Spanish firm OHL is expected to begin the expansion of Peru's Red Vial 4 highway by end-May 2010, an official from the transport and communications ministry's (MTC) concessions division told BNamericas. Join discussion...

It was originally supposed to open twelve days from now, but Vancouver’s Canada Line has already racked up millions of rides since it commenced operations in mid-August — and it’s now carrying almost 100,000 people a day on average. The 12-mile automated light metro, which was built at a cost of C$2 billion, was one of the first major works of transit infrastructure built with the help of a public-private partnership (PPP) in North America Join discussion...

The Ministry of Communications is finally floating tender today for building an elevated expressway of 32.5 kilometres or more in Dhaka on a public private partnership (PPP) basis. The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) under the ministry will receive pre-qualification documents for this $2 billion project from interested bidders till January 20. Join discussion...

The Thai government is targeting a bigger role for the private sector in boosting economic growth, raising the value of projects it expects to finance in partnership with private investors to 10% of its THB1.43 trillion ($43.07 billion) investment budget from the currently planned 2%, a senior finance ministry official said Wednesday. Join discussion...

Imagine driving Arizona highways that alert motorists of a traffic jam before it forms, or over bridges that report when they're cracking, or on people-moving innovations that make you proud of your state government. Countries around the globe and even state and municipal entities in America are using those innovations. Arizona is not. Join discussion...

BBAG, the parent company of Bilfinger Berger Australia (BBA), confirmed plans to reduce its exposure to building and civil construction and said it was considering an IPO of BBA’s assets, which also includes Bilfinger Berger Services. An IPO would also see Abigroup return to the Australian Securities Exchange after it delisted in 2004. Join discussion...

Proactive highway widening, maintenance and reinvestment are among the factors that have helped Highway 407 stem recessionary impacts, a company official said last week. Imad Nassereddine, chief traffic operations officer for the 407 ETR Concession Co. Ltd., was speaking at Transport Futures 2009: Road Pricing and Public Acceptance Workshops in Toronto Nov. 12 to 13. Join discussion...

The Pacific Investment Management Company, widely known as PIMCO, has launched a new emerging markets and infrastructure bond fund, the company said Monday. The aim of the fund is to capitalise on an expected increase in investment spending by developing nations, which PIMCO reckons could total more than $1 trillion. Join discussion...

MEED reported that Abu Dhabi Airports Company will develop its USD 6.8 billion midfield terminal project at Abu Dhabi International airport as a construction contract rather than a build operate transfer deal as originally planned. Join discussion...

Highways development, which remained largely comatose during UPA-I, has got an adrenalin injection with the induction of Kamal Nath as the minister in-charge. But his pitch to create 20 km of highways, despite his good intentions, looks hard to achieve, primarily because of capacity constraints in the road construction industry—an issue that has got much less attention than it deserves. Join discussion...