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Poland's complex road dispute
March 1, 2012
The complex legal case between the Polish General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) and Austrian contractor Alpine Bau is continuing in the Polish courts.
Record low for UK road deaths
March 1, 2012
Figures published by the UK Department for Transport have confirmed that annual road deaths have reached an all-time low
Materials on the agenda at first summit
March 1, 2012
A White Paper is currently being drawn up following the completion of the first "successful" World Materials Perspectives (WMP) in Nancy, France.
Taiwan's island link
March 1, 2012
A new bridge is being built in Taiwan and is due for completion by June 2016.
Italy's highway strategy
March 1, 2012
In Italy the state-controlled road concessionare ANAS has activated €6 billion worth of funding for highway and general road works in the region of Liguria (northern Italy).
Romania-Bulgaria bridge
March 1, 2012
Work is progressing on track with the new Danube Bridge 2, which will connect Bulgaria and Romania.
Scania uses Navteq data for Active Prediction system
March 1, 2012
Navteq has been selected by Scania to provide map data featuring the accurate, reliable and detailed road attributes essential to its innovative new active prediction system.
First INTERMAT Middle East 'a major step forward'
March 1, 2012
The first INTERMAT Middle East, the international exhibition for machinery, materials and equipment for construction and infrastructure, has been held in Abu Dhabi.
Successful sale
March 1, 2012
Euro Auction continues its record sales with the highest ever hammer price for a sale at its German facility in Dormagen.
Abdullah A. Al-Mogbel elected as IRF-WPC chairman
March 1, 2012
Abdullah A. Al-Mogbel, the Deputy Minister for Roads, Ministry of Transport, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has been elected as the new chairman of the Washington Program Center of IRF (IRF-WPC), USA.
Major Danish project for Atkins
March 1, 2012
Engineering firm Atkins is now handling design work on a major highway and bridge project in Denmark.
Key links for China
March 1, 2012
Construction work is now pushing ahead on key highway connections in China's Shaanxi Province.
EuroTest surveys Europe's filling stations
March 1, 2012
EuroTest, an international association of 18 European automobile clubs spearheaded by German automobile club ADAC, could not give any station the top rating of very good.
Brazil's highway development continues
March 1, 2012
Some US$843.6 million is being approved to help finance the road concession Concessionaria Auto Raposo Tavares (Cart) and Ecopistas by Brazil's national development bank BNDES.
UK government calls satnav summit to tackle mapping problems
March 1, 2012
UK local transport minister, Norman Baker has announced he will host the governments first 'satnav summit' early in March to thrash out solutions to end the misery caused when lorry and car drivers follow out of date directions from their satnavs.