National Transport Authority (NTA) and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) have announced details of the emerging preferred route (EPR) for the new MetroLink service from Estuary north of Swords to Sandyford to the south, which will serve Dublin Airport and the city centre.
Danish company Ramboll has won a contract for providing detailed design services and technical support during the construction of the 21.8km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, India’s longest sea bridge linking Mumbai with the satellite city of Navi Mumbai.
Leighton Asia, a subsidiary of Australia-based CIMIC Group, has been selected by MPCALA Holdings to construct the Cavite Laguna Expressway project (Cavite section) in the Philippines.
London-based Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been appointed by GVK, the operator of Mumbai’s existing Chhatrapati Shivaji International (CSI) Airport, as the architect of the new Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) in India.
South County Transit Partners, a joint venture of Mott MacDonald and SNC-Lavalin, has won a contract from Sound Transit for the design-build project management of the Federal Way Link Extension project in Seattle, Washington.
The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has concluded a study into a proposed Arctic rail line and decided to take forward the Oulu-Rovaniemi-Kirkenes route to the Arctic Ocean.
A joint venture of German construction firm HOCHTIEF and French concessions and construction company VINCI has won a €460m contract from Metroselskabet to design and build Sydhavn Metro Line (Line 4) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Haptic Architects and Nordic Office of Architecture have unveiled plans for a sustainable ‘smart city’ next to Norway’s primary transport hub, Oslo Airport Gardermoen (OSL), Flytoget Airport Express, E6, E16 and Jessheim city.
De Groene Boog, a consortium comprising BESIX Group, Dura Vermeer Groep, Van Oord PPP, John Laing Investments, RebelValley and TBI PPP, has been selected by Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) for the A16 motorway project in the Netherlands.
EllisDon Transit Infrastructure (EDTI) team has secured a $254.5m contract from Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx to design, build and finance the Stouffville Corridor Stations Improvement project of the province’s GO Regional Express Rail (RER) programme in Canada.
Construction began on the widening of Armadale Road in the city of Perth in Western Australia.
UK-based construction firm Laing O'Rourke has won a contract worth AUD955m ($746m) to transform Sydney’s busiest station into the gateway to the new Sydney Metro network.
Transport for London (TfL) has selected Native Land as its preferred joint venture partner to develop the land owned by TfL around South Kensington Tube station.
VINCI Construction, through a joint venture led by Dodin Campenon Bernard, has completed tunnelling Line B, the second automated metro line in Rennes, for regional authority Rennes Metropole and transport authority Semtcar.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian and eight Western Sydney councils have agreed on a 20-year Western Sydney City Deal – a plan designed to deliver long-term prosperity for the region.
Highways England, the government-owned company responsible for England's motorways and major A roads, is set to showcase its updated plans for £1.6bn road tunnel project near Stonehenge, England to international heritage experts.
Bajes Kwartier Ontwikkeling, a consortium comprising real estate developer AM, AT Capital and Cairn, is set to takeover Bijlmerbajes, a former prison complex, from the Dutch government and will transform the terrain into a new car-free city district of Amsterdam.
NCC has signed an agreement with the Swedish Transport Administration for the construction of Central Station, which is a part of the West Link project in Gothenburg.
The John Holland Group has won a contract worth AUD225m ($174.4m) from the Sunshine Coast Council for the expansion of Sunshine Coast Airport in Queensland, Australia.
The state government of Queensland, Australia has given environmental clearance for an AUD120m ($92.6m) project to upgrade the Port of Cairns in Queensland.