Category: Infrastructure

Romania: City of Iaşi upgrades tram lines

17/05/2012 | Comments (0)

Iaşi municipality has launched the pre-information notice on the modernisation of the tram network at a cost of RON 66 Million (EUR 14.9 Million). Assignment procedures will begin on August 24, 2012 and the project will take 25 months to complete from the assignment. The project is part of the Regional Operating Programme 2007-2013, priority [...]

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Moscow to spend USD 33 Billion on metro expansion

15/05/2012 | Comments (0)

The city of Moscow plans to spend USD 33 Billion by 2020 for extending the capital’s underground system, Andrei Bochkaryov, the head of the municipal construction department, said, RIA Novosti informs. “The total volume of financing has been set at over a trillion roubles (USD 33 Billion), which includes the planning and construction [of the [...]

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Works ready to start for tram-train of the Médoc (France)

04/05/2012 | Comments (0)

Works for the tram-train of Médoc are ready to commence after the signing of the grant agreement. The service should be running by 2014, and will evolve from 7.1 km of new tramway lines to new links with other railway lines. A new tramline will be constructed in the place of the current tracks of [...]

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Russia: Kazan overhauls railway infrastructure for Universiade

03/05/2012 | Comments (0)

Kazan focuses on railway infrastructure rehabilitation projects for hosting Universiade 2013. “In the framework of preparations for the World Students’ Games a colossal volume of works is being implemented to reconstruct the transport infrastructure of the Kazan railway hub,” the local press service said. The main projects include a fast-speed railway linking the international airport [...]

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Ministry of Transport supports the development plan of Moscow’s transport system

19/04/2012 | Comments (0)

At the meeting of the Russian Ministry of Transport on April 16, 2012, the Coordination Council discussed about the development of the transport system of Moscow and Moscow region. The proposal on the accession of several state-budget aid funds for the development of the railway junction, a project worth RUB 17.6 Billion (EUR 452 Million), [...]

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