Australia’s Deepest Road Tunnel Open With State Of The Art Safety by Kapsch TrafficCom
Summary
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Described by Prime Minister Scott Morrison as “one of the most significant and eagerly anticipated road infrastructure projects ever delivered in Australia,” NorthConnex links the M1 Pacific Motorway at Wahroonga to the Hills M2 Motorway at West Pennant Hills in Sidney’s north. The nine-kilometre twin tunnel will deliver significant benefits to local communities by easing congestion and removing up to 5,000 trucks per day from the notorious Pennant Hills Road. “This has been a first of its kind deployment for us”, explains Matthew McLeish, Executive Vice President Asia-Pacific at Kapsch TrafficCom. “For example, we delivered the most advanced set of automated Traffic Incident Detection and Queue Management System strategies in a tunnel environment to date. “We are really proud that we have once again proven the reliability of our pioneering solutions in such a one-of-a-kind tunnel complex, also meeting unique traffic management, regulatory and environmental reporting requirements.