36 VÖGELE Pavers Build North Africa’s New Life Line The world’s currently largest road construction project is not underway in Europe, in North America or in Asia but – as many will no doubt be surprised to hear – in North Africa. In the last few years, the region has seen increasing economic success. Now it is time to expand the infrastructure in order to stay on the route of growth. And this is why a motorway is to connect the “Magreb” states of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia over a stretch of 3,200km from 2009. The construction work for the “Autoroute Transmaghrébine” is well underway in Algeria, where three consortia are building their motorway section of around 1,200 kilometres. A whole fleet of machines from the WIRTGEN Group is involved in the giant project, including 36 SUPER pavers. Much has occurred since the launch of the VÖGELE InLine Pave® concept. In Europe, some 1,500,000m2 of road pavement have meanwhile been built with InLine Pave® machinery. This innovative method is primarily used for rehabilitating motorways, federal highways or rural roads in single-lane or dual-lane width, but also for constructing new roadways. Again and again, the extremely high compaction of the binder course is in the focus of the “hot on hot” paving method. InLine Pave® has become such a major topic that we are devoting a special edition of RoadNews to the innovative and economical technology. Enjoy reading. Roland Schug Marketing Director