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Research from Dubai reveals that male drivers account for 90% of crashes. Meanwhile males represent 70% of the country’s population, although figures on what percentage of the country’s drivers are female are not available. As in most other countries, young male drivers pose a particularly high risk on Dubai’s roads, with those aged 21-29 being involved in 37% of vehicle crashes. Males aged 30-39 accounted for 34% of crashes. Older male drivers fared better in the safety stakes, with those aged 40-49 accoun

A construction start to the extension of Route 32 between Rio Frio and Limon is set for another setback after the government demanded more environmental work to be done. La Republica newspaper is reporting that Costa Rica’s Secretariat of Environment (Setena) Wants China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), to provide more information on the environmental impact of the proposed 107km project. Marco Arroyo, president of Setena, has told CHEC would it has until April 2017 to provide the information on v

Koridori Srbije, the contractor building the eastern section of the Corridor 10 motorway between Nis and the Bulgarian border, said completion will be delayed. The newspaper Vecernje Novosti reported that Koridori Srbije said works on the Prosek-Bancarevo section, Crvena Reka-Ciflik, Pirot East-Dimitrovgrad and the Bancarevo tunnel should be finished by the end of the year. Construction on the Dimitrovgrad ringroad are due to be completed in March.

A Chinese contractor is building a new highway in Montenegro. The 40km highway will include a tunnel stretch as well as a bridge. China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) is the contractor carrying out the construction work, which is costing around €800 million. The project features a number of challenges as the route passes through difficult terrain. It is due to the number of mountains and valleys along the route that the tunnel stretch and bridge are required so as to ensure that the highway will

A new bridge is planned that will span the Okavango River in northern Botswana. The bridge will feature a cable-stayed structure and will be 1.2km long in all, with a 400m central section. The project also includes the construction of 3km of roads to connect the new bridge to existing road infrastructure, as well as installing necessary lighting and drainage systems. The project is expected to cost in excess of US$93 million and take three years to complete.

Nothing lasts forever, including – and perhaps especially – highways. One fine example of this is a 21km section of the original 580km Pennsylvania Turnpike in the US state of Pennsylvania.

As the video shows, vegetation, animals and cyclists have slowly been reclaiming part of what was hailed as an engineering masterpiece when it was opened in 1940.

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is forming an independent commission to help implement the new, industry-developed “Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals (SCTPP) programme. The SCTPP Commission will be led by the chief executive officers of two of the largest transportation construction firms in the United States. Both are passionate safety advocates. David Walls, president & CEO of Austin Industries, based in Dallas, Texas, and Ross Myers, chairma

Demand for cement and concrete additives will grow to US$4 billion by 2020.

A road tunnel costing €1 billion and a €111 million cycle and pedestrian bridge are among three infrastructure projects given the go-ahead by London’s mayor.

The Silvertown Tunnel and the cycle and pedestrian bridge will link the Canary Wharf area north of the River Thames with Rotherhithe on the south bank.

London mayor Sadiq Khan also approved an extension to the Docklands Light Railway that would run to Gallions Reach on the south bank of the Thames.