THE CANADIAN National Railway Company (CN) has accepted delivery of a new track geometry vehicle for the electronic inspection of tracks.
28/10/2008
QUEENSLAND’S Main Roads is in the process of improving heavy vehicle rest area’s across the South West.
05/01/2009
QUEENSLAND Minister for Main Roads, Craig Wallace says the State has gained some new Heavy Vehicle Response Units (HVRUs) for road maintenance operations.
18/08/2009
SAFETY screens are being installed across the ACT to prevent rocks from being thrown at vehicles from overhead bridges, said Chief Minister and Minister for Transport, Jon Stanhope. The ACT Government was investing $2.4 million to install the screens at high risk locations across the ACT.
15/02/2010
RESEARCHERS at Purdue University have developed technology that detects damage to critical suspension components in military vehicles by driving over a speedbump-like ‘diagnostic cleat’ containing sensors.
01/05/2009
MIDMOUNTAIN contractors haS completed its Freight Action Strategy for the Everett-Seattle-Tacoma Corridor (FAST) project.
19/08/2008
QUEENSLAND’S Minister for Transport has announced a $12.4m cycleway is currently being constructed over Ipswich Road.
18/11/2008
QUEENSLAND Minister for Main Roads, Craig Wallace says a traffic study will be conducted at various locations in and around Warwick from 12 to 16 October.
12/10/2009
QUEENSLAND Minister for Main Roads, Craig Wallace says a traffic study will be conducted at various locations in and around Warwick from 12 to 16 October.
12/10/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Government says 1000km of the state’s main roads will be fitted with audible linemarking to tackle the increase in fatigue-related fatalities.
25/02/2009
THE VICTORIAN government has implemented an Intelligent Access Program to monitor the movements of heavy mobile cranes and concrete pump trucks on its roads.
21/05/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Government says it has reached a major milestone in the state’s road construction with the Quilpie-Thargomindah road now complete.
13/02/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Trucking Association says the ‘recovery units’ used by the Queensland Department of Main Roads to remove trucks from roadways following crash incidents are unfit for the task.
09/03/2009
A1 Roadlines is offering a self-contained, trailer-mounted airless striping machine. Three pumps syphon paint directly from the paint drums, eliminating the need for tanks.
28/10/2009
A SECTION of Brookton Highway is getting a $2.4million upgrade as part of the WA State Governments Safer Roads program.
25/11/2009
A SECTION of Brookton Highway is getting a $2.4 million upgrade as part of the WA State Government’s Safer Roads program. Southern Roads Services was the successful tenderer and the work would include widening of the existing pavement and sealing the shoulders.
03/12/2009
THE NATIONAL Transport Commission (NTC) has released a feasibility study of incremental pricing for heavy vehicles.
20/01/2009
THE WESTERN Australian Government says the upgrade of a 25km section of the Great Northern Highway will begin in March 2009.
20/02/2009
MAIN Roads Minister Craig Wallace says all the new ramps at the Stapylton Road Interchange will be operational by mid-August 2009.
29/05/2009
FEDERAL Minister for Infrastructure, Anthony Albanese says bridge strengthening projects on four key Tasmanian bridges between Hobart and Burnie will begin soon.
09/07/2009