• On a practical level, unionists want improved roads and other links between Scotland and Northern Ireland.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | When neighbours become good friends?

  • Greens and "smart growth" advocates will celebrate if money is diverted from hard infrastructure--such as improved roads, bridges, ports and transmission lines--which they insist would create enough carbon to heat the planet like a toaster.

    FORBES: A Bailout For Yuppies

  • Security in Bor itself has improved, but the roads immediately to the north and south are plagued by bandits.

    ECONOMIST: South Sudan

  • In north-east England, 59% of respondents said conditions were worse than a year ago, while those saying the roads had improved were greatest in Wales (13%) and London (12%).

    BBC: 'Millions of cars' damaged by potholes

  • In the past five years there has been a wave of foreign investment and many infrastructure projects - including hundreds of miles of roads and improved electricity supply - are either completed or on the way.

    BBC: Sierra Leone faces huge election test

  • In the Apurimac valley, which accounts for a third of the investment, roads have been improved and villages have big new schools.

    ECONOMIST: A crop that refuses to die

  • We conquered cholera and other diseases, cleaned up our rivers and our skies, and dramatically improved the safety of our roads, all without pricing.

    WSJ: Should There Be a Price on Carbon?

  • For example, learning about health and the environment motivated people to clean roads and to adopt improved farming methods.

    UNESCO: Literacy and Community Development Programme (LCDP)

  • Next year, work will also take place at a number of airports across Poland, to deal with the influx of football visitors, and roads and railways are also being improved.

    BBC: Poland eyes Euro 2012 football cash boost

  • The idea has also been backed local MPs and by the fire service, which says response times could be improved and lives saved by adding extra slip-roads.

    BBC: Motorway bridge

  • Since the President took office four years ago, America has begun the hard work of rebuilding our infrastructure: American workers have improved over 350, 000 miles of U.S. roads and more than 6, 000 miles of rail, and they have repaired or replaced over 20, 000 bridges.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • Unlike the last Winter Games in Vancouver, which was integrated within the city, Sochi has had to start from scratch -- new roads, rail, hotels, as well as an improved power grid.

    CNN: February 8, 2013 -- Updated 1159 GMT (1959 HKT)

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