Road markings, along with laying and testing equipment, are all essential to make sure drivers get clear instructions. Patrick Smith reports
Road markings are as important as signs, with longitudinal markings informing and warning road users of approaching situations that will require them to take some form of action.
The Asian Development Bank will loan US$800 million to Sri Lanka toward phase three of the country’s Integrated Road Investment Programme.
The programme will improve more than 3,100km of rural roads and nearly 250km of national roads at a total cost $906 million.
Work will take place in Sabaragamu provinces, Kaluthara District, Central, North Central and North Western Provinces.
Sri Lanka recently announced that $292 million has been secured from the Japan International Cooperation Agency for a new
The Chinese Government is boosting economic development in the Tibet autonomous region by commencing 781 rural road projects during its 11th five-year plan. This will see some 14,740km of rural road being constructed in Tibet. In all the rural road work is costing US$686 million, with the aim of increasing transport and trade.
Highway construction work zones are dangerous places, and anything that can improve safety is welcomed as Patrick Smith reports. The safe and efficient flow of traffic through work zones is a major concern to transportation officials, industry, the public, businesses, and commercial motor carriers. This is the view of the US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), which has developed the Highway Work Zone Safety Program to reduce the fatalities and injurious crashes in work zones, and to enhance traffic oper
