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Work will commence on Malaysia’s new elevated highway construction at the beginning of September 2019. The 5.7km highway stretch will feature two lanes in either direction and will be constructed in Malaysia’s Penang State. It will provide a link between the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway and Air Itam, with 70% of the route being elevated. The new link will feature three major interchanges and should take three years to construct.

A new bridge project in Côte d'Ivoire capital Abidjan is now receiving a key funding package.

The Malaysian government will soon tender for three more sections of the 706km Pan Borneo Highway project in the state of Sabah. The Pan Borneo Highway - also known as Trans-Borneo Highway or Trans-Kalimantan Highway - is a road network on Borneo Island connecting the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak to the country of Brunei and Indonesia’s Kalimantan region. The length of the section within the Malaysian states is likely to be just under 2,100km. The Bruneian section is 168km and the Indonesian

The Pumarejo Bridge project in Colombia will beat records for Latin America when complete at the end of 2019. Measuring 38.1m in cross-section, it will be the widest bridge in Latin America when it opens to traffic and will measure 3.24km-long. The bridge will have three lanes in either direction, as well as provision for cyclists and pedestrians. The construction work is being carried out by the consortium SES Puente Magdalena, headed by Spanish company Sacyr and also including the Colombian contractor, Es

Controversy has again hit Australia’s WestConnex project in Sydney with media reports the a planned cycle and pedestrian bridge is to be axed. In its place will be a new raised flyover running through the residential and parkland area, according to a report in The Age newspaper. The Pedestrian and Cycling Green Link was part of the original planning permission for the US$11.85 billion WestConnex project and was to rise above parts of the surface motorway in Rozelle and Lilyfield neighbourhoods. The

The concession package for Peru’s Vía Expresa Sur road project is being cancelled. The deal was originally awarded to the Peruvian company, Grana y Montero (GyM). However the involvement of Brazilian firm Odebrecht in the project have resulted in the deal being cancelled. Odebrecht has been linked to string of corruption scandals. The tender process for the 5km road section will be reopened as a result. The project is intended to cut journey times in Lima, with the work expected to cost US$200 million.

Construction work for the new highway in Russia, connecting Kemerovo with Leninsk-Kuznetsky, should be complete by mid-August 2019. Two overpasses for the 70km highway are being surfaced at present, while a river crossing is now being completed. The new highway will improve transport to Leninsk-Kuznetsky, cutting journey times for drivers.

A 36km segment of 197km Ring Road 4 project in the Long An Province could cost as much as US$300 million, according to a prefeasibility study. The segment runs from Ben Luc rural district to Hiep Phuoc Port in the Ho Chi Minh urban area, as noted in the study prepared by Cuu Long Corporation. The government is considering offering the work as a public-private partnership. The road would feature 10 bridges and an overpass at an intersection with National Highway 1. If approved, work could start i