A Chinese contractor is to build a major expressway link in Nigeria.
March 15, 2012
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A Chinese contractor is to build a major expressway link in Nigeria. The contract is for a 15km section of highway. The work will be handled by 890 China Railway Construction.
A series of major road transport projects are moving ahead in Colombia, with the country’s national infrastructure agency (ANI), handling most of the deals. In the country’s capital, Bogota, design work is now complete on the Calle 13 and Accesos Norte II road projects. The Calle 13 project will see an 11.5km section of route widened so that it features three lanes in either direction. The work will also include building new facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. This project is expected to cost US$1.15 b
The state government of Victoria in Australia will pay the East West Connect consortium US$258 million to cancel construction of Melbourne’s East West Link road tunnel.
The payoff is to cover the consortium's bidding, design and pre-construction costs and draw a line under the deal that has been mired in financial controversy for years.
The federal government slammed Victoria’s decision to bail out of the project as “an obscenity’’ that will cost 7000 jobs, according to a report in The Australian news
