Q-Free wins its second tag order from South Africa in as many months

Q-Free has received its second multi-million dollar tag order from ETC, a joint venture led by Kapsch TrafficCom in South Africa, for use on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project.
February 2, 2012 Read time: 1 min
108 Q-Free has received its second multi-million dollar tag order from ETC, a joint venture led by 81 Kapsch TrafficCom in South Africa, for use on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project. This major project will see multilane open road tolling (ORT) on 185km, in phase one, on freeways in Gauteng Province. The value of the latest order for Q-Free is US$3.58 million and follows the US$4.6 million tag contract placed with the company just over two months ago.
Charging, Tolling & RUC

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Fuel levy won’t replace Gauteng e-tolls
    September 23, 2014
    Despite support from the Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) and the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA), Gauteng’s e-tolls will not be replaced with a fuel levy after the country’s other eight provinces overwhelmingly rejected this idea, saying they will not be made to pay for excellent roads when theirs are poorly maintained. The provinces also rejected a proposal that the national government should take over the funding of improvements to Gauteng highways. Instead of the current user-pay p
    Read More
  • Q-FREE expands ATMS orders in the US
    October 30, 2014
    Q-Free Open Roads has been awarded advanced transportation management systems (ATMS) contracts in the US at a value of US$2.5 million for equipment and services. The contracts will be delivered in the first and second quarters of 2015. “We are very pleased to see the high activity level in Open Roads following Q-Free’s recent acquisition,” says Q-Free CEO Thomas Falck. Q-Free acquired Open Roads Consulting in September this year and said at the time that the acquisition was a strategically good match
    Read More
  • Solar studs a cost-effective alternative to street lighting?
    July 30, 2012
    Road traffic accidents have an enormous impact on society in terms of human loss, pain and suffering and a significant cost to the economy, the individual and their families. Accident rates on South Africa's roads are among the highest in the world and cost the country in the region of $163 million each year. The former head of the Department of Transport (DoT), Dr Kwazi Mbanjwa, described the situation as "carnage on our roads", with over 500,000 accidents and 10,000 fatalities per annum and the number of
    Read More
  • Kapsch and Autofind partner on vehicle tracking solutions
    April 28, 2014
    Kapsch TrafficCom and UHF Gen 2 RFID solutions supplier Autofind Industrial have formed a strategic partnership with the aim of jointly providing end-to-end solutions for SINIAV (Sistema de Identificação Automática de Veículos), Brazil’s national electronic vehicle registration program.
    Read More

Highlighted Content