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Road user safety will be a key priority for the upcoming European Transport Conference, ETC 2014. This 42nd transportation event is being held at Goethe University in the German city of Frankfurt from 29th September to 1st October. A series of safety sessions has been announced for ETC 2014, while traffic management will also be a focus, with sessions including Cycling the Green Wave and Phantom Jam Avoidance. The Traffic Management, Traffic Engineering and Road Safety sessions will also include: urban traf

Work on Angola’s Luanda-Soyo highway section is being financed from Italian sources. The Italian export credit agency and credit insurer SACE is guaranteeing a US$221.8 million credit line to Angola's Ministry of Finance for completing works on the final stretch of the Luanda-Soyo highway. The work on the project is being carried out by Italian civil engineering firm CMC Ravenna. The project itself is worth some $336.8 million. Meanwhile BNP Paribas is acting as Sole Structuring Bank and Agent Bank for the

Balfour Beatty is to work on a €163.5 million (£129 million) upgrade project for a 21.4km stretch of the M3 motorway in the UK. The work involves upgrading the route to smart motorway status and is being carried out for the UK Government’s Highways Agency. This project will increase capacity, reduce congestion and shorten journey times for the 120,000 motorists/day using the route. This section of the motorway runs through the counties of Hampshire and Surrey, between Junction 2 which is interchange with th

A report from the German construction and building equipment manufacturer’s association, the VDMA, reveals steady sales for 2014. According to the report, German manufacturers of construction equipment are expecting to see a growth of 5% throughout 2014. In 2013, sales for the entire industry reached €11.7 billion. “This forecast is, however, based on several different backgrounds,” said Sebastian Popp, the VDMA’s expert on economics explains the situation. He explained that with construction equipment, th

In the southern German city of Nuremburg plans are being made for work to replace three old concrete bridges. A feasibility study into the proposed work will now be carried out. The three pre-stressed concrete bridges will have to be demolished and replaced with new structures. In all, the work is expected to cost some €100 million.

Plans are now in place for a new bridge that will link Uruguay and Argentina. The project will be carried out by Chinese contractor China Dalian International Cooperation Group (CDIG). The private agreement signed by CDIG will see the firm constructing a bridge connecting Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay with Argentinian capital Buenos Aires. The work is expected to cost up to US$829 million to complete and when the bridge is open it will make a significant reduction in journey times from Montevideo and Bu

In Russia the completion date for the Suzdalsky Prospekt project in St Petersburg has been set for June 2015. The works will see Suzdalsky Prospekt linking with the road to Kamenka. The project is costing some US$124.2 million. The project is being carried out by contractor Dendorstroy-2, with construction having commenced in 2011. The project was originally scheduled to finish in 2013 but was postponed for a year due to issues relating to financing.

The Beska Bridge spanning the Danube River is now being repaired. The link falls under the responsibility of the Serbian roads company, Putevi Srbije, which has already seen considerable investment to the structure. At the end of 2013, some €14.62 million was spent on improving the Beska Bridge. The cost of this latest work has not been revealed.

Caixa Economica Federal will analyse a proposal for support US$264.42 million for recovery work on Brazil’s Rodovia Presidente Dutra highway. The proposal has been put forward by Brazilian road operator CCR and needs to be approved by Caixa before any funds can be released. Authorisation for this analysis process to go ahead was given by the board of the FI-FGTS investment fund. The funds would go to the recovery work along the 402km highway that connects Sao Paulo with Rio de Janeiro. CCR has operated the

A letter by the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) to the UK Government highlights the need for infrastructure investment. According to the letter, the UK does not have a good track record of identifying, planning and delivering major infrastructure projects. It says that infrastructure to support growth is identified too late and a protracted decision-making process has led to policy reversals in key areas such as energy and transport. The CEA makes clear the need to end such a short-term, damaging c