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March 04, 2011

Telvent Lands Tunnel Management Contract in Brazil

CCR Rodoanel in Brazil has selected Telvent SmartMobility Tunnel solution to better allocate traffic flows across the Metropolitan Region of Sao Paulo (MRSP). CCR Rodoanel will make use of Telvent SmartMobility Tunnel solution for this purpose.

Enabling operators to control traffic in real time and be prepared to respond quickly and effectively to any emergency situation occurring within the installations, the new tunnel management system will provide operators in charge of highway's three tunnels management and maintenance constant intelligence on what is happening inside the tunnel. Apart from facilitating efficient management of maintenance plans, this will lead to a substantial improvement in incident response times.

“The Brazilian market is very important for Telvent,” said Telvent's chairman and CEO, Ignacio Gonzalez in a company press release. “This agreement demonstrates our active involvement in the Brazilian traffic sector and helps CCR Rodoanel and MRSP towards reaching the goal of improved safety throughout the road infrastructure network,” Gonzalez continued.

Allowing operators to centralize both tunnel infrastructure and traffic management, Telvent will install Telvent SmartMobility Tunnel, based on its supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) technology. Also, the company is planning to install solutions such as fire detection control, emergency and security signaling system, closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance, emergency intercom, variable message systems, lighting, ventilation, communications network. With this contract Telvent is looking to strengthen its position in the Brazilian market, the company has stated.

Recently, Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) in southern California selected Talvent to better serve its nearly 400,000 customers. EMWD will be making use of the Telvent data acquisition system for this purpose. The company will also make use of Telvent OASyS Dynamic Network of Applications according to the agreement. Telvent’s OASyS is a highly distributed real-time platform that makes the most of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) standards.


Raju Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Raju’s articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Jennifer Russell
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