wales drove around for a day with an estimated 20,000 unwelcome passengers until the problem got to be too evident.
The video shows the car of the 65-year-old grandmother, finally parked in the small town of Haverfordwest, literally buzzing with bees. Apparently, a queen bee got stuck on the vehicle and her community decided to follow the car and stick to it as well.
It took two members of the Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association, a park ranger and some local people to coax the travelers
The market and technology for weigh-in-motion systems continues to evolve – Mike Woof writes. for both mature and developing highway infrastructure networks, traffic densities play an important role in determining road wear and life. Monitoring traffic volumes and individual vehicle weight is crucial for ensuring roads can cope in the long term and that maintenance can be planned, while the problem of overloading can be eliminated.
Survey specialist Fugro is setting out plans for an upcoming highways seminar, which will be held in July 2013 in Birmingham. The firm has been involved with the Developments in Pavement Assessment conference for the last 12 years and is now relaunching the event with a broader view to include all elements of the highway network. The 13th edition of the one day conference is now being retitled Developments in Highways Assessment (DIHA). The event is aimed at highway engineers, network and asset managers, th
