Construction of Adelaide’s Northern Connector project will start early next year after financing was recently agreed between the federal and South Australia state governments.
The federal government will pay for 80% - US$562 million - of the cost, with South Australia picking up the remaining 20% of the estimated US$702 million price tag.
The road will not be a direct toll highway but the country’s first network fee expressway where trucks are charged on the basis of road use.
The road is proposed
Some cultures value face-saving over outright confrontation. The placing of infrastructure, be they roads, railways or buildings, often requires compromise on the part of all concerned – developers, highway designers, rail consultants and, not least, people who own the land.
There may be no greater monument to this type of compromise than in the Japanese city of Osaka where the Hanshin Expressway meets the Gateway Tower building. Did we say ‘meet’? Not quite, as the highway does not touch the 16-storey off
Subsidies worth more than €228 have been granted by the European Union for the construction of the S6 expressway section to link Slupsk with Gdansk.
Also, around €77 million from the EU has been granted for the A2 section between Warsaw and Minsk Mazowiecki.
The S6 section will be almost 41km long and will cost over €470 million is expected to be completed in October 2021.
The 15km A2 section is due to be ready in June 2020 at a total cost of €193 million.
Construction of a major 47km highway and sea protection dike development in Manila has been thrown into doubt after no bids were received for the US$2.65 billion contract.
Philippines media report that the Department of Public Works and Highways declared the auction for the six-lane Laguna Expressway Dike Project a failure after the three pre-qualified bidders didn’t submit bids.
The pre-qualified consortia were Trident Infrastructure and Development consortium – consisting of SM Prime Holdings, Megaw
