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Ireland's NRA opts for Vaisala's traffic weather solution

Ireland’s National Roads Authority (NRA) has awarded a five-year contract worth US$4.9 million to Finnish road weather information solutions provider, Vaisala for the supply of winter maintenance decision-making tools, solutions and services. The turn-key contract is the continuation of a long-standing partnership between Vaisala and the NRA, and includes maintenance of over eighty weather stations across Ireland as well as a provision for expanding the network with new weather stations and thermal mappi
October 21, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
Ireland’s National Roads Authority (NRA) has awarded a five-year contract worth US$4.9 million to Finnish road weather information solutions provider, 144 Vaisala for the supply of winter maintenance decision-making tools, solutions and services.

The turn-key contract is the continuation of a long-standing partnership between Vaisala and the NRA, and includes maintenance of over eighty weather stations across Ireland as well as a provision for expanding the network with new weather stations and thermal mapping.

A key element in the contract is the Vaisala RoadDSS software which will aid the authorities in making accurate and on-time maintenance decisions by combining all relevant weather data into one interface.

"This large service contract is a testament to the success of our goal to develop a state of the art road weather information management system in collaboration with our customers. National Roads Authority is a progressive agency which, by selecting Vaisala's road weather services and tools, will guarantee the most effective winter road maintenance for the tax payers in Ireland,” says Antero Jarvinen, director of Vaisala Roads.

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