The Kaohsiung Metro, which opened service on March 9 last year, may soon follow in the footsteps of the Taiwan High Speed Railroad's bullet train system. Both are BOT (build-operate-transfer) projects, albeit Kaohsiung Metro is much smaller in scale. Join discussion...

F ortunes of men and nations are built on the back of good roads. The Silk Road and the Grand Trunk Road brought prosperity in ancient times. The Golden Quadrilateral that connects the four Indian metros is doing something similar today, giving rise to new constructions and businesses along the highways and better accessibility to farms, processing units and manufacturing hubs. Join discussion...

The government will not take over the financially troubled high-speed rail system, Transportation Minister Mao Chi-kuo said Monday. The statement came amid growing rumors that High-Speed Rail Corporation Chairwoman Nita Ing would announce her resignation at a board meeting scheduled for Tuesday and be replaced by chief executive officer Ou Chin-der, a confidant of President Ma Ying-jeou. The meeting was supposed to select a date in late September or early October for an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting. Join discussion...

Traffic volume been growing about 12% a year with India's brisk economic growth, putting a huge strain on its still underdeveloped road network. But the country's road building program hasn't kept pace, leading to choked highways and potholed roads. Poor infrastructure takes at least two percentage points off growth in gross domestic product each year, economists say. Join discussion...

Just weeks after hard-hatted politicians kicked off construction of a new, 10-lane Port Mann bridge, the province of British Columbia announced that it will be on the hook for the entire cost of the $2.5-billion project after failing to reach a deal with private-sector partners. Join discussion...

The B.C. government has been forced to take over the entire $2.4-billion cost of the Port Mann Bridge project after plans for a partnership with a private consortium fell through. Join discussion...

The Maytas Infrastructure story began the moment the announcement was made to merge it with Satyam Computer. Two companies were involved in that process, the listed Maytas Infrastructure and the unlisted Maytas Properties. Join discussion...

Figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers last year showed that PFI projects in Wales – where in health they are not used at all – account for less than 2% of the value of all scheme in the UK – five times less than Scotland. Join discussion...

Infrastructure Leasing and Finance Company (IL&FS) is poised to acquire management control of the troubled infrastructure company Maytas Infrastructure owned by family members of Ramalinga Raju, former chairman and managing director of Satyam Computers, who confessed to financial fraud on January 7. Join discussion...

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) managing director E Sreedharan on Tuesday said he had predicted the scandal that was to befall Maytas when he had objected to land allotment to the company for Hyderabad Metro project. Join discussion...