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20 Articles in Finance 2001
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Bay Bridge 'low' bid hikes skyway cost

The low bid for the skyway portion of the new East Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco has been priced at US$1.043 billion, almost US$300 (...)

Special Canadian infrastructure fund

The Canadian Federal Government announced the creation of a Strategic Infrastructure Foundation to which it will commit C$2 billion in new money (...)

EIB approves US$350 milllion loan to Dutch high speed rail

The European Investment Bank has signed a project financing loan of US$350 million for the HSL Zuid 'public private partnership' project in (...)

US$160 million loan for Croatian roads

Deutsche Bank has provided a US$160 million loan to the Croatian Roads Company for the construction of the Bosiljevo-Sveti Rok section of the (...)

Russian highway slowdown

Federal budget financing for Russia's highways will drop 36% year-on-year in 2001, head of the Transport Ministry's economy department, (...)

US$56 million loan for road project in Croatia

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is supporting with a US$56 million loan an important motorway connecting Croatia's (...)

China plans new expressway to Vietnam border

The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of US$150 million to partly finance a new expressway and road upgrading project in the Guangzi (...)

Loan approved for new rail project

One hundred and forty one bridges will be built as part of a new rail project in the Jiangxi and Fujian provinces of (...)

JBIC extends loan to support road construction in Morocco

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed an ODA loan agreement totalling approximately US$ 106.1 million with the Kingdom (...)

Caltrans gets loan for new Bay Bridge

The US Federal Highway Administration has promised a loan of US$450 million to Caltrans to complete its funding package for the replacement of (...)

Parsons buys Finley McNary Engineers

Florida-based bridge design consultancy Finley McNary Engineers has been bought by Parsons Transportation Group in a move aimed at strengthening (...)

US$720 million bridge for Bratislava

The European Bank has agreed a US$380 million loan for the construction of a bridge across the Danube in Slovakia's capital, Bratislava, which (...)

Bulgarian route finds finance

The Japanese Export Bank and Bulgarian private companies are ready to finance the motorway between the country's capital Sofia and the major city (...)

Access firm to integrate sales operations

Access specialist Intervect has announced its intention to integrate the individual sales operations of Alimak and HEK International Group (...)

Danube bridge traffic forecasts

Preliminary studies by a French agency suggest that by the end of 2005 some 22,000 cars and lorries and 2,500 carriages will pass through the (...)

ADB supports highway project in China

The Asian Development Bank has approved a US$250 million loan to the People's Republic of China to help build a four-lane expressway and (...)

Italian government pledges support for Messina Bridge

The Italian government has promised to support construction of the Messina Bridge between Sicily and the Italian mainland, provided half the cost (...)

Roads win from US budget

The US Transportation budget for fiscal 2002 proposes a 6% increase over fiscal 2001 at US$59.5 billion. It promises full funding for highway (...)

Millennium Bridge to stay closed until November

London's Millennium Bridge is to remain closed until at least November, after wrangles over retrofit funding took longer to resolve than (...)

New road bridge planned for Bratislava

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is considering an application for a loan to build a new bridge over the River Danube (...)