Network road pricing is inevitable to manage increasing congestion on city motorways and to facilitate more efficient transport networks, says 891 Transurban chief executive Scott Charlton.
In Australia, a road contract worth US$400.47 million (A$400 million) has been won by Interlinks Roads. The deal involves upgrading a key section of highway, with Transurban holding a 50% stake in Interlink Roads. In addition, Abigroup will carry out a $315 million deal to widen a 21km section of Sydney's M5 highway has been secured by Abigroup. The M5 work is due for completion in 2014 and includes widening 21km of the M5 from two lanes to three lanes between Camden Valley Highway and King Georges Road.
The 37th ASECAP Annual Study and Information Days held in Krakow, Poland, gathered some 300 road transport CEOs, experts and government decision-makers making the event "a huge success." Patrick Smith reports Toll road operators from across Europe have met to discuss the state of their businesses in the current economic climate and how to tackle it. Fabrizio Palenzona, the outgoing President of ASECAP (the European professional Association of Operators of Toll Road Infrastructures) and president of AISCAT (
A road design study is now being carried out for Latvian capital Riga. The study will evaluate solutions for connecting parts of the city and its port to the main Latvian highway network. The study will be part-funded by the EU’s TEN-T Programme, which is providing close to €1.8 million. The project will be completed by the 31st December 2015 and involves the construction of a new link to the Freeport of Riga that will carry heavy goods vehicles, reducing traffic volumes and congestion in the historic city
Emovis - part of Abertis Mobility Services - will supply the public company Mont Blanc Motorways and Tunnel - ATMB - with a free-flow tolling system in France’s Haute-Savoie region.
