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Progress is being seen in Serbia with regard to some of the country’s key highway projects. The Ljig-Preljina stretch of the Corridor 11 highway will open for traffic at the end of October 2016. The highway route will be tolled but these will not be implemented until the start of 2017. Plans are also moving ahead for the ring road project for the capital, Belgrade. Meanwhile talks are being held with the European Investment Bank (EIB) over the new highway link to run from Nis, through Merdare and over the b

The CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 exhibition in Las Vegas next March promises to be a major launch event for new construction machines and technologies. The organisers say that registration is now open for the event, which will draw over 2,500 exhibitors in the expanded show area of 232,000m2. The number of exhibitors will be up by 700 from the previous event in 2014, while the show is also introducing a new Tech Experience area that is intended to highlight the future of the construction industry. The organisers ha

Major highway widening work is planned in the US State of Pennsylvania. Around US$125 million will be spent to widen Interstate 76, the Schuylkill Expressway. The busy highway route runs from Philadelphia, though Harrisburg, past Pittsburgh and over the state border to the outskirts of Cleveland in neighbouring Ohio. The project is being organised by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) in a bid to cut congestion on key sections of the route, as this results in severe delays for drivers d

An improvement in road safety is being seen in Oman during the first six months of 2016. According to data from Oman's National Centre for Statistics and Information, 336 people were killed in 2,100 road crashes in first six months of 2016. This is a substantial improvement in road safety compared with the 675 deaths from 6,276 crashes seen in the same period in 2015. Concerned at the high rate of crashes in this comparatively small country, the Oman Government has introduced a series of measures to help bo

SWARCO is playing a key role in a US$110 million traffic-management improvement scheme at the UK’s Dover Port The port handles nearly $155 billion of trade annually and saw record freight volumes of 2.53 million units in 2015, up 5% on 2014. It handles up to 17% of all UK trade so its efficient operation is essential.

Morocco’s highway expansion programme is intended to improve transport in the country and further new projects are now being considered. In all eight new highway links are being reviewed at present, with two studies being carried out into the feasibility of the various projects. These form part of Morocco’s road infrastructure development programme, which includes plans for new routes to be constructed until 2035.

A series of major infrastructure projects are now moving forward in Indonesia, with financing sources having been identified for the work. Key projects include a tolled highway for East Java and a new tolled road and bridge link in East Kalimantan. Work on the 158km South Coast road project for East Java is moving forward with the securing of financing in the shape of a US$225.8 million loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). A tolled highway link is being planned between Melawai in Balikpapan city