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Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex, France - Thales has been appointed prime contractor, with responsibility for production engineering and production control, on the VNG* next-generation motorway toll lane programme for ASF (Autoroutes du Sud de la France). The contract also includes deployment of new motorway toll collection equipment developed by ASF. The programme involves the replacement of the operator's toll booths, terminals and toll lane equipment, and associated civil engineering work. A total of almost 500 toll lanes will be upgraded between 2007 and 2015 across the ASF network, which is the most extensive in France with more than 2,500 km of motorways.
For Thales, the key objectives are to increase system capacity and ensure more effective project management in support of ASF’s development in France and internationally.
Remembrance Day this year will be hard to forget for drivers facing an overnight closure of Highway 401 at Homer Watson Boulevard. Homer Watson Boulevard will also shut for the night, as workers move in to raze an old bridge over the 401. The 10-hour demolition blitz will mark the halfway point of the two-year, $19-million interchange expansion project that's brought daily gridlock to Kitchener's western Highway 401 access. News of another year of construction didn't impress Betty Allensen, who has to drive through the construction mess twice a day. "I'm so frustrated," she said yesterday, while pumping gas into her car at the Sunoco station at New Dundee Road and Homer Watson. "I don't know if I'll be glad it's over in the end or not." Her office is nearby, on the Kitchener side of the construction.
Contractor-General Greg Christie is now fielding questions at Tuesday's sitting of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC).
The PAC is continuing its probe into the cost overruns on the Sandals Whitehouse Project.When he appeared before the Committee last week, Mr. Christie came under intense criticism from Government members who attempted to punch holes into the integrity, fairness and reliability of the methods used to uncover the massive overruns.Despite coming under pressure, Mr. Christie stoutly defended the credibility of his report into the controversial Sandals Whitehouse Project.Government member K.D. Knight argued that the Contractor General did a poor job as he did not attempt to get the Urban Development Corporation to submit documents which had been requested.Mr.
Starting Monday (10/16) morning, the city of Wausau has three new road closures to report for morning commuters. The first is Scott Street between 1st and 2nd Streets for work on the parking ramp and for Miron to move their crane. Scott St. will shut down all but one lane for the construction, and it's expected to re-open by the end of the day. Second is Jefferson St. in downtown Wausau. Demolition of the Plaza Mall is slated to start Monday (10/16), forcing the closure. Jefferson will be shut down between 2nd and 3rd Streets. The closure should end by Wednesday (10/17). And, lastly, Grant Street between 5th and 6th Streets will close Monday (10/16) for water and sewer work. Grant St. should be re-open by Tuesday (10/17). .
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