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In Chile the authorities are setting out plans for a new programme designed to provide alert warnings for urban roads requiring repair.

The second phase of Slovakia's R1 expressway is now opening to traffic.

Considerable discussion is being carried out in Russia on the country's future highway requirements.

In Brazil the Sao Paulo-based company EcoTech plans to invest US$198 million in road repair technologies by 2016.

Questions are being asked in Brazil over the terms and conditions set on the tender for Rodoanel, a ring-road around Sao Paulo.

Engine manufacturer Deutz reports a strong first quarter.

Chile's Ministry of Public Works has revealed that work on the Vespucio Oriente highway will now cost US$2 billion.

Exhibition organiser Messe München International is continuing to develop its international profile with the signing of an agreement for a new partnership in Thailand.

URS has been awarded a two-year contract, with the option for a two-year extension, by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to provide operations and support services for the Gateway Guide Transportation Management Centre (TMC) located in St.

The US city of Cleveland in the state of Ohio is to benefit from a new bridge to carry the I90 highway.

The Danish Road Directorate (Vejdirektoratet) estimates that extending the E45 highway from Aarhus, Denmark down to the Danish-German border will cost €2 billion in the period up to 2040.

A technical study worth US$5.9 million (€4 million) is starting for Tunisia's Kairouan-Enfidha highway.

In Alaska a decision has been made regarding the Knik Arm Crossing Project, which will now be carried out under the PPP model.

A new PPP deal has been signed in France for the financing, design, construction, service and maintenance on a 15-year land-use bypass road southwest of Vichy.

It is now 25 years since the UK's M25 motorway opened to traffic.