The Ministry of Infrastructure has boosted its budget for 2016 to US$1.65 billion, an increase of $60.2 million over last year.
According to a report by La Prenza, road projects include renovation of around 69km of the Tegucigalpa-Catacamas route and continuation of the San Francisco de la Paz-Puerto Castilla road.
The ministry also said it will improve 80km of rural roads in indigenous areas and will undertake 332km of refurbishment on other roads.
Earlier this month, World Highways reported that
The United State is facing yet another national highway funding crisis as the country’s new fiscal year begins. Despite the fact that October 1 marked the beginning of America’s new financial year, Congress has still not passed or approved the funding for a new long-term surface transportation measure. This is really worrying the 31-member-strong Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) which is arguing that a “failure to act” will “lead to another self-imposed funding crisis that would undermine vital r
The planning of strategic highways in England is locked into a two-tier mentality that is not good for the economy or for society. It is time to change.
That is the message that David Quarmby, former chair of the RAC Foundation and head of RJRF’s Major Roads for the Future study, will be bringing to Highways UK, the landmark new roads conference at ExCel, London, 25th-26th November.
In his keynote address Quarmby will argue that while welcome new funds, a new planning regime and a new arm’s length ro
According to the UK’s Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), the biggest cause of crashes on UK roads is driver error. Figures from the Department of Transport show that in 2014 driver/rider error or reaction were cited as contributory factors in 74% of accidents, involving more than 117,000 casualties. Some 20,830 of these were in London alone.
