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A new report by the US-based Freedonia Group estimates that world demand for asphalt will grow 2.1%/year from the low in 2008 to 108 million tonnes in 2013.

In Mexico the contractor Ideal has been awarded a package of highway and road works worth a total of US$667 million in all.

A consortium headed by STRABAG will handle a highway contract in Libya worth €104 million.

Funding worth US$340 million is being provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help finance construction of a new highway link in Afghanistan.

Uganda's National Roads Authority (UNRA) is investing heavily in a major rural road upgrade programme for 2011, which is intended to boost transport.

A new report from the US-based Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) predicts a slight increase in machine sales until 2013.

Colombia continues to invest heavily in its transport connections, with the prospect of more contracts to come.

The authorities in Saudi Arabia plan to increase spending on roads and highways during 2011.

A major project to rebuild Montreal's busy Turcot Interchange in Canada now looks set to go ahead, having been approved by the city council.

Work on a new elevated expressway is now due to commence in Bangladesh. The project will be carried out by Italian-Thai Development (ITD).