Skip to main content

Q-Free awarded free flow toll extension in Portugal

Portuguese motorways operator Ascendi has awarded Q-Free a US$19 million contract for the renewal and extension of service and maintenance of several of the Ascendi multi-lane free flow toll (MLFF) concessions for a further six years. Ascendi is said to be the largest European private operator, providing automatic vehicle classification of four vehicle classes including HGVs and light passenger vehicles. The company has 128 collection points installed and processes around one million transactions per da
August 10, 2015 Read time: 1 min
Portuguese motorways operator Ascendi has awarded 108 Q-Free a US$19 million contract for the renewal and extension of service and maintenance of several of the Ascendi multi-lane free flow toll (MLFF) concessions for a further six years.
 
Ascendi is said to be the largest European private operator, providing automatic vehicle classification of four vehicle classes including HGVs and light passenger vehicles. The company has 128 collection points installed and processes around one million transactions per day.

“Ascendi operates around 130 MLFF charging points in Portugal, the majority delivered by Q-Free. We are very pleased to extend our strong relationship with Ascendi in Portugal, comments Q-free CEO, Thomas Falck.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Success of Kuala Lumpur's dual purpose tunnel
    September 12, 2012
    Malaysia’s capital boasts a unique piece of infrastructure; a combined stormwater and motorway tunnel, the longest multi-purpose tunnel in the world. Kuala Lumpur’s Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (Smart) was conceived as a project under the Malaysian Federal Government to alleviate the flooding problem in the city centre. Although a booming city and the nerve centre for Malaysia’s economy, KL was built along the flood plains of the Klang River and, since its earliest days has been subjected to floodi
  • Q-Free wins ANPR tolling contract in US
    August 24, 2017
    Q-Free has signed a US$3.2 million (NOK 25 million) six and a half year contract with US tolling system integrator TransCore to provide operations and maintenance support for the recently-deployed Q-Free Intrada Insight image review solution on the Central Florida Expressway (CFX) project. Insight integrates Q-Free’s Intrada Synergy Server (ISS) automation engine, a data processing and warehouse component and a manual image review (MIR) subsystem. The ISS utilises Intrada automatic license plate recognitio
  • Tolling: it’s time to open up
    May 24, 2023
    Europe sees more and more tolling schemes being implemented based on GNSS technology and an ‘open marketplace’ model. What are the drivers behind this trend and do those schemes show how toll systems will look in the future? Peter Ummenhofer of Go Consulting goes out on the road
  • Awards finalists for 2024
    April 16, 2024
    The wait is over! This morning, at the end of the official opening of Intertraffic Amsterdam 2024 from 08:30 to 10:15 in Intertraffic Summit Theatre 1, the winners of the Intertraffic Awards will be announced. The three Intertraffic Awards up for grabs are: the Green Globe Award, which symbolises innovation that delivers significant environmental benefits; the Inspiration Award, which highlights groundbreaking products inspiring the industry in new directions; and the User Experience Award, which recognises excellence in control systems for the end user. There are five nominees in each of the three categories, representing mobility solutions manufacturers from 11 different countries.