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Kapsch initiates tolling project in Bulgaria

Kapch has been selected by the Bulgarian Roads Infrastructure Agency, in a contract valued лв.149.9m (£68m), to implement a nationwide tolling system. It will set up technical configuration and support of the system for trucks over 3.5 tons, as well as the introduce an electronic vignette for passenger cars during the 19-month project. Over the course of seven months, Kapsch will implement 500 terminals for registering and issuing electronic vignettes, 100 enforcement vehicles, 100 weigh-in-motion
January 17, 2018 Read time: 1 min

Kapsch has been selected by the Bulgarian Roads Infrastructure Agency, in a contract valued лв.149.9m (£68m), to implement a nationwide tolling system. It will set up technical configuration and support of the system for trucks over 3.5 tons, as well as the introduce an electronic vignette for passenger cars during the 19-month project.

Over the course of seven months, 81 Kapsch will implement 500 terminals for registering and issuing electronic vignettes, 100 enforcement vehicles, 100 weigh-in-motion facilities, and 100 tolling gantries as well as a data centre and a back office.

The contract was signed in the presence of Nikolay Nankov, the Bulgarian Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, and André F. Laux, Chief Operating Officer of Kapsch TrafficCom.

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