Kapsch TrafficCom Secures Contract for Swiss HGV Road Fee Collection System Until 2032

(IN BRIEF) Kapsch TrafficCom has been awarded a contract by the Swiss Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (BAZG) to provide and manage the heavy goods vehicle (HGV) road fee collection system until at least the end of 2032. The comprehensive contract encompasses the construction of roadside infrastructure, implementation of system technology using video sensors, and an eight-year maintenance and operating agreement. Carolin Treichl, EVP for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at Kapsch TrafficCom, highlights the significance of the project in enhancing road infrastructure management in Switzerland, a crucial transit country in Europe. The system, designed to levy performance-based charges on heavy vehicles based on weight, emissions, and kilometers driven, aims to ensure accurate tolling on Swiss roads and facilitate vehicle-related control measures by Swiss authorities. The project involves the deployment of stationary video sensors at border crossings and various road network locations, as well as mobile detection units, totaling 375 lanes across 89 border crossings and 313 lanes at 90 road network locations. Additionally, the project includes the reconstruction of supporting structures at 74 road network locations and the establishment of a computer center for post-processing system data. As a leading provider of transportation solutions worldwide, Kapsch TrafficCom’s innovative approach to tolling, traffic management, and demand management aligns with the goal of promoting sustainable mobility and mitigating congestion.

(PRESS RELEASE) VIENNA/BERN, 30-Apr-2024 — /EuropaWire/ — Kapsch TrafficCom has been contracted by the Swiss Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (BAZG) to supply the heavy goods vehicle (HGV) road fee collection system and to manage the technical operation until at least the end of 2032.

In addition to the construction of the necessary roadside infrastructure and the implementation of the system technology based on video sensors, the contract also includes a maintenance and operating agreement for a period of eight years.

“As the winner of this project, we are making an important contribution together with BAZG to the management of road infrastructure in one of Europe’s most important transit countries,” comments Carolin Treichl, EVP for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Kapsch TrafficCom.

Performance-based heavy vehicle fee

The performance-based heavy vehicle charge is a federal levy that depends on the total weight, emission level and kilometers driven in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. It must be paid for all motor vehicles and their trailers that have a permissible total weight of more than 3.5 tons, are used for the transport of goods, are registered in Switzerland and abroad and drive on the public road network in Switzerland.

The registration system

The system is used to register the various vehicle classes and to identify their owners at precise locations and times, to ultimately ensure the correct tolling of heavy goods traffic on Swiss roads. It can also be used for other vehicle-related types of control by other executive bodies of the Swiss Confederation.

By means of stationary video sensors, vehicles are recorded at Swiss border crossings as well as inland on the high- and low-ranking road network with the place and time of passage, their license plate number as well as their vehicle type. This recording process is documented by corresponding image material. It is supplemented by mobile recording units on vehicles, which can be positioned anywhere and at any time throughout Switzerland.

Scope of delivery

The scope of supply of the complex turnkey project comprises the entire video sensor system technology for 375 lanes at 89 locations of the Swiss border crossings, furthermore 313 lanes to be equipped at 90 locations of the Swiss high- and low-ranking road network as well as the system technology for 28 mobile detection units.

The supporting structures for 74 road network locations will be completely rebuilt as part of the project. Furthermore, a computer center will be implemented at the site of the Swiss Federal Office of Information Technology as a post-processing center for scheduling the complete system technology.

Kapsch TrafficCom is a globally renowned provider of transportation solutions for sustainable mobility with successful projects in more than 50 countries. Innovative solutions in the application fields of tolling, tolling services, traffic management and demand management contribute to a healthy world without congestion.

With one-stop-shop solutions, the company covers the entire value chain of customers, from components to design and implementation to the operation of systems.

Kapsch TrafficCom, headquartered in Vienna, has subsidiaries and branches in more than 25 countries and is listed in the Prime Market segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: KTCG). In its 2022/23 financial year, about 4,000 employees generated revenues of EUR 553 million.

Media Contacts:

Carolin Treichl
Executive Vice President Marketing & Communications
Kapsch TrafficCom AG
Am Europlatz 2, 1120 Vienna, Austria
carolin.treichl@kapsch.net

Sandra Bijelic
Head of Corporate Communications
Kapsch TrafficCom AG
Am Europlatz 2, 1120 Vienna, Austria
sandra.bijelic@kapsch.net

SOURCE: Kapsch TrafficCom AG