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Egis to provide incident response services in Sydney area

Tollaust, a subsidiary of toll road operator Transurban Group, has awarded Egis the contract for the management of incident response services of the Lane Cove Tunnel and the M2 motorway in Sydney, Australia. The contract commences at the beginning of October 2015 and will run for three years. The 21 kilometre M2 motorway and the 3.6 kilometre twin tunnel Lane Cove Tunnel are two urban motorways linking the M1 motorway and the fast-growing north-west suburbs of Sydney. Traffic on these two motorway se
July 8, 2015 Read time: 1 min
Tollaust, a subsidiary of toll road operator 600 Transurban Group, has awarded 7319 Egis the contract for the management of incident response services of the Lane Cove Tunnel and the M2 motorway in Sydney, Australia.

The contract commences at the beginning of October 2015 and will run for three years.

The 21 kilometre M2 motorway and the 3.6 kilometre twin tunnel Lane Cove Tunnel are two urban motorways linking the M1 motorway and the fast-growing north-west suburbs of Sydney. Traffic on these two motorway sections averages 120,000 vehicles per day.

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