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Kapsch wins Texas tolling projects

Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS, a subsidiary of Kapsch TrafficCom, has been selected to design, build, and integrate the managed lane system (MLS) for both the North Tarrant Express (NTE) and LBJ Express projects in Dallas and Tarrant Counties in North Texas.
July 31, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS, a subsidiary of 4984 Kapsch TrafficCom, has been selected to design, build, and integrate the managed lane system (MLS) for both the North Tarrant Express (NTE) and LBJ Express projects in Dallas and Tarrant Counties in North Texas.

The project scope for the company encompasses delivery of a toll collection system, ITS, and network communication system, creating a fully integrated MLS.

The agreement, signed yesterday, extends more than 56kms of ‘managed lanes’ – specifically used, administered and tolled lanes to arrange the traffic according to different requirements and demands – with sixty-five toll lanes and thirty-three toll zones. The total contract value for the implementation of the system is around US$79 million, with the first phase of the system scheduled to start operation in the second half of 2013.

"Innovative investment approaches and advanced transportation solutions like this managed lanes project are critical to the successful delivery of new infrastructure projects needed to keep America strong and the economy moving," commented Chris Murray, president and CEO, Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS,

Kapsch TrafficCom has assembled a team of highly-qualified partners including experienced civil, ITS and network infrastructure providers which includes a number of local Texas-based companies and organisations. This team complements the electronic tolling capabilities and overall system and project management provided by Kapsch. The project will be managed out of the local project management office of Kapsch in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

"Winning the NTE and LBJ projects represents a major accomplishment for Kapsch in North America and around the world,” said Georg Kapsch, CEO of Kapsch TrafficCom Group. “Road transportation issues such as network performance, congestion, variable pricing, work zones, air pollution and pavement quality are among the top ranked concerns of private, commercial and public transportation users. Kapsch strives to deliver superior, technology centric end-to-end solutions in a highly competitive market,"

The NTE and LBJE serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, one of the nation’s fastest growing business corridors in the US, are scheduled for completion in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

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