Slovakia is to invest around €2.9 billion to improve roads in the economically depressed coal-mining region Upper Nitra.
Work will include upgrades and repairs to 150km of dual carriageways and motorways in order to attract businesses other than those associated with mining which is being gradually closed. The improved road infrastructure will connect existing and planned business and commercial parks and zones, according to local media.
Towns near the R2 dual carriageway, including Handlova, Novaky a
A car park in the UK town of Farnborough should be helping with the chronic shortage of parking spaces in the locality. However despite having 70 car parking spaces, the facility has been unused for five years.
The US city of San Francisco, and Medellin, Colombia have been declared the winners of the 8th annual Sustainable Transport Award by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy.
