Costa Rica will Hire Automated Road Toll Service

The "Consejo Nacional de Viabilidad" will launch a public tender for the contracting of an automated system for toll collection.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

By hiring the service, stations Florencio del Castillo and Braulio Carrillo will streamline the service and improve traffic.

"The contract would include structural improvements at stations, installation of equipment and software. The number of booths depends on the volume of vehicular traffic from each of the routes, according to a study by the Department of Tolls", states the article at Elfinancierocr.com.

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