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IRF NewsFlash

March 25, 2009

Special Announcement: 2009 GRAA Competition Now Open

The IRF has officially opened the 2009 GRAA Competition and is now accepting applications. This annual competition honors and publicizes the innovation and benefit the road industry provides the global community. Download the application and submit your project. Please contact Magid Elabyad for more information.

In This Issue

IRF News

• IRF Upcoming Events
• IRF Member News

Industry News

• Road Safety
• Intelligent Transportation
• Road Financing
• Environment

IRF Upcoming Events

• 2009 IRF Student Essay Competition
  Deadline for Submissions - May 31, 2009
• Preserving our Highway Infrastructure Assets
  August 4 - 7, 2009
  Orlando, Florida
• IRF seminar on Road Safety and PPP
  October 2-3, 2009
  Cairo, Egypt
• 14th Annual IRF Executive Seminar on Contract Maintenance
  October 25 - November 3, 2009
  Orlando, Florida
  
  

Member News

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Industry News

Road Safety

March 27, 2009

• Rural Speed Limits May Be Reduced in Great Britain
• Many small businesses remain vulnerable to Corporate Manslaughter Act
• Work has started to upgrade a stretch of the A1 in North Yorkshire from dual carriageway to three-lane motorway
• There's no such thing as an accident - all are avoidable

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Intelligent Transportation

March 27, 2009

• Engineering institute presents lifetime achievement award to Carleton engineering professor
• IMAGE SENSING SYSTEMS INC

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April 1, 2009

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Road Financing

March 27, 2009

• Germany gives 350m boost to road sector
• BRIEFING - ASIA INFRASTRUCTURE

March 30, 2009

March 31, 2009

April 1, 2009

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Environment

March 27, 2009

• New York - Green job center for West Valley College survived close call
• Ohio - Millions allocated for regional road projects
• California - Folsom welcomes new bridge
• Austin ranks highest in traffic congestion of all the medium-sized population groups
• Cul-De-Sac Dead Ends - Virginia Targets Suburban Symbol

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