Permits Put Heavy Trucks On The Road
Permits Put Heavy Trucks On The Road
Minneapolis Star Tribune - More than a half-million overweight trucks are allowed onto the nation’s roads and bridges — an increasingly routine practice that some officials say is putting dangerous wear and tear on an already groaning infrastructure. 1 TRUCK = 9,600 CARS? The
300,000 Affected by Floods in Uganda
Voice of America - People wade through a flooded road with washed away bridges in Teso, Uganda, 15 Sept. 2007 The United Nations says continuing heavy rain is making it difficult to reach the flood victims with
Government class tackles Wewa bridge
News Herald - trying to get the bridge over Wetappo Creek, shown below, on State 22 in Gulf County widened. Bullard measured the current bridge, which was completed in 1939, and it is only a little over half as wide as other bridges on the same stretch of road.
The long, hard haul from Iraq
Baltimore Sun - A hastier departure could find military convoys stalled on roads cratered by roadside bombs, interrupted by blown bridges and Almost no stretch of the main military supply road, Route Tampa, is safe from IED attacks, intelligence officers said
Fishing returns to Jefferson
Montana Standard - The Big Hole River remains closed to all angling from the Rock Creek Road above Wisdom downstream to the mouth at Twin Bridges. For additional information on all fishing restrictions and other drought updates, visit fwp.mt.gov and click on Drought
Centre approves road improvement works in Rajasthan
Deepika Global - New Delhi, Sep 17 (UNI) Road Transport and Highways Minister T R Baalu has approved 21 proposals for road improvement works on various stretches of State Highways (SH) and four proposals for the construction of High Level Bridges (HLB) in Rajasthan
Road plans earn hearing
Berkshire Eagle - though hikes pay dividends. European nations paying far higher gas taxes than does America boast fast highways, safe bridges The commission asserts that $100 million can be saved by ending paid police details on road and bridge construction
Washington Digest: Road earmarks
Arkansas News Bureau - WASHINGTON - The Senate voted last week to kill an amendment that called for a freeze on earmarked road spending until all the nation’s deficient bridges are fixed. Senators by an 82-14 vote rejected the proposal by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., one of
Call to cut rail fares after tolls end
Edinburgh News - The Scottish Parliament voted in principle in June to scrap the tolls on the Forth and Tay road bridges - a key SNP pledge at the Holyrood elections in May. The transport committee is now taking evidence on the legislation needed to abolish the
Nigeria: East-West Bridge On Verge of Collapse
AllAfrica.com - East-West Road, the route stands the risk of not only being cut off but could spell doom for unsuspecting road users. The bridge, which was built some two decades ago across the Nun River, is one of the several bridges connecting the East-West Road.