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Egis to maintain systems on Poland’s A4 motorway

Poland’s General Directorate of the National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) has awarded Egis two contracts for the maintenance of telecommunication, traffic management and tolling systems on 162 kilometres of the A4 motorway between Wroclaw–Katowice in Poland. These contracts cover 68 toll lanes on 13 toll plazas monitored by one operation centre and 80 pairs of emergency roadside telephones located along the motorway. They continue GDDKiA’s intention to bring the A4 up to toll motorway standards and inclu
June 30, 2015 Read time: 1 min
Poland’s General Directorate of the National Roads and Motorways (7570 GDDKiA) has awarded 7319 Egis two contracts for the maintenance of telecommunication, traffic management and tolling systems on 162 kilometres of the A4 motorway between Wroclaw–Katowice in Poland.

These contracts cover 68 toll lanes on 13 toll plazas monitored by one operation centre and 80 pairs of emergency roadside telephones located along the motorway. They continue GDDKiA’s intention to bring the A4 up to toll motorway standards and include maintenance of the telecommunications and traffic management systems until 31 December 2018 and maintenance of the tolling system until 2 November 2018.

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