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Sirit's Technology to be Installed on First T-21 Toll Road in Canada
New Golden Ears Bridge expands Sirit's western North America tolling stronghold TORONTO, Feb. 18 ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nNew Golden Ears Bridge expands Sirit's western North America tolling\nstronghold\n\n\nTORONTO, Feb. 18 /CNW/ - Sirit Inc. ("Sirit") (TSX: SI), a global\nprovider of radio frequency identification ("RFID") technology, today\nannounced that it has received the order for RFID Title 21 ("T-21") toll\nequipment to be installed on the Golden Ears Bridge near Vancouver, British\nColumbia, Canada.\n\n\nBeginning in Q1 2009, Sirit will provide toll readers and transponders\nalong with installation services for the Golden Ears Bridge Project which will\nlink Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows with Surrey and Langley, British Columbia.\nThe contract was awarded to InTranS Group (a CS Group company), a member of\nthe V-Flow consortium, the project system integrator, who partnered with Sirit\nto provide the RFID toll technology. The initial contract is valued at\napproximately US$300,000 and includes T-21 lane equipment, lane level\ninstallation for six (6) high speed open road tolling lanes and 5,000 T-21\ntransponders. The customer plans to deploy in excess of 20,000 transponders in\nthe first 12 months of operation.\n\n\n"We are very excited to be part of this important Canadian project which\nwill improve travel times and reduce regional congestion in the lower mainland\nof British Columbia," said John Freund, Vice President Sales, Sirit Inc. "It\nalso represents the first RFID T-21 toll installation in British Columbia and\nCanada. By selecting our T-21 based toll products and leveraging our knowledge\nand expertise, InTranS will ensure delivery of a high performance, open\nstandard, toll solution for their customer for many years to come," added Mr.\nFreund.\n\n\n"We are excited to have won this project and are pleased to have Sirit on\nour team," said Michael Conlon, InTranS Project Manager. "Sirit has a strong\nlegacy in tolling systems and unique expertise in the design, development and\ninstallation of T-21 toll technology. We look forward to working with them on\nthe Golden Ears Bridge Project," added Mr. Conlon.\n\n\nThe Golden Ears Bridge Project is approximately fourteen kilometers in\nlength and includes a six-lane, one kilometer-long span across the Fraser\nRiver, new arterial roads connecting the bridge to the existing road network\non both sides of the ...