A rider amongst a group of cyclists on a training run in Australia had a rather unpleasant experience. The man was cycling along a road with his team mates when a young kangaroo jumped out from the road side and collided with him, knocking him from his bicycle. Although he was riding at speed at the time, he was not seriously hurt and as one of his team mates filmed the incident, will have video footage to better remember the incident by. The feelings of the kangaroo over the incident were not recorded.
Plans are well in hand for the Traffex and Parkex exhibitions being held in the UK. This bi-annual event is now in its 26th year, is a three day exhibition combining two trade shows, Traffex and Parkex. Traffex is an international traffic engineering, road safety, parking and highway maintenance exhibition. Meanwhile Parkex is Europe’s largest dedicated parking exhibition. The events are co-located and will take place in Hall 5 at the NEC Birmingham from 16th – 18th April 2013. Traffex and Parkex 2013 are
Contractor Bechtel has worked with Network Rail to complete a major road bridge upgrade in the UK. A construction team worked 104 hours consecutively to replace the bridge, located at Reading Station.
Prime Minister David Cameron has that major road projects could be under threat if the United Kingdom were to leave the European Union.
Cameron reportedly said leaving the EU would have a “devastating impact” because funding such as the €20.4 billion invested into all types of infrastructure projects by the European Investment Bank over the past three years would dry up.
Extension of the nearly 100km M8 motorway in Scotland between the Scottish capital Edinburgh and Glasgow is one such project that
