Gatso wins Netherlands section control enforcement contract

Gatso and the Traffic Enforcement Team of the National Public Prosecutor’s Office have signed a contract for a new section control system on one of the directions of the A2 highway in the Netherlands. According to Willebrord Freijsen, the team's director, director, the order was assigned to Gatso following a European tender procedure in which the company realised an excellent score.
April 26, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
RSS5308 Gatso and the Traffic Enforcement Team of the National Public Prosecutor’s Office have signed a contract for a new section control system on one of the directions of the A2 highway in the Netherlands. According to Willebrord Freijsen, the team's director, director,  the order was assigned to Gatso following a European tender procedure in which the company realised an excellent score.

Gatso will be responsible for both the installation and maintenance of the speed enforcement system to be implemented on the A2 highway between Amsterdam and Utrecht, the most important connection between the North and the South of the Netherlands. The administration and maintenance will be taken care of by Gatso for a period of eight years, with Q-Free Netherlands, acting as sub-contractor, providing the licence plate recognition software.

“We are very proud that the Traffic Enforcement Team, a valued Gatso customer for many years, has chosen the Gatso solution,” commented Timo Gatsonides, managing director of Gatso. “We will deliver an effective system for automatic traffic enforcement on a highway with five lanes and two hard shoulders.”

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