Intelligent transport system set to transform motorways

A new high-tech intelligent transport system will transform traffic management on England’s motorways and major A roads.

Austria-based firm Kapsch TrafficCom AG have been awarded a £30M contract by Highways England and will install the system at its regional control centre in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The system will then be rolled out to the rest of the country.

The high-tech transport system will help improve safety and provide faster responses to real time events. It will also integrate a wide range of functions and manage the existing large quantity of different roadside devices.

The system is designed to be future proof and built with the capability to incorporate future technology.

Kapsch will be responsible for the delivery, installation and testing at the control centre, with the existing technical infrastructure used to control and manage traffic being integrated.

Mag. Georg Kapsch, CEO at Kapsch TrafficCom commented: “Future traffic management is all about integration.

“Whether aligning traffic management across borders, different technological solutions or different transportation areas like highways and cities – road users will ultimately experience more safety, more efficiency, and more convenience along their whole route.”

CGI, an independent information technology and business process services firm, has been selected as the main partner in this project. CGI will be responsible for the design, build, testing and implementation of the interface software that will allow Highways England to reuse existing interfaces and devices in combination with the DYNAC software.

Neil Widdop, Services Procurement Team Leader at Highways England, said: “The new system will allow us to improve our operational efficiencies through use of a modern, national, integrated system.

“As we improve our operational efficiency, we can expect road users to benefit from quicker responses to incidents leading to improved safety and greater convenience for drivers.”

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