The eight-year contract, which can be extended for another eight years, has been awarded to Egis in Ireland by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) following a tender process and includes the 24/7 operation of the Dublin-based Motorway Operations Control Centre (MOCC), which monitors over 1,200km of the country’s motorways. If extended to 16 years, the full contract could have a potential value of €600 million excluding VAT.

Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien attended the MOCC, joined by Pat Maher, Director of Network Management TII, Steve Preece, CEO of Egis in Ireland, and Pierre-Yves Massille, Global CEO of Egis Consulting and Operations Business Line, to mark the signing of the contract.

The contract award marks the third successive time that Egis has won the contract to manage and operate the Dublin Tunnel, extending the company’s longstanding partnership with TII.

The latest contract places Egis Road & Tunnel Operations (ERTO) in charge of the full operational management of three nationally critical assets – the Dublin Tunnel, the Jack Lynch Tunnel and the MOCC.

Under the new agreement, Egis will oversee tolling operations and the management of toll revenue at Dublin Tunnel, while also taking responsibility for a wide range of essential services including routine and reactive maintenance, fire safety compliance, and the operation and upkeep of key infrastructure such as electrical, drainage, ventilation, and lighting systems.

Utilising the extensive resources of the MOCC and associated infrastructure distributed around the network, Egis will monitor approximately 1,200km of motorway, liaising with various service providers to ensure optimum response to incidents. In locations such as the M50, where there is near full camera coverage, Egis is tasked with incident detection and coordination of response, traffic monitoring and control and direct coordination with maintenance contractors and emergency services during incidents.

Additionally, Egis will manage calls from Ireland’s 1,600 emergency roadside telephones and be responsible for the operation of variable message signs that provide real-time information to road users across the network.