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Tender for El Salvador road feasibility study
October 15, 2019
The tender process has been run in El Salvador for the feasibility study and design works for an upgrade to the Panamericana route.
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Construction company to lose Cameroon contract?
October 15, 2019
Resurfacing work on the 72km road connecting Soa with Esse and Awae in Cameroon has been subject to lengthy delays.
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Paraguay road contract financing model changed
October 15, 2019
A different financing model will now pay for work to upgrade Paraguay’s Route 2 road link.
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The tender process for a key highway project in Nepal is opening
October 15, 2019
Tendering is opening for the consultation work for Nepal’s major Kathmandu-Terai/Madesh Expressway project. World Highways correspondent for Nepal, Ram Krishna Wagle, reports that the route will be designed to meet the Asian Highway Primary Class A standard. The work will review the previously completed detail engineering survey, detail design of expressway, the design of the expressway retaining structures, cross-drainage structures and drainage structures. It will also review river training structures, hi
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Norway contract tender attracts bids
October 15, 2019
Interest is said to be strong for the project to build the Mjøsa bridge and E6 route connecting Moelv with Roterud in Norway. The project includes building a bridge spanning Lake Mjøsa as well as a 9.4km stretch of road. Five consortia have prequalified for the bidding process. The project is worth €262 million and Norway’s state-owned road business Nye Veier is expected to award the contract in the second quarter of 2020, with planned to commence in the first quarter of 2021.
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Philippines toll road deal reached
October 15, 2019
The first three stretches of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway in the Philippines should be open to traffic by the end of October 2019. Around 10,000 vehicles/day are expected to use the three stretches when they open. The 45km route is costing US$653.4 million to develop. When it is fully commissioned in the second quarter of 2022, will cut journey times between CAVITEx and SLEx to 45 minutes, compared with 150 minutes that it has taken to travel previously. MPCALA Holdings has the concession package for the ro
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Cambodian road rebuilding work planned
October 15, 2019
Cambodia is planning to develop the road network around its key port of Sihanoukville.
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Antwerp road rebuilding work underway
October 15, 2019
Major road rebuilding work is being carried out in the Belgian city of Antwerp. The project is for the Antwerp Oosterweel Link and the aim of the work is to reduce traffic congestion and improve journey times. The project is costing €4.3 billion in all. Interchanges on the left bank of the Scheldt River are being reconstructed and redesigned. The interchange that links with the E17 is being improved. A new road is being built next to the E17 and E34 to carry local traffic to the motorway. Much of the work f
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Paraguay road widening – financing settled
October 14, 2019
Financing is being secured for road widening work in Paraguay.
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Panama bridge project report released
October 14, 2019
A report has been released regarding the project to build the fourth bridge spanning the Panama Canal. The report concerns the awarding of the design and construction contract and reveals that there may be an increase in building costs over original estimates due to geotechnical requirements. The report also says that such large capital projects should be split into two, one covering feasibility studies and design work and the second for construction and maintenance. The bridge project is being handled by t
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Angola plans road network upgrade
October 14, 2019
A huge upgrade programme is being planned for Angola’s road network.
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Russian highway deal awarded
October 14, 2019
In Russia the contractor Primorsky UPK is to construct a highway connecting Primorsk with the A-181 Skandinavia Highway. The 42km highway is expected to cust US$375.3 million to build and should be ready for traffic by 2022. The contract also includes rebuilding a stretch of the existing Primorskoe Highway. Another portion of the work will be to build a 74m overpass over the Primorskoe Highway and the rail link connecting Primorsk to Ermilovo.
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New Brazil highway upgrade tender opening
October 14, 2019
A new highway upgrade tender process is due to open in December 2019 in Brazil’s Sao Paulo State.
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Colombian tunnel drive nearing completion
October 14, 2019
The excavation work for the new La Quiebra road tunnel link in Colombia is close to completion. The drive is being carried out from both ends of the tunnel and should meet by November 2019. The tunnel construction work will then include completing the lining, building the roadway and carrying out fitting out work. The 8.4km tunnel is costing around US$170 million to build and should be complete by December 2020. The tunnel will form part of the Vias del Nus 4G highway connecting the country’s second city, M
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Doosan Bobcat expanding Czech facility
October 14, 2019
Doosan Bobcat is expanding its facilities in the Czech Republic. The firm has spent around €116 million developing its new Doosan Bobcat EMEA headquarters in Dobříš. The facility employs 1,400 and is the headquarters for the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa), marking a further expansion in the Czech Republic. The newly built facility houses the company's management and other employees and complements the production plant and the training and innovation centre, where Bobcat machines are developed
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