When the 22km ribbon of concrete linking the NSW towns of Karuah and Bulahdelah is finished in October, this scenic stretch of the Pacific Highway will mean that, for the first time, just on 50 per cent of Australia's deadliest main road will be devoted to dual carriageway, reports The Australian.....Read More

It has been three months since the Government announced plans to form a new company that, together with the private sector, will invest up to $43 billion over eight years to build a high speed National Broadband Network (NBN), reports ABC News.....Read More

A massive power outage in an electricity switch yard north of Sydney caused havoc across five states yesterday, with almost 200,000 homes and businesses experiencing blackouts, reports The Australian.....Read More

Not since the old "coathanger" was completed more than three-quarters of a century ago have its clean, classical, industrial lines been quite so cluttered with extraneous steel and pipework, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.....Read More

It's time to remove cars from central Sydney's "unpleasant" and "congested" roads, Lord Mayor Clover Moore says, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.....Read More

Using more renewable power in Sydney would make electricity bills more affordable, according to a study prepared for the CSIRO that challenges assumptions about cheap coal-fired energy, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.....Read More

The NSW Government has given away 18 locomotives and 180 wagons worth millions of dollars to a giant grain company, just months before a federal inquiry is due to report on whether rail is the best way to transport the state's wheat, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.....Read More

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has endorsed a $195 million development package to boost health, education, housing and transport infrastructure in the East Kimberley, reports AAP.....Read More

As the United States takes its first steps toward mandating that power companies generate more electricity from renewable sources, China already has a similar requirement and is investing billions to remake itself into a green energy superpower, reports The New York Times.....Read More

The government's $500 billion infrastructure spending plan by 2012 is a tough one to achieve as fund availability is proving a problem, the Economic Survey said today, reports the Press Trust of India.....Read More

[news release] The COAG agreement to integrate planning and environmental approvals for Commonwealth-State funded infrastructure projects is a vital step towards a new process that ensures appropriate protections while delivering major projects efficiently, says Infrastructure Partnerships Australia – the nation’s peak infrastructure body.....Read More

Turkey today announced plans to resume a controversial £1bn dam project in the face of environmental protests that it would displace thousands of people, destroy habitats and drown priceless archaeological treasures, reports The Guardian.....Read More

State and federal leaders are expected to agree on a new process to fast-track major infrastructure projects aimed at averting a deep recession when they meet in Darwin today, reports The Australian.....Read More

The Rudd government has named six broadband-deprived areas as the first recipients of its $250 million cash injection to kickstart the $43 billion national broadband network in rural areas, reports The Australian.....Read More

Tasmanian taxpayers will spend $32 million to bring the state's rail network back into public ownership in a deal aimed at preventing the system's dismemberment by troubled owners Asciano, reports The Australian.....Read More

The quality of the government's $14.7 billion schools spending program would have been higher if the states had better prepared infrastructure programs and if the federal government had greater trust in the abilities of state governments and local school councils, economists say, reports The Australian.....Read More

The Queensland government will on Thursday release a report into a series of faults with the $1.2 billion desalination plant on the Gold Coast, reports the Sunshine Coast Daily.....Read More

Vietnam boasts one of the developing world's most resilient economies this year, but economists fear the success masks serious problems, as loose state-directed lending risks pushing Vietnam into a new speculative bubble, reports The Wall Street Journal.....Read More

The Union ministry of Road Transport and Highways has proposed to accord top most priority to the development of road infrastructure in northeastern states in its 100-day agenda, reports UNI.....Read More

The Obama administration on Wednesday published the criteria it will use to hand out billions of dollars in stimulus funds aimed at developing the infrastructure to deliver broadband Internet access to areas that are underserved or without access, reports The Wall Street Journal.....Read More