Mirzaan Jamwal

Growing air travel prompts the government to seek private sector participation for the development of an airport in Myanmar’s second-largest city. A second airport to be built in Yangon has already attracted interest from 30 private sector firms.

Ofgem has appointed the consortium, which also includes Frontier Power and Macquarie Capital, as preferred bidder to own and operate the high voltage link to the London Array (Phase 1) wind farm. The contract is worth £428m.

Consultant RFP and technical bids launched for the proposed international airport in the Indian city of Agra, a popular tourist destination which is home to the Taj Mahal and several UNESCO World Heritage sites.

The state-owned infrastructure financier plans to issue a 25- to 30-year, $1bn bond partially guaranteed by the government.

Zagreb officials are calling for expressions of interest from consultants interested in helping the city procure a parking garage concession.

The French developer, together with Ringway, will manage and maintain some 800km of roads across the Isle of Wight as part of a 25 year contract. The latter is expected to be signed by the end of September.

The Labour party has asked the government to detail what measures it is taking to protect UK businesses and infrastructure investment from the impact of EU Directives.

The company will sell minority stakes to raise funds for its $10.4 billion Queensland Alpha coal and rail project. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has been appointed as financial advisor.

The UK-listed infrastructure investment firm has bought additional equity and loan note interests in four existing Private Finance Initiative projects from subsidiaries of the facilities and estates management provider Sodexo.

Envisaged investment in Indian infrastructure has fallen by 52% from last year, down to $18.1bn. The power and telecommunication sectors are the hardest hit, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s annual report.