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Work is progressing well on the Beska Bridge over the Danube River in Serbia.

Haulotte Group (HG) increased its Q4 2011 sales by 13%, compared to the same period of 2010. The rise took consolidated October 1 to December 31 2011 sales to US$107.1million (€82.2 million) compared with $94.5million (€72.5million) in the same three months of last year.

A report from Audit Scotland states that it will cost €2.69 billion (£2.25 billion) to correct all the faults on the country's roads.

The US Department of Transportation's ITS Joint Program Office has announced the latest update to Turbo Architecture 7.0, a software application that supports development of regional and project ITS architectures using the National ITS Architecture as a reference.

It now looks as if Austrian financial sources will help fund construction of a key Czech highway connection.

Official data for Luxemburg, one of Europe's smallest nations, suggests that the country is on track to achieve its road safety targets during this year.

Major concern is being raised in the UK with regard to future road safety following the publishing of a report commissioned by autoparts specialist Halfords.

Skanska is now starting work on a new highway to the northeast of the Polish city of Wroclaw. The project is worth €106 million and is for a 25km section of the S-8 highway running from Olesnica to Sycow

Romania's road programme may benefit from Chinese input following a series of talks between the authorities in the country with Chinese contractors.

The full programme for the upcoming International Road Federation (IRF) congress in Portugal is now available. This can be found online using the IRF website. The event is the 16th edition of the IRF World Congress and centres on the theme of ''Sharing the Road'', with the dates running from the 25th to 28th May.

Tougher legislation on tunnel safety means that Norway will have to invest heavily in upgrading underground road links.

It now looks as if plans for a new road tunnel in Swedish capital Stockholm will have to be rethought.

A conference held by the European Union Road Federation, the Brussels Programme Centre of the International Road Federation in Prague has highlighted the need for more investment in road infrastructure and safety.

The construction project for an industrial park, which includes building the roads linking to the facility, will benefit from the use of a stabiliser from BoMAG.

Plans are now well in hand for two major highway projects in Vietnam.