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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.

Malaysia is introducing speed cameras in a bid to reduce the annual fatality rate from road accidents.

Norway's capital Oslo has the highest percentage of new electric vehicles (EVs) on the road than any other city in the world.

Tenders are being called for the new Road 9 construction project in Israel.

The European Union has awarded €2 million of TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Network) financing to a study which aims at finalising the design of 13km section of motorway in Slovenia.

Day Aggregates offers a novel materials recycling approach - Kristina Smith reports Here's a neat idea: take the muck from utilities trenches, treat it and reuse it, saving between 30-40% on the cost of landfill and backfill. This, in essence, is the theory behind Day Aggregates' EcoFILL 40 material. Confident of a growing market for this type of product, Day has invested over €569,000 (£500,000) in a new plant at its 3.4ha site in south London. "There is great demand for a solution to waste streams which

A British man was arrested by police for a series of driving offences, despite the fact that he is registered blind. The man was told by a friend that the local police had a warrant for his arrest over driving offences. When he contacted police he explained that as he is blind, he cannot drive but he was ordered to attend court nonetheless to protest his innocence. Although it was clear that someone else had given police the man's name and address when arrested, police were unable to see this logic and insi

The UK's Institution of Mechanical Engineers' new president, Professor Roderick Smith, has outlined his priorities for the year as helping to solve the engineering challenges for UK transport, environment and energy.

A driver in Switzerland found his vehicle coming to an abrupt halt when all four wheels fell off at the same time. The vehicle was travelling at speed along a highway when the incident happened but fortunately the driver, passengers and other road users were injured.

A Chinese contractor has been holding high level talks with the authorities in Bosnian autonomous entity Republika Srpska over road projects.

Work will commence shortly on a major project to improve the Great Eastern Highway in Western Australia (WA).