No Parking - a driver in East Africa had a notion to leave his car rather too close to his house - image courtesy of World Highways reader Francis Gicheru
January 21, 2014
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No Parking - a driver in East Africa had a notion to leave his car rather too close to his house - image courtesy of World Highways reader Francis Gicheru
n Switzerland a Swedish man has set what is thought to be a world record, for the largest speeding fine ever. In Switzerland driving penalties are set in proportion to the offender's income and the fine was over e791,000. The man was driving his high performance Mercedes SLS on the A12 highway between Berne and Lausanne when he was stopped by police for exceeding the speed limit. He was driving the e170,000 car at speeds of up to 300km/h, somewhat in excess of Switzerland's maximum 120km/h limit and the pol
How can we make our infrastructure ready for new sustainability challenges? What kind of investments are needed? And who will finance them? Tolling association Asecap has some thoughts. Geoff Hadwick reports from Lisbon
Imagine a megapolis rising, Atlantis-like, from the sea. An urban development similar in size to New York’s Manhattan that boasts thriving business and residential districts to help transform not just a city but an entire country. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction. But the Eko Atlantic project in Lagos, Nigeria, is real and has become one of the most dazzling and most discussed construction developments in the entire world.
One hundred years ago, the area of land on which the new city will be bu
Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), an internationally acclaimed Indian technology, engineering, construction and manufacturing company, has worked on some of the iconic projects across the world and has been expanding its reach internationally.
The company has a strong presence in Oman and is currently working on major road and infrastructure projects.
As a speaker for the Oman Land Transport Infrastructure Summit 2013, IQPC Middle East, the event organisers, spoke to John Alan Lewis, the head of quality,
