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Imtech awarded major Finnish motorway contract

In a contract valued at over US$11 million, Imtech Traffic & Infra is to implement the traffic control system and lighting for the E18 motorway in Finland. The contract, awarded by Finnish infrastructure company YIT Rakennus, includes detailed design, software development, communication network equipment, power supply, lighting and traffic control equipment for tunnel and motorway, tunnel safety systems, CCTV system, cabling, installation works, system commissioning and maintenance. Construction will
June 9, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
In a contract valued at over US$11 million, 6999 Imtech Traffic & Infra is to implement the traffic control system and lighting for the E18 motorway in Finland.

The contract, awarded by Finnish infrastructure company YIT Rakennus, includes detailed design, software development, communication network equipment, power supply, lighting and traffic control equipment for tunnel and motorway, tunnel safety systems, CCTV system, cabling, installation works, system commissioning and maintenance.

Construction will commence in summer 2015 and the motorway is estimated to be completed in 2018. This is the last part of the major motorway through Finland from the City of Turku to Vaalimaa on the border of Russia and is part of International European route E18 and what is known as the Nordic Triangle.

Juha Pykälinen, managing mirector of Imtech Traffic & Infra Finland: “We are extremely proud of our capabilities in this market area, this is an important project for our Finnish business; it strengthens our already well established position in the Inter-Urban and Objects markets in Finland. Imtech, via its subsidiaries, has been involved in all phases of the E18 motorway; this indicates our ability to be a solution provider in big infra projects in Finland and internationally”.

Jouni Hyvärinen, the Project Director of YIT Rakennus: “A very good collaboration and professional ability in previous projects and during the tender period for this project convinced us of Imtech Traffic & Infra’s capability. Imtech Traffic & Infra is also a company which is able to supply the whole scale of technical services from design to implementation, all of which are needed in this remarkable and challenging project.”

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