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The recent Intertraffic road traffic technology exhibition in Amsterdam reached record proportions for its 20th edition.

A new plan has been put forward by Vietnam's Ministry of Investment and Planning for PPP infrastructure projects including highways.

In Tajikistan a contract has now been awarded for the new Dushanbe - Khujand - Chanak highway.

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) says that to tackle the funding gap for US highways, a different approach is required.

The Chinook Roads consortium has the design, build, finance, construct and operate contract for Calgary's new Southeast Stoney Trail project. This 258km link will form part of the fast-growing Canadian city's ring road and is being developed under a PPP model.

Plans are now in hand for Australia's US$223 million (A$240 million) project to upgrade Brisbane's Gateway Motorway. The work includes widening the Gateway Motorway from four to six lanes.

The road linking Uganda with Sudan is being rebuilt with loans coming from the Japanese Government and the US-based World Bank. The cost of improving the road between Gulu and Atiak in Uganda and Nimule in Sudan is expected to be around US$245 million.

Colombia's Ministry of Transport is suggesting that the Avenida Longitudinal de Occidente (ALO) road project in Bogota should be carried out by Colombian energy company Empresa de Energia de Bogota (EEB).

The UAE Government is planning improvements to the Emirates Road in Sharjah, work which is expected to cost over US$231 million.