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Indonesia is planning significant investment in its highway network as part of a programme of infrastructure improvements.

A study sponsored by the American Glass Bead Manufacturers' Association reveals that a growing number of imported glass bead products for highway markings exhibit high concentrations of heavy metals, including arsenic and lead.

Infrastructure investment will follow granting of a loan worth some US$400 million to Kenya.

A key highway upgrade will improve links between Chinese capital Beijing and Tibet.

Approval has been given for a US$108 million flyover project for Bangladesh. This 8.25km structure will run from Satrasta to Shantinagar via Mauchak, Moghbazar and Malibagh.

A programme of rural road improvements will see the upgrade of 100,000km of links in China's Sichuan Province.

With work on Colombia's first La Linea tunnel still incomplete, discussions are now being held regarding plans for the second tunnel.

Plans are now well in hand for Qatar's Lusail Expressway project, which is expected to cost some US$700 million in total.

Questions are being asked in the US State of Alabama over additional funding being required for an 83km stretch of road.

Legal and technical complications are the cause of a dispute in between the Algerian transport authorities and four Japanese contractors over a US$6.56 billion highway project.