Kazan allocated US$263.14mn road repair budget for 2012
Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin said authorities would allocate US$263.14million to repair the city’s road network in 2012, compared to a total of $197.66million spent over the previous five years.
May 15, 2012
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Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin said authorities would allocate US$263.14million to repair the city’s road network in 2012, compared to a total of $197.66million spent over the previous five years.
Data from the Nepalese Government shows that work is on-going to upgrade the country’s road network. Public Road Statistics from the Ministry of Physical Planning, Works and Transport Management show that 1,180km of new roads have been constructed in Nepal in the 2011-2012 fiscal year. The statistics reveal that of the 1,180km of roads, 290km were surfaced with asphalt and 407km were gravel roads, while there were also 47 new bridges built in the period. The target for the 2011-2012 fiscal year however was
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois has unveiled a US$1.93 billion (CAD2 billion) job creation plan that would include the creation of a new purpose-built electric car.
The government is looking to allocate $498.23 million (CAD516 million) out of the total job creation plan budget to the Nomad electric car project, said to be identical in concept to the Bixi bike-sharing program of Montreal.
The US state of Missouri said it is fighting a losing battle to maintain its 641 bridges that are listed in critical condition - one-step away from being closed to traffic.
Engineers in the southern state’s department of transportation said around US$820 million is needed to repair or replace the 641 bridges, three of which were closed to traffic last year.
The critical list has expanded with the addition of 50 more bridges since last year. And the critical list is expected to grow to around 1,500 bri
A new report from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), highlighting the poor condition of many US bridges, is nothing less than a national scandal.
According to ARTBA’s report, 47,052 US bridges are in poor condition, while 18,842 Interstate highway bridges have identifiable repair needs. The length of America’s structurally deficient bridges if placed end-to-end would span nearly 1,760km, ARTBA’s examination of federal government data shows.
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