Indra confirms
winning US motorway
toll contracts worth 18 mln usd
January 29, 2007
MADRID (AFX) -
Indra Sistemas SA said it has won contracts in
the United States worth 18 mln usd to develop
motorway toll systems and two control centres in
Indiana, confirming an earlier report in Spanish
newspaper La Gaceta de los Negocios.
In a
statement, Indra said the contracts were awarded
by the ITR Concession Company, a joint venture
between Macquarie Infrastructure and
Cintra
Concesiones e Infraestructuras SA.
The tolls will be placed along the 156 mile
Indiana Toll Road, which links the states of
Illinois and Ohio.
The first phase of the work will renovate the
existing toll system on the first 23 miles of
motorway.
For the second phase of the project, Indra
will install a toll system on the remaining 123
miles, the company said.