The Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s new multi-lane free-flow (MLFF) tolling system at Ryfast has gone live with six tolling points now successfully in operation.
Kapsch TrafficCom delivered the system in the Ryfast sub-sea tunnel system, which runs from the city of Stavanger to the municipality of Strand.
It is reportedly one of the longest and deepest undersea road tunnels in the world, with the Ryfylke tunnel 14.3km long and 292m deep.
After implementing the system in 13 weeks, the Kapsch MLFF G3 tolling solution has been in operation since the beginning of February.
The tolling system detects and identifies all passing vehicles with video technology, which classifies the vehicles and captures their front- and rear license plates.
Through microwaves, the tolling system also detects and reads AutoPass toll tags, which are linked to the vehicle’s license plate number.
The information captured by the tolling system is transmitted to a back-office for further processing and invoicing of the vehicle owners.
“As a previous tolling system could not be set into operation, we had to re-tender a new tolling system and allocate a tight time schedule,” said Kristian Rognskog, chief engineer of AutoPASS/Bompeng systems at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
“In addition, given the current Covid situation and closed borders, it was a challenging task both for us and Kapsch to comply with the schedule.
“Therefore we are very pleased with the open dialogue and the transparency we have had with Kapsch TrafficCom, something which enabled the extremely short implementation time of the new tolling system.”
