Road Structures

Three build-operate-transfer road projects are being planned in Mongolia. The projects will be carried out between 2017 and 2020.

India’s road network development programme is facing a series of delays with several major projects now well behind schedule.

Interest is strong in the Polish project being planned to connect Wolin Island and Uznam Island in the north of the country. In all 14 bids were received for the design and build contract during the tender process. The contract should be signed at the end of 2017 and the work is expected to be complete by late 2021. The project has been planned by the Polish roads authority, GDDKiA, and involves the construction of a 3.4km tunnel connection.

Plans are moving forward with regard to the upgrade work to the highway connecting Kenya’s capital Nairobi with the port of Mombasa.

South Korea’s new Dongseo Expressway is being opened for public use. The route links the capital, Seoul, with Yangyang and East Hongcheon in Gangwon Province.

Widening and upgrade work for the Autopista Norte motorway in Bogota is commencing in September 2017. The work will be carried out by the Accesos Norte de Bogota (Accenorte) consortium and forms part of Colombia’s 4G road development programme.

Paraguay is in the process of sourcing a portion of the necessary funding for its Transchaco road project.

In Guatemala the bidding process for a series of road projects has now been halted. There are concerns over irregularities or mistakes that have arisen during the tendering for the contracts. In all 128 tenders including road maintenance and repair jobs have been stopped. The ruling was made by Guatemala’s road conservation agency, Covial.

Colombia is pushing ahead with its 4G road development programme. Progress is being made with the construction of the Girardot-Honda-Puerto Salgar road connection, which is expected to cost US$518.6 million and is around 37% complete.

A US$89.7 million finance package from the World Bank will pay for the construction of a new highway in Rwanda. The project calls for the construction of a 66.5km highway, which forms part of a larger plan to build a 117km route from Ngoma to Nyanza.