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Stricter standards for particulate matter (PM) or soot proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could endanger transportation improvements. That is the message from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), which believes that the tougher PM standards could put federal highway funds in jeopardy. Marc Herbst, executive director of the Long Island Contractors’ Association (LICA) and chairman of ARTBA’s Council of State Executives, explained that EPA’s proposed new standa

Denmark is making a landmark move in the highway building sector by setting up its first public-private partnership (PPP) contract. The deal is for the construction and operation of a 26km highway linking Sønderborg and Kliplev and is worth €148 million. The 26-year contract includes building the M51 and building seven junctions and 18km of secondary roads. The Kliplev Motorway Group (KMG) consortium will build the link and is led by Vienna, Austria-based Strabag, which will participate in the project throu

Italian company Bernardi Impianti International has announced following an extraordinary meeting that the value of its corporate assets has been increased from €5 million to €7.5 million. The company, based in Zibido San Giacomo, Milan, has over 50 years of experience in the manufacture of batching and drum mixer asphalt plants, with more than 700 plants working in Italy and abroad. Bernardi has invested heavily in research and development and has constantly updated its products with the latest technology a

Key infrastructure projects look set to help revitalise Bulgaria’s economy. Concession packages for 10 infrastructure projects in the country could attract outside investment worth as much as €511.3 million. Bulgaria's Transport Ministry believes that the country could qualify for some €2 billion in EU funding for the development of transport corridors in the period from now until to the end of 2014.

THE EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) is increasing its support for the modernisation of the transport infrastructure of Bosnia-Herzegovina with a €21 million loan for the completion of the construction of the Banja Luka-Gradiska motorway. The motorway, being built with financing from both the EBRD and the European Investment Bank (EIB), is the first in the Republika Srpska, and links the capital Banja Luka with the international transport Corridor X [a pan- European corridor which run

Topcon Europe has acquired Roadware in the form of a business and assets deal. Roadware, based in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands,develops smart electronics and software aiming to fully automate and control road construction machines and processes. Topcon designs and manufactures precise positioning products and solutions for the global surveying, construction, agriculture, civil engineering, mapping and GIS, asset management and mobile control markets.To Roadware’s founder Joop Mennink said: "After many years o