International Road Dynamics (IRD) will design, supply and install 19 mainline weigh-in-motion systems throughout the US State of Georgia. IRD, based in the city of Saskatoon in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, said the contract is worth US$7.93 million. The deal includes mainline WIM scales on the interstate, at the roadside and in scale houses as well as license plate reading, USDOT number reading, side view cameras and over-height detection systems at 19 weigh station locations. IRD’s systems will c
Catching sight of grandma’s beady eye can make many a young driver pay attention to the speed limit or take a little extra care approaching a roundabout. But what if granny was always there, sitting in the passenger seat, keeping watch over those three point turns and reverse parking manoeuvres? Graphic design student Mollie Courtenay from Kingston University in Surrey, southern England, has come up with a novel way to harness grandparent power and encourage young drivers to be more safety conscious.
Geveko Markings says that it’s preformed thermoplastic called ChipFill can be used for repairing cracks and smaller holes in surfaces other than asphalt
Repairs made with ChipFill can be done in only 20 minutes without the need for bulky machinery, according to the company. All that is needed is a brush and a gas burner.
Until now, ChipFill has been used widely for road repair, but it offers easy solutions for other problems as well, such as reseating cobblestones. Thermoplastic and preformed thermoplas
Brazil’s Transport Ministry is to postpone 30 major projects due to budget cuts. The Ministry of Transport says that 30 projects that would have been launched in 2015 will now be postponed due to the reduced budget. The cut is estimated to be between 30% and 40% of the Ministry's budget, cutting up to US$2.04 billion in funding. Instead the Transport Ministry will now focus on projects that are already complete or close to being finished. However those projects considered to be of value to the national econ
