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Sweden’s transport administration Trafikverket has appointed Veidekke Anläggning as a temporary contractor for work on the Lovön section of the Stockholm Bypass - Förbifart Stockholm. The deal is worth around €9.6 million. The contractor will take over work started by a tender winner whose contract has been cancelled, according to Swedish media. It is expected the new contractor will be on site until the end of the year, by which time Trafikverket says it hopes to have re-tendered the remaining work.

The eight motorways taken over by the Spanish government management agency Seittsa generated nearly €37 million in profit last year, according to national media. Seittsa said the money will be used for maintenance of the formerly private motorways. Among the revenues collected was around €3.8 in tolls from vehicles on the M-12 connecting Madrid to the airport.

Financial close has been reached by the West Corridor Constructors consortium on the US$494.46 million Highway 401 Expansion project near Toronto, Canada. West Corridor Constructors consists of Canadian construction firm Aecon which holds 50%, US-based building products firm Amico, which holds 20%, and US-based infrastructure engineering firm Parson, which holds 30%. The Highway 401 Expansion is a redevelopment and widening project between Regional Road 25 in the towns of Milton and Credit River in th

Bosnian motorways company Autoceste Federacije says that preparations have started for construction of one of the most expensive parts of the A1 motorway. The project, costing around US$16 million per kilometre, will start on the 5.3km sub-road Vranduk-Pionirak – total value nearly $88.5 million. Work, which is being done by the consortium of Azerbaijani Azvirt and Bosnian Hering, includes a tunnel in central Bosnia./ The road is part of the pan European Corridor VC highway which runs from Budapesi

A key Kenyan highway project is being funded by Chinese sources. The JKIA-James Gichuru expressway in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, is receiving a financing package worth US$505.5 million from China. The new expressway will be built by the Chinese contractor, China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC). The aim of the project is to reduce congestion on the existing Mombasa highway. The new link will also include lanes specifically for bus rapid transit (BRT) .

A funding package is being provided for the second bridge crossing the Parana River in Paraguay.

Funding has been approved for an important road project in Nigeria’s Ebonyi State.