Costain awarded Highways England contract

21st Aug 2018 10:06

(Sharecast News) - Smart infrastructure solutions company Costain has been awarded a technology contract by Highways England.The contract will see Costain work in collaboration with Highways England, the Department for Transport, Transport for London and Kent County Council to design, install and implement one of the UK's first pilot connected vehicle corridors on a live road.Under the contract, known as the A2M2 connected corridor, Costain will deliver roadside technology using data supplied by TfL, Highways England and Kent County Council and a technology testbed for Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS). Chief executive Andrew Wyllie said: "This is an important step in making our roads safer and improving journey time reliability by embracing cutting edge technology. It is a further demonstration of Costain's capability and we look forward to leading the way with the deployment and testing of this exciting technology."Mike Wilson, safety, engineering and standards executive director for Highways England, said: "Having the technology in place to allow vehicles to connect to each other and the road around them has the potential to improve journeys, making them safer and more reliable by providing real-time, personalised information directly to the driver. It could also help us manage traffic and respond to incidents."The A2/M2 trial will test and demonstrate how this may work in the real world. We are delighted to be jointly funding and part of this international project."Costain will deliver this contract with core partners, Mott MacDonald, 4way Consulting, TRL, Kapsch TrafficCom AG, Altran, Cohda Wireless, Telent Technology Services Ltd and Telefonica.At 1000 BST, the shares were up 0.4% to 431.55p.