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Q-Free Open Roads awarded U.S. tolling contract

Transcore has selected Norway's Q-Free Open Roads (Q-Free) as sub-contractor in a U.S. tolling scheme valued $1.4m (£1m). It will provide Intrada Synergy Server products and services in the North Carolina Turnpike Authority roadside toll collection project for the Monroe Expressway and the US-74 Express Lanes. The contact beings immediately and will be followed by a five-year maintenance agreement.
February 21, 2018 Read time: 1 min
139 Transcore has selected Norway's 108 Q-Free Open Roads (Q-Free) as sub-contractor in a U.S. tolling scheme valued $1.4m (£1m). It will provide Intrada Synergy Server products and services in the North Carolina Turnpike Authority roadside toll collection project for the Monroe Expressway and the US-74 Express Lanes.


The contact beings immediately and will be followed by a five-year maintenance agreement.

James Knowlton, president/managing director of Q-Free, said: “We are pleased to, once again, be a subcontractor to TransCore, one of the largest companies in the world providing Tolling and ITS solutions. The award is significant for Q-Free Open Roads and demonstrates our continued growth and focus on Image Processing Solutions within the tolling market.”

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