Work on a 39km toll road linking Pemalang with Batang in Indonesia is expected to start in mid-2012, although the finance structure is still being established.
February 23, 2012
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Indonesia toll projects Work on a 39km toll road linking Pemalang with Batang in Indonesia is expected to start in mid-2012, although the finance structure is still being established.
Bolivia has started work on the new northern La Paz road, a five-year, US$250 million project.
Work is underway on the first section, known as Apolo Charasani, while the second section, called Charasani-Escoma, is still under analysis.
World Highways reported in September that Bolivia planned to invest nearly $510 million for road building works. The country’s state-run road company, Administradora Boliviana de Carreteras, said 32 road maintenance and construction projects stretching for 5,773km in Sant
In Ethiopia, three road projects worth over US$240 million will be built as part of the country's fourth road sector development plan.
The government will fund the projects using its own resources.
The first project is the 83km Sodo-Tercha asphalt-concrete project, costing around $84 million and to be built by China Railway Seventh Group. Completion is scheduled for 19 months.
The second project, worth $102 million is the 99km Bilbela-Sekota road project, scheduled to take 39 months and to be built
Leading European tolling solution companies are involved in a number of innovative tolling projects across the continent and further afield. Guy Woodford looks at some of the latest Siemens Mobility & Logistics (SML) has received orders from Eurotoll and Total, two of France’s largest electronic toll on-board unit issuers, to supply technology for the new French toll collection system. The equipment comprises on-board units for the vehicles as well as the electronic detection system. The SML orders’, worth
