Austrias motorway operator auctions off snow ploughs and lorries

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ASFINAG has auctioned off 200 vehicles and pieces of equipment in Graz-Raaba (Styria) yesterday (Wednesday) to finance a new car pool. The 200 pieces that went to auction – ranging from small cars to snow ploughs and lawnmowers – were used by ASFINAG, who is responsible for planning, building, maintaining and operating motorways in many […]

Czech pipeline assignment for Alpine

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Salzburg-based Alpine Bau GmbH (Alpine) has teamed up with a Belgium company to build a gas pipeline in the Czech Republic.The firm said today (Fri) the joint venture with Denys had a value of 76.7 million Euros. Czech state-owned gas provider Net4Gas assigned the firms to construct two pipelines of an overall length of 105.8 […]

Breakdown lane usage pilot project ahead

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Drivers might be allowed to use the breakdown lane of motorways in Austria from next year.Klaudia Niedermühlbichler, a spokeswoman for road administration authority Asfinag, revealed today (Thurs) a plan to start running tests on the A4 eastern motorway between Vienna and Schwechat in Lower Austria in 2012.There has been discussion over whether motorists should get […]

Road toll offender attacks policemen

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A Slovakian driver has been arrested for attacking two policemen, it has been announced.Viennese traffic officials said today (Mon) the 45-year-old kicked the officers when they fined him for driving on the A22 Donauufer motorway without a road toll sticker on Saturday.The tourist was put in custody in a Viennese jail. He will face a […]

New high-tech speed traps ‘useless’

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Austria lost out on around six million Euros of traffic fines as new high-tech speed traps turned out to be unusable.Motorway administration authority Asfinag set up three high-end radar traps worth 450,000 Euros on the A21 motorway and the S1 main road near Vienna last autumn. The new devices catch drivers from the front in […]