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Moscow's new Zvenigorodskoye Highway arterial road project should be complete by September 2012.

The tender process for two key toll roads in Indonesia is opening, subject to land clearance agreements being settled.

Sustainable efficiency will be the key theme for the during Construction Equipment World Economic Forum (CEWEF) 2011.

Two British brothers have built an electric drag racer capable of hitting 100km/h in just 1.6 seconds.

Vietnam's Bien Hoa-Vung Tau expressway project will now be handled in two separate stages.

New dates have been set for the bC India event, which will now be held on 5th to 8th February 2013.

An engineering team in the Netherlands has developed a novel lightweight electric motorcycle that is said to combine low running costs with good performance. Called the Orphiro, this motorcycle features a 72V lithium-ion battery pack that allows distances of up to 96km to be travelled on a single charge. The top speed of the motorcycle is 120km/h, allowing it to attain the maximum speed limit of most European nations, although it will be particularly suitable for short distance commuting. The range of the m

Japanese firm Sumitomo Mitsui is handling a US$52 million contract to build a section of the planned elevated expressway in Hanoi.

Colombia's National Department of Planning (DNP) has rejected a series of road projects worth US$1.52 billion in 2009.

A new off-highway machinery exhibition is being launched in Mongolia in 2012 in response to the country's massive potential for development.

Construction work on a section of Bosnia's Corridor 5c highway is set to commence by the end of September 2011.

Bolivia's 306km Villa Tunari-San Ignacio de Moxos road is due for completion in 2014. The new road will provide and important link for the departments of Beni and Cochabamba

Two major highway projects are now going ahead in India. A contract worth some US$383 million is now being carried out by Era Infra Engineering Limited (EIEL) through its partnership with OJSC-SIBMOST in Uttar Pradesh.

Work to upgrade the Hanoi-Thai Nguyen section of Vietnam's Highway 3 will now be split into two sub-projects.

Zimbabwe looks set to receive a US$1.3 billion loan from the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA).