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Ashford Ring Road project receives RTPI Award for Town Centre Regeneration

Following the Government’s Sustainable Communities Plan, 2003, Ashford was identified as one of the South East growth points, its population of 55,000 set to double over a 25 year period. The approach to planning this expansion has been to maximise the potential of existing sites before expanding elsewhere. The reconfiguration of Ashford’s inner ring road marks a major stage in this regeneration. One of the key transformational projects to rev... [more]

Altec Industries partner with Prinoth to install cranes on Go-Tract vehicles

Altec Industries, Inc. has partnered with Prinoth to install cranes on their Go-Tract range of vehicles, including the Altec AC38-127S on the new GT4500 tracked vehicle, a huge, off-road unit for use in normally inaccessible terrains. Depending on the need, Altec can install 18 to 38 ton telescopic cranes, high-reach isolated man lift booms up to 46 meters, pressure washers and digger derricks on Prinoth track vehicles. These unique featur... [more]

Volvo ABG7820B and ABG8820B tracked pavers lay a smooth even mat with precision

Designed for paving contractors working on medium and large-scale applications such as municipal roads, highways and airfields, the Volvo ABG7820B and ABG8820B tracked pavers provide a working width from 2.5 m (8ft.2in) up to 13.0 m (42ft. 8in.). The Volvo D7 engine meets EU IIIA/E.P.A. Tier 3 emission standards and is rated at 170 kW (231 metric hp) for the ABG7820B and at 182 kW (247.5 metric hp) for the ABG8820B. Both models are fitted wit... [more]

Tensar earth retaining technology deployed to build bridge wing walls at two major infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia

As the Saudi Arabia’s most rapidly growing city, Jeddah is undertaking significant infrastructure improvement to combat severe traffic problems, with up to 30 bridges currently in the planning stages. Congestion at the junctions of King Fahd and Quraysh Streets, Tahlyia and Prince Moutab Streets, Macarona and Heraa Streets and Prince Majid and Gharnata Streets meant that the projects needed to be completed quickly. Technology from Tensar Inter... [more]

Banlaw to provide infrastructure and civil works for Banro mining in Congo

Banlaw Africa Group has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Banro Corporation, a Canadian-based gold exploration company, and is finalising a contract to provide infrastructure and civil works for Phase 1 of Banro's Twangiza Project in the South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Banlaw will provide access to the project by constructing approximately 40 kilometres of access road to the mine camp, process plant s... [more]

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Roads bill lives again in Senate (The Times-Journal)
Sen. Lowell Barron, D-Fyffe, will renew efforts this week to pass a $1 billion road construction bill in the Alabama Senate. Barron said he would again introduce the bill during Thursday’s legislative session. The measure failed last month, coming one vote short of the number needed to pass.

Tapping into clean water tech (The Peterborough Examiner)
Dalton McGuinty's government opened the funding tap wide on Monday, promising billions in new funding for roads, schools, transit, bridges, sustain-a ble energy and clean-water technology.[...]

Detroit Metropolitan Airport Customers Should Plan Ahead for Road Construction --Lane restrictions could slow the trip (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DETROIT----Boarding pass? Check. Photo ID? Check. Extra socks? Check. Alternate route to the airport? Not a bad thing to have in your hip pocket.

Ballard moves ahead on $1.9B utility deal (The Indianapolis Star)
Leaders say deal with Citizens for water, sewers would lower rate hikes, bring cash to fix roads.

Area officials celebrate new business opening (The Belleville View)
If the welcome sunshine and unseasonably warm temperatures that accompanied its ribbon-cutting ceremony are any indicators, the future of the newly opened Associated Construction Equipment School in Willis is bright indeed.

Road project to improve shoulder safety to begin March 15 (The Santa Ynez Valley News)
Approximately $1.3 million of economic stimulus funds have been designated for shoulder safety improvements on two roads in the Santa Ynez Valley, officials from the Santa Barbara County Public Works Department announced.

Turnpike to pay some costs in rift over repairs (The Toledo Blade)
By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER The Ohio Turnpike has agreed to pay for an engineering survey and may also cover costs of repairing a collapsing embankment on a township road in Sandusky County that was closed near its bridge over the toll road in 2007. The agency's chief executive, however, has not accepted responsibility for 10 similarly deteriorating roads nearby. In a Feb. 23 letter to ...

Connector construction begins (Southlake Times)
For motorists confronted with the daily grind of traveling in the DFW International Airport corridor, help is on the way. TxDOT and NorthGate Constructors celebrated the invitation-only groundbreaking of the DFW Connector yesterday.

City wants to sell utilities for $1.9B (The Indianapolis Star)
Leaders say Citizens Energy Group deal for water, sewers would lower rate hikes, bring cash to fix roads

Nigeria : Improving Human Development, Healthcare Through Partnership (AllAfrica.com)
Lagos — For any one who may have encountered street urchins popularly known as 'area boys' and experienced their menace in Lagos State, will agree that momentarily hell could be let loose and would pray never to have a repeat encounter with young boys whose places of abode are under the bridges and hide-outs in the street corners.