Indra joins JV to develop smart urban traffic management projects in Algeria

Indra has become a member of Mobeal, an Algerian public-private joint venture, alongside Algerian public companies EGCTU and ERMA and Spanish company Sice, with the objective of modernising the country's traffic management and urban lighting systems. The joint venture partners will install, exploit and maintain traffic control systems and remote management of lighting, initially in Algiers during the first phase and in other large Algerian cities in subsequent phases. Indra already has a presence and
August 23, 2016 Read time: 1 min
509 Indra has become a member of Mobeal, an Algerian public-private joint venture, alongside Algerian public companies EGCTU and ERMA and Spanish company Sice, with the objective of modernising the country's traffic management and urban lighting systems.

The joint venture partners will install, exploit and maintain traffic control systems and remote management of lighting, initially in Algiers during the first phase and in other large Algerian cities in subsequent phases.

Indra already has a presence and was recently awarded a contract by L’Algerienne de Gestion des Autoroutes (AGA), the organisation in charge of managing, operating, maintaining and servicing the Algerian national highway network and its ancillary areas. Indra will develop intelligent traffic systems and toll systems for 380 km of the east-west highway and the control centre for the entire highway.
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