One of Morocco’s most dangerous roads could get tunnels in a bid to improve its safety. A feasibility study on the potential installation of tunnels on the RN9 mountain-passing route will begin in December 2014.
January 9, 2014
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One of Morocco’s most dangerous roads could get tunnels in a bid to improve its safety. A feasibility study on the potential installation of tunnels on the RN9 mountain-passing route will begin in December 2014.
Sandvik’s DT1131i three-boom, electro-hydraulic jumbo, iSURE tunnel management software and the latest drill bit hardware were recently put to the test in Iceland and Norway*
Czech contractor Metrostav recently achieved 105m of tunnel excavation in a record-breaking six days. But it will be consistent performance and progress that will see Iceland’s Dyrafjordurgong Tunnel in the remote Westfjords region open on time and on budget.
The 5.3km Dyrafjordurgong Tunnel is costing around €69 million and due
Brazil’s Tamoio Highway and São Sebastião tunnel construction is of major importance – Mauro Nogarin reports.
The modernisation and expansion of Brazil’s Tamoio highway is a major project for Brazil. The project has an estimated cost of $1.5 billion and work on the first section from Planalto was completed in January 2014, costing around $350 million. The project is being managed by the state-owned agency DERSA, which deals with road development. According to the concessionaire for the Tamoios highway p
The European Road Federation will soon go on the road to promote greater work zone safety
“As previous European projects (e.g. ARROWS) have already made proposals for the design of work zones at EU level, it was essential to avoid duplication and find an angle that would provide true added value”
The European Commission has just unveiled the road safety statistics for 2014, which point to an overall slowdown in the momentum for casualty reduction achieved over the past few years. While the annual red
Traffic noise is a widespread nuisance that can impact where and how we choose to live, property prices and our quality of life. Better planning and use of mitigation factors can make a significant difference
Traffic is one of the top five sources of nuisance noise – along with industry, construction, sport and leisure and general neighbourhood noise.
Road traffic is also one of the most diverse sources of noise. You know where it’s going to come from, but less often what the noise will be as the volu
