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ROTAFLECTOR fits securely on the top of traffic cones and can replace up to 50% of road danger lamps (every other lamp) in straight line delineation, claims its manufacturer. The wind-driven rotating reflective device has been fully tested at TRL [UK's Transport Research Laboratory] and approved for use on the network by the UK Highways Agency and the Department for Transport. Requiring no batteries, the ROTAFLECTOR is made from recycled materials and is totally recyclable itself.

Uzbekistan's highway network is benefiting from considerable investment at present.

Swedish engineering consultancy Sweco will design a new connecting road between Malmö and the Port of Helsingborg.

Accident statistics from Laos and Vietnam reveal a growing awareness of the problems needing attention.

INO, a world-class centre of expertise in industrial applications for optics and photonics, offers its laser rut easurement system (LRMS), a transverse profiling device that detects and characterises pavement rutting. The organisation says LRMS can acquire full 4m width profiles of a highway lane at normal traffic speeds (up to 100km/hr), using two laser profilers that digitise transverse sections of the pavement.

Official statistics for the Dutch traffic information service VID reveal that congestion in the country dropped by 16.9% in the first four months of 2011 compared with the previous year.

US firm Hill International has been awarded a contract in Afghanistan for a road project

Uruguay needs to spend some US$1.2 billion on its road network so as to meet transport demands.

More than 400tonnes of waste was processed from the event with nearly 307tonnes able to be recycled, for a recovery rate of more than 76%.

Multi-national construction equipment manufacturer Shantui says it is now the world's largest maker of bulldozers, all under its own brand name.

The UK asphalt market increased by over 5% in 2010 but the market has already started to turn lower, claims industry experts BDS Marketing Research, which is forecasting volumes to be around 1% lower in the current year

Plans are in hand in Italy for a ?2 billion highway project linking Livorno with Civitavecchia.

Construction company Transstroy has taken out a loan of US$128 million from the Bank of Moscow for construction of a relief road for Kurortny Prospect in Sochi, Russia, from the M-27 federal highway Dzhubga-Sochi.

Delays are affecting a series of PPP road projects in Mexico.

The government of South Korea will be allocating a total of US$127.99 billion on transportation infrastructure in preparation for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Plans are in hand for a groundbreaking ceremony on Vietnam's Ben Luc-Long Than expressway during July-September 2011.

Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) says it is likely to return to full production capacity this week for the first time since the devastating Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

The latest GPS systems will improve the accuracy of many construction operations. Mike Woof reports. The pace of technological advancement is fast in the GPS market. Despite a market downturn, the GPS solution providers continue to invest in research and development. And there is evidence to suggest that the contracting sector is more keen than ever to employ the latest technology because of the cost benefits this can bring.

More than 304 people in the UK are alive today or have avoided the prospect of a lifetime of special care because just 15 roads have had simple improvements put in place, according to this year's tracking survey by the Road Safety Foundation.

The addition of mobile traffic control message boards to a British company's portfolio is among the latest moves in the traffic products sector. ABritish company is looking to further increase its presence in the highways market following an agreement with a major US manufacturer of mobile traffic control message boards.