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Georgia roads get €170 million boost
EIB funds will upgrade and rehabilitate the east-west highway linking capital city, Tbilisi, with Turkey and Azerbaijan.
€200 million for French tram
European Investment Bank approves further support for Île-de-France region tramline
India receives road improvement funds
The World Bank has approved a US$ 320 million loan to the Assam State Roads Project to improve its state road network.
OHL wins Polish motorway contract
OHL-led joint venture awarded road and tunnel construction project worth €221 million
John Holland in Australia road building win
US$ 164 million contract for upgrades to 23 km of road in Victoria, part of Western Highway project
Strabag output volume grows
Full-year figures show output growth while order backlog declines; company issues cautious 2012 forecast
Leighton half year results rise
Australian contractor’s rebound continues, but investigation over oil contracts in Iraq overshadows results
Strabag lands Tanzania transport contract
Austrian contractor Strabag is to build a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Tanzania's main city of Dar es Salaam.
IDB finances Dominican Republic toll roads
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is to lend US$ 130 million to Dominican Republic to repair and expand network
Veidekke and NCC barred from market
Norwegian Public Roads Administration plans exclusion from contracts in central Norway after cartel investigation
Marubeni fined US$ 54.6 million for Nigerian bribes
Latest penalty brings all five companies involved in Bonny Island bribery case to account
Construction decline in Slovenia to decelerate
Sector remains weak after being hit hard by the economic downturn, but signs of improvement in civil engineering
UK road contract awarded
Project will transform section of the M6 motorway with traffic flow control technology
European bank funds Azerbaijan modernisation
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to invest US$ 250 million into developing Azerbaijan's road infrastructure.
US$ 3 billion projects approved in Virginia
US state gives green light to separate road-building and tunnel infrastructure contracts
Contrasting results from Indian contractors
L&T sees second quarter net profit rise while HCC reports net loss, hit by economic slowdown
Macedonian roads get €107 million loan
EBRD funds will support the construction of a new section of the north-south Corridor X
Polish road projects worth € 7,7 billion in 2011
Road building boom to be sustained by growth in power sector and local road development
More funds for CAREC roads programme
Asian Development Bank loans US$ 55 million for road linking Kyrgyz Republic and China
Final bids for France’s € 4,5 billion canal
Contractors Bouygues and Vinci compete to win Seine-Nord canal project
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