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.
Denmark’s National Audit Office has criticised the Danish National Road Directorate for consistently miscalculating the level of investment required for road projects.
The Road Directorate – Vejdirektoratet - used 33% less than budgeted for road projects from 2007-2017. The audit office said that "budget calculations by the transport ministry, including the Road Directorate, have not been accurate enough".
Jens Holmboe, head of the Road Directorate, rejected the criticism, saying that the Audit Office
Analysts predict strong growth in road building up to 2020 as public finances improve. Graham Anderson reports from Helsinki
European civil engineering markets – including road building and maintenance - are predicted to grow strongly between now and 2020 thanks to the increasing strength of EU members states’ national economies. The increasingly optimistic forecasts are contained in the latest construction industry research from construction market analyst Euroconstruct, based in the Finnish capital Hel
Standfirst: Leading tolling technology solution manufacturer Kapsch TrafficCom has recently been appointed to deliver two major electronic tolling projects in Australia, as Guy Woodford reports
Kapsch TrafficCom’s new key Australian contracts will see the Austrian firm use its multi-lane free-flow (MLFF) single gantry solution on the Eastern Distributor toll road in Sydney and the Legacy Way toll road in Brisbane. The MLFF single gantry solution includes innovative stereoscopic vehicle detection and classi
