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The UK’s Transport for London (TfL) has selected Siemens to upgrade and operate the detection and enforcement infrastructure (D&EI) under a five-year contract.

The contract will also include the supply of equipment, systems and services for monitoring the capital’s traffic as part of TfL’s low emission zone (LEZ) and congestion charging schemes.

The agreement will begin in January 2015 with the implementation phase and includes the replacement, support, maintenance and operation of instation systems and services, including business continuity services for both LEZ and the congestion charging schemes.

Under the terms of the contract, ANPR cameras and associated infrastructure will be replaced for the purpose of enforcement and monitoring.

"We have the experience and expertise to supply and implement solutions."

The cameras will be located on-street across various sites including transportable ANPR for the LEZ scheme.

Siemens sales and marketing director Tom MacMorran said: "Drawing on many years’ service operation in London and elsewhere, we have the experience and expertise to supply and implement solutions such as roadside infrastructure, IT solutions, back-office software and satellite-based systems to achieve or exceed very high availability and detection service level agreements."

The operations and maintenance elements of the new D&EI contract will begin in February 2016.

Siemens’ existing tolling and road user charging technologies are said to support various ANPR cameras, DSRC and satellite-based schemes.

The new D&EI agreement in London is claimed to be the company’s capabilities and emerging technologies, including tolling and road user charging.

Tolling and road user charging schemes provide value-added services to operators and users by controlling traffic, reducing congestion and helping to lower the cost of driving.

Image: Siemens will upgrade and operate the detection and enforcement infrastructure (D&EI) contract. Photo: courtesy of Siemens.