Category: roads

Eco-Activists Take Road-Blocking Campaign to More English Cities

November 2, 2021
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Ec-activists from Insulate Britain have been arrested as they launched fresh demonstrations near London, Birmingham and Manchester. The group said on Nov. 2 that around 60 demonstrators descended on junction 23 of the M25 near London, junction 6 of the M56 in Manchester and the A4400 in Birmingham on Tuesday morning. The London and Manchester…

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Orange County Grand Jury Issues Critical Report of Toll Roads

June 22, 2021
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—The Orange County grand jury June 21 issued a critical report about the county’s toll roads, arguing the agencies overseeing them should be working to retire debt and transition to freeways. The “$28 Billion for a $2.8 Billion Road” makes the case that the transportation corridor agencies have become a self-perpetuating bureaucracy with…

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Orange County Transportation Budget to Drive Road Improvements

June 16, 2021
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The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) on June 14 approved a $1.3 billion budget that aims to improve the California county’s roadways. Some of the funds budgeted for the 2021-22 fiscal year will go toward capital investment projects, including freeway improvement projects on interstates 405 and 5, as well as state routes 55, 57, and 91. “OCTA continues to lead freeway…

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Australia’s Federal Infrastructure Budget for 2021

May 12, 2021
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The Australian government has announced an additional $15.2 billion in new infrastructure funding in the 2021-22 Budget to help aid economic recovery from the CCP virus pandemic. The additional funding adds to the $110 billion 10-year building plan investment that already formed part of the National Economic Recovery Plan which the government says will support…

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India Builds Border Infrastructure to Counter China

March 17, 2021
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NEW DELHI—India is constructing 57 roads, refurbishing 32 helipads, and developing 47 outposts and 12 staging camps for its ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) along its border with China. The country is also building a standalone road of critical significance along the border in Ladakh, the region at the northern tip of India where it has…

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