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A worrying report in Germany has revealed that up to 20% of the country's bridges on its Federal Roads need refurbishing or rebuilding.

Three major road organisations have issued a policy statement on fair charging for greener, smarter and safer road infrastructure.

According to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) The mood was overwhelmingly positive at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2011 expositions held March 22-26 in Las Vegas.

In China work is due to commence on a new highway connecting Zhong County to Wanzho.

The International Road Federation (IRF) has announced the winners of the 2011 Global Road Achievement Awards (GRAA) Competition.

Discussions on a new link between Denmark and Germany continue with Denmark's Transport Ministry publishing data showing that the proposed bridge option would be more costly than a tunnel.

Tenders are being evaluated for a 37km section of the S3 dual carriageway between Gorzow Wielkopolski and Miedzyrzecz in Poland.

The Indian states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat will see major expansion of road infrastructure.

The transport authorities in Israel have published the tender documents for a project to build the South Ra'anana Interchange.

The International Road Federation's event in the Gulf & Middle East Region in the capital of the Kingdom of Bahrain comes amid calls for efforts to meet the challenges posed by the region's growing demand for mobility and movement of goods.

Today, the Swedish Parliament will decide on new laws to ban mobile phone use behind the wheel.

An agreement worth US$493 million will seal the future or road maintenance projects and highway upgrades in the Philippines.

Tenders are being received for a project to expand Duqm Port in Oman, with a key part of the plans including road projects.

Ennis Traffic Safety Solutions has sold its UK-based contracting subsidiary, Prismo Contracting Services to DBi Services of Hazleton, Pennsylvania.

The International Road Federation (IRF) has awarded Delcan two Global Road Achievement Awards (GRAA) at their annual banquet in Washington, DC, for Quality Management and also for ITS.