Austria’s Kapsch TrafficCom won the contract to install their intelligent transportation system in Greater Santo Domingo for more efficient and safer mobility in the future. Following a public tender, Kapsch and its local partner Evocon were selected by the National Institute for Ground Transit and Transport (Intrant) to provide the comprehensive urban mobility management system for Santo Domingo, the largest city in the Caribbean. Kapsch is 60% and Evocon 40% of the contract-winning consortium.
The contract includes a 17-month period for the design and construction of new infrastructure, as well as four years of technical operation. The total contract value is approximately US$20.3 million.
The first part of the tender covers engineering, delivery, installation, testing, commissioning and the deployment of Kapsch’s EcoTrafiX. This will include 100 new intersection systems, 2,200 new traffic lights, 40 CCTV cameras, 400 CVD-standard vehicle detector video cameras, variable message signs (VMS) and control center equipment.
Maintenance will cover 260 existing intersections that are already equipped with Kapsch systems, including traffic lights and CCTV, as well as all the newly installed systems and equipment.
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17 April 2019