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Tanzania’s Dodoma City Outer Ring Roads project is to benefit from a loan provided by the African Development Bank (AfDB). The US$180 million loan from the AfDB will be used alongside the $36 million being provided by the Tanzanian Government for the work. In all the project will see 110km of road being constructed, including the ring road itself plus access roads and interchanges.

Indonesia is planning an impressive investment in infrastructure development. The five year plan calls for US$27.7 billion of works. Transport infrastructure is one of the key priorities with spending on roads and bridges as well as airports and rail.

Russia’s state-owned road company Avtodor is planning work for the Far-Western Bypass project for Krasnodar. The project is expected to cost US$585.5 million. A number of Russia’s leading construction firms are showing interest in the project. The work will be offered under the PPP model. Avtodor will likely sell a substantial portion of its share of the project to the winning firm.

A new road tunnel connection has been proposed by Georgia. The tunnel would be from Kobi to Gudauri on the highway connecting Mtskheta with Stepantsminda and Lars. This E117 route passes through an area of difficult terrain between Kobi and Gudauri. The tunnel would avoid some of the most challenging, mountainous sections of the present E117 alignment. The E117 is known for having some of the most challenging highway stretches in Europe, with a series of switchbacks close to Ganisi (to the south of the plan

Major new Chinese highway projects are being planned.

Bolivia is introducing a series of measures in a bid to improve the country’s poor road safety levels.

Slovakia’s national motorway company NDS has confirmed the D1 motorway between Hubova and Ivachnova is on schedule to be completed by mid-2022. Work on the 15km stretch of road – effectively a bypass for the town of Ruzomberok –was started in 2013. But a major landslide in 2015 halted work, pushing back completion from 2017 to 2022 at the latest estimate. Montenegrin media report that the cost of the project has grown from €227 million in 2013 to nearly €289 million. Construction is being carried out

Strabag has nudged into the lead for Poland’s retender of the dual lane S8 section between the Marki and Kobylka junctions, previously held by Salini-Impreglio. Five offers were on the table for the deal with Strabag offering €38 million, well above the €32 million that was budgeted for by GDDKiA, Poland’s road authority. Other bids came from a consortium headed by Warszawskie Przedsiebiorstwo Mostowe Mosty at nearly €40 million, a PORR and Unibep consortium offere at almost €59 million, a bid by I

Montenegrin Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs has reported that a total of EUR 388mn (USD 447.53mn) has been secured for construction of 16 tunnels on the Bar-Boljare motorway.