Tunnel Operation
Following a tender process in 2005, the NRA selected Transroute International, part of France’s Groupe Egis, to operate the tunnel for a period of five years with an optional renewal of two years. The service contract provides for operation, maintenance, safety, traffic management and toll collection. A new subsidiary, Transroute Tunnel Operations Ireland Ltd, has been set up for the purpose. Tunnel operations, including tolling, employ between 50 and 60 people. The service contract is worth €15 million to Transroute over the five-year period.
Elsewhere, Egis was also selected to provide a central system to enable interoperability between different electronic toll collection systems in Ireland.
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