The first phase of a proposed eastern bypass for the city is the Dublin Port Tunnel, which officially opened in 2006 to mainly cater for heavy vehicles.

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, which was an amendment to the larger and unrelated SAFE Port Act, included " carve out " language that clarified the legality of fantasy sports.

Although the world's busiest port is a hotly contested title, in 2006 the world's busiest harbour by cargo tonnage was the Port of Shanghai.

On October 10, 2006, GM began producing the Hummer H3 at its Port Elizabeth plant in South Africa for international markets.

The LANIS-1 cable was damaged 600 m off Port Grenaugh on 27 November 2006, causing loss of the link and resulting in temporary Internet access issues for some Manx customers whilst it was awaiting repair.

Beaches which won 2006 Blue Flag Beach Awards are: Bracelet Bay, Caswell Bay, Langland Bay, Port Eynon Bay and Swansea Marina ( one of the few Blue Flag Marinas in Wales ).

Four of Gower's beaches have Blue Flag beach and Seaside ( 2006 ) awards for their high standards: Bracelet Bay, Caswell Bay, Langland Bay and Port Eynon Bay.

Fireworks over Port Jackson | Sydney Harbour on Sydney New Year's Eve 2006 – 07 | New Year's Eve 2006 – 07.

In 2006, the Port Authority took over from Silverstein Properties as the project's developer.

Elephant House | Edward Gorey's home on Cape Cod, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts ( 2006 ).

It is Augustine ( the most active volcano of the eastern Aleutian arc ), which makes life nasty in Nanwalek, Port Graham, Seldovia and Homer, when it erupts, as it most recently has done in 1986 and 2006.

Elephant House | Edward Gorey's home on Cape Cod, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts ( 2006 ).

* NY Waterway's Weehawken Port Imperial Ferry Terminal, a state-of-the-art facility opened in 2006, located at the site of The United Fruit Company, which for many years was the largest banana import facility in the nation.

* Port an Eilean Mhòir-The only Viking burial as of yet discovered in mainland Britain, the mound was found in 2006 and excavated in 2011

The bid and the project had to be split into smaller sections, but £ 11. 9 million was awarded in 2006 for phase 1a, which with match funding will restore navigation from ' The Ocean ' at Stonehouse to Wallbridge on the Stroudwater Navigation, and from Wallbridge to Brimscombe Port on the Thames and Severn Canal.

There was formerly a research station at Port Erin on the Isle of Man until it closed in 2006.

Increased passenger traffic led the Massachusetts Port Authority ( Massport ) to embark on a major airport renewal project called the " Logan Modernization Project " from 1994 to 2006.

* February 2, 2006: Port Liner extended to Kobe Airport.

File: Cenotaph 2006 10 01 04. JPG | Port Arthur Cenotaph, Waverley Park, Thunder Bay, Ontario

On December 9, 2006, a controversy arose over the airport's display of Christmas trees, which the Port of Seattle officially called " holiday trees " in all public statements.

After Rabbi Bogomilsky and other Jewish leaders stated that they had no intention of suing the Port of Seattle, the port reinstalled the trees on the night of December 11, 2006.

At the 2006 census, Port Arthur and the surrounding area had a population of 499.

360, 375 ( December 2006, National Communications Authority ).

In 2006 the European Food Safety Authority ( EFSA ) stated that the SSC opinion was confirmed, that the BSE risk of bone-derived gelatin was very small, and removed support for the 2003 request of excluding the skull and vertebrae of bovine origin older than 12 months from the material used in gelatin manufacturing.

In 2006 the Authority established an Endowment Fund to Support Collaborative Marine Scientific Research on the International Seabed Area.

On 14 March 2006, the American and British guards left the jail, charging that the Palestininan Authority was not adhering to the agreement reached with Israel.

A survey conducted by Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore indicated that 78 % of households own computers at home and 7 in 10 households have Internet access ( 2006 ).

On January 13, 2006, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority released plans for a major renovation of the Pier, which would include a monorail, a spokeless Ferris wheel, a roller coaster, floating hotel, and an water park with a Great Lakes theme.

On 28 December 2005, John Teiwa of the Coconut Industry Development Authority announced that a 20-year plan for the coconut industry would be launched in 2006.

He published his book Between militarism and politics in 2006, and he is now working on publishing a new book about peace negotiations between the Palestinian National Authority PNA and Israel.

On March 1, 2006 The Israel Postal Authority became a Government-owned corporation, the Israel Postal Company, as a preceding stage to the opening of the mail market to competition.

In 2006 it formed the Horseracing Regulatory Authority to carry out the regulatory process whilst it focused on owning 13 racecourses and the gallops in Newmarket and Lambourn.

* " The Hurricane Authority " ( 2006 – 2007 ; 2009 – present )

* " The Winter Weather Authority " ( 2006 – 2007 winter season )

Formerly the regulator for the sport, The Jockey Club's responsibilities were transferred to the Horseracing Regulatory Authority ( now the British Horseracing Authority ) in 2006.

These regulatory responsibilities were transferred to a new Horseracing Regulatory Authority ( HRA ) from 3 April 2006.

It considers both the Fatah-led government in the West Bank and the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip as illegal due to the lack of new elections to the Palestinian National Authority since 2006.

Beginning in 2006, the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation ( PART ) began offering limited bus service between Boone, North Carolina and Greensboro, North Carolina as part of its US 421 Mountaineer Express.

When using Simpson's Diversity Index on 10 aggregated ethnic groups, the 2001 census identified Newham as the most ethnically diverse district in England and Wales, with 9 wards in the top 15 .< ref >< cite > Simpson's diversity indices by ward 1991 and 2001-GLA Data Management and Analysis Group ( page 11, Table 3 ) Greater London Authority, January 2006 ), accessed 13 December 2006 </ ref > However, when using the 16 ethnic categories in the Census so that White Irish and White Other ethnic minorities are also included in the analysis, Newham becomes the 2nd most ethnically diverse borough < ref >< cite > Focus on Newham 2006-local people and local conditions-London Borough of Newham, Corporate Research Unit ( chapter 2, page 24 ) ( 2006 ) date accessed 31 March 2007 </ ref > with 6 out of the top 15 wards, behind Brent with 7 out of the top 15 wards.

In 2006 the Broads Authority promoted a second act, the primary purpose of which was to introduce greater safety controls on the broads and rivers.

However, after years of struggle to get the toll route built, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority canceled the Route 92 project on December 1, 2006.