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The tender process is being restarted for a new bridge in Lowestoft. The project is expected to cost some €68.2 million. The bridge will be designed so that it can be raised, allowing vessels to pass underneath. This will be the third crossing spanning Lake Lothing. Unlike the existing bascule bridge however, the new structure will provide a higher clearance so that some vessels will be able to pass underneath without having to raise the bridge, reducing traffic disruption on the road link. When complete, t

Ireland's minister for Rural and Community Development has approved €241million for the N5 Westport to Turlough road project.

Estonia is planning a series of road widening and safety improvements on some key routes. The work is worth over €49 million. The roads connecting capital Tallinn with Narva, Tartu and Pärnu will all be upgraded and widened, featuring two lanes in either direction. The E20 route from Tallinn to Narva is important to Estonia economically as the latter lies close to the border with neighbouring Russia. The E263 road from Tallinn to Tartu is an important north-south road that also connects with the E67 route c

An agreement has been reached in Vietnam over an important expressway project to improve transport to and from Ho Chi Minh City.

A series of road rebuilding and improvement works is being planned in Bulgaria. A consortium will handle the €152.4 million contract to reconfigure a 30km stretch of road connecting Vidin with Botevgrad. The consortium is made up of the Bulgarian firms PST Sofia, PST Group, Nivel Stroy, PST Vidin, and Patengineering-M. Meanwhile the tendering process is open for the Barovo Bypass project, which is expected to be worth €136.6 million. This project is complex and includes building a 7.6km stretch of road, imp

Advanced technologies will be incorporated into future road developments in South Korea.