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In Romania the road authorities have signed a deal for the construction of a 22km stretch of highway in a contract worth €91 million.

A legal tussle is unfolding in Bosnia over the Sarajevo Ringroad project.

Blythe Construction is working on a major interchange project close to the US city of Charlotte in North Carolina.

After a solid first quarter 2011, STRABAG, Central and Eastern Europe’s largest construction company, has raised its outlook for the financial years 2011 and 2012.

Lithuania's Ministry of Transport proposes that the country's major international transport routes be added to the EU's Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). Sections of national roads and logistics centres under development in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, and Siauliai be included into TEN-T under the proposal.

Some 433km of roads in six states in India's North East region will be upgraded in work that forms part of the North Eastern State Roads Investment Programme.

In Vietnam the authorities in the city of Hanoi are reducing the budget available for tackling traffic congestion control.

Plans are in hand in Canada for a replacement for the Pattullo Bridge.

Romania's new Basarab-Constanta highway stretch and the Constanta ring road will be partially open for traffic in July 2011.

The construction of a fifth Lao-Thai bridge crossing Mekong River is among proposals by the Borikhamxay Public Works and Transport Department in central Laos to improve development of the province.

Bidding is healthy for key road projects in Romania. Four companies and one consortium have submitted bids for the modernisation of the DN18 national road linking Baia Mare with Iacobeni.

The National Highway Authority of India has signed a package deal with Ramky Infrastructure and Chinese firm Jiangshu Provincial Transportation Engineering Group for a major highway project.

A study into the condition of Latvia's road network has revealed that it is largely dilapidated and in need of repair.

Leica Geosystems has opened its Hexagon 2011 technology event, which is running from 7-9 June.

The Romanian road authorities are trying hard to get the country's network improvement plans back on track.