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Perth smart freeway set for switch on

Roads Online

Image: stock.adobe.com/KRUTOPIMAGES Perth’s newest smart freeway, made up of more than 1400 pieces of technology, including road sensors, on-ramp signals, CCTV cameras, incident detection sensors, digital signs and overhead gantries, will be formally switched on, on Sunday, 22 December.

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Next five-year railway plan to double earthworks spend

Construction Enquirer

It is also ramping up work programmes to improve network resilience in the face of climate change with spending in embankment works and drawing set to double to £1.8bn from 2024-29. Capital projects – enhancements – are now funded separately on a case-by-case basis and no longer form part of Network Rail’s five-year settlement.

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1300TempFence: State-of-the-art safety

Roads Online

The SmartWall has already been deployed on a number of major infrastructure projects in Melbourne. Bruce Fouracre, Managing Director 1300TempFence explains what makes the SmartWall so unique. For those in the infrastructure space, its an essential tool in maintaining the safety and wellbeing of those within the projects vicinity.

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Enhancing the I-5

Civil + Structural Engineer

By Luke Carothers The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (Metro) I-5 North County Enhancement Project (I-5 NCEP) is an ambitious undertaking that will ease congestion, improve safety, and accommodate booming growth along the 14-mile corridor between State Route 14 in Santa Clara and Parker Road in Castaic.

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Final piece of $1.1 billion rebuild of I-75 dedicated

Civil + Structural Engineer

Northbound I-75 traffic will be switched to the new DiSalle Bridge next week, putting the interstate in its final traffic configuration and capping the massive investment project. The first projects began in 2012 and have continued for just over a decade. The project will complete in fall 2023. BOWLING GREEN – A $1.1

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Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project team recommends innovations to reconnect communities and improve safety

Civil + Structural Engineer

billion Brent Spence Bridge Corridor (BSBC) Project based on engineering evaluations and public feedback. More than 100 suggestions submitted to the project team from the public, key local stakeholders, and the design-build team were evaluated based on objectives. Finally, the project team will reconfigure the U.S.

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L.A.’s New Sixth Street Viaduct Project Named Year’s Most Outstanding Engineering Triumph

Civil + Structural Engineer

On Tuesday, the new Sixth Street Viaduct Project in Los Angeles won the 2023 “Grand Conceptor” Award signifying the year’s most outstanding engineering achievement. It also is the largest bridge project in the history of Los Angeles.