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At the end of 2010 there were 34.1 million vehicles licensed for use on the roads in Great Britain of which 28.4 million were cars.

In the US city of Milwaukee plans are in hand for a major highway upgrade that is expected to cost US$300 million.

A new report from the US-based market research specialist the Freedonia Group suggests that worldwide demand for geosynthetics is projected to increase 8.3% annually to 4.5 billion m2 in 2015

Terex Finlay will be launching its new 684 inclined screen at Intermat 2012. The 684 is said to be a highly versatile and adaptable machine engineered and built for working in quarrying, mining, construction and demolition debris, topsoil, recycling, sand, gravel, coal and aggregate applications.

There were 6872 fatal road accidents in Malaysia during 2010.

Work will start in the second half of 2011 on a new stretch of Hungary's M3 highway between Vasarosnameny and the number 49 highway.

Mexico's capital has taken delivery of the country's first all-electric taxi cabs under an agreement to promote eco-friendly vehicle use between Japan-headquartered Nissan Motor and the local government.

Scottish MPs have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a replacement for the Forth Road Bridge that will protect a vital link in the strategic transport network.

Ennis Prismo is introducing a new pothole reinstatement product called Repair as well as a temporary line marking system.

Investigations are in hand in Costa Rica over a series of faults on the highway linking capital San Jose with Caldera.

Ecuador is planning a major highway building programme to improve the country’s economy and infrastructure.

Plans are now in hand in Israel for a US$721.6 million project to widen and upgrade the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem road.

The tender process will open in Slovakia shortly for a new €60.4 million bridge project in Trencin.

Data from Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara Province reveals that there were 943 traffic accidents during 2010 up until the middle of December.

Panama is planning a project to repave up to 400km of roads, in a six month.

Georgia's transport system will benefit from a loan worth US$300 million being provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

UK firm Euro Auctions has achieved strong performance with its equipment sale at Valencia in Spain.

Plans are in hand in Russia for the rebuilding of the capital's key Moscow Ring Road.

Vietnam's Thua Thien-Hue Province is investing a healthy US$1.95 billion transportation infrastructure.

The Texas Transportation Commission has selected Phil Wilson as the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) 19th executive director, effective 17 October, 2011.