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Work is now underway in Serbia to build a new bridge over the Danube River.

Last year's flooding in the Australian state of New South Wales left the roads in the Richmond Valley in a poor state with 400km in need of urgent repair. To quickly meet the aggregate demand for the work, Richmond Valley Council called on contract crushing specialist M&M Crushing to produce 100,000tonnes of 20mm road base and 7mm, 10mm and 14mm graded aggregates from Peterson's Quarry.

Egis has an innovative approach to addressing construction defects - *Martin O’Flaherty, Jean Pohu. Defects often become apparent after construction projects are handed over to the client and this is a common problem across most highway projects. The problem is shared by highway operators who have assumed the responsibility of managing such projects.

An innovative safety system that could reduce accident levels is being developed in Sweden.

The authorities in Vietnam are taking steps to toughen enforcement against drivers who break regulations.

The Nepalese Government is building a 42km long ring road in eastern Nepal at Biratnagar.

Plans have been revealed for a new ring road project in Turkmenistan.

Russia's Krasnodar region plans to invest heavily in road building projects.

The Hungarian Government is lining up an impressive plan for infrastructure investment in the coming years.

Swarco Industries, a division of Swarco America, has unveiled its new wet reflective temporary construction zone tape Director-2 WR.

Data from the Italian construction equipment manufacturer's association (UNACEA) shows that the country's off-highway equipment market was still in recession in the first part of 2011.

Work is now going ahead on the Viadom road construction project in the Dominican Republic.

The Nepalese Government looks set to increase its transport budget for the next fiscal year.

Jason Barnes reviews the last few decades and the future of tolling technology. Tolling and charging technology has evolved significantly over the last three decades and that evolution is perhaps best illustrated by reductions in or complete removal of impedances to physical progress. Once, it was customary for a driver to pull up to a barrier, make some form of cash payment to a human operative in a booth, and then wait for the barrier to be raised before proceeding. Humans were eventually complemented and

Improving aggregate production and quality levels is not just about investing in the latest equipment but making sure existing machines are optimised - Claire Symes reports. Although the cost of fuel has dropped since last summer's high, reducing the cost/tonne of production is still high on the agenda for most quarry operators, along with improving quality.

The Japanese Government is giving US$30 million towards construction of a new bridge in Nicaragua.

A Chinese contractor is awarding sub-contracting work in Sri Lanka on a number of key road projects in Jaffna.

Higgins Contractors of New Zealand has made rapid use of its new Borum BMT 350 road marking machine, the first of its type in the country. The machine was bought recently to undertake contract work for the New Zealand Transport Authority and local councils, following a meeting Higgins had with Borum representatives at the Intertraffic exhibition in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a year ago.

A World Bank loan worth US$109 million is paying for an upgrade to the road connecting the Bolivian conurbations of Rurrenabaque and Ixiamas as well as to the airport in Rurrenabaque.

The authorities in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will be able to boost transport infrastructure following the provision of a development assistance grant worth US$371.35 million.