Roads Minister Mike Penning yesterday gave the green light for development work to be carried out on six new major UK road schemes. The development work, which will take place over the next three years, aims to prime the road schemes for completion in the early years of the next spending review period (post 2015).
The six proposed road schemes, which aim to boost economic growth as part of the Government’s National Infrastructure Plan, are:
The event - at the headquarters of Fliegl Bau and Kommunaltechnik - will be two days of detailed presentations as well as real-life demonstrations, showcasing modern asphalt paving technologies such as Fliegl’s innovative Push-Off technology.
Turkey has awarded the much-delayed tenders for the motorway connector roads to Istanbul’s Third Bosphorus Bridge.
The 90km motorway section between Kinali and Odayeri was awarded to the Kolin-Kalyon joint-venture with completion in seven years and nine months, according to Turkish media reports. The 170km section between Kurtkoy and Akyazi was awarded to Limak-Cengiz joint-venture which will finish the work in six years and nine months.
The American parking industry has teamed up with U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) to back a government initiative to expand electric vehicle charging stations in the workplace. The International Parking Institute (IPI) has been named a founding ambassador in the US DoE’s Workplace Charging Challenge, a new initiative of the EV Everywhere Grand Challenge, announced by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu at the recent Washington Auto Show’s Public Policy Day. The Workplace Charging Challenge will support the expans
