NATIONANATIONAL ROADS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES PROJECT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND BENEFITS OF PFI TO THE DELIVERY OF “INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM” PROJECTS

摘要

The “National Roads Telecommunications Services” (NRTS) Project is a 10? year deal to outsource provision of telecommunications services to support ITS on England's strategic road network. This paper addresses the lessons learnt of implementing a PPP/PFI tender. The aim of the deal was to amalgamate twenty eight bespoke analogue or bespoke digital circuits into a single “State of the Art” digital system capable of increased resilience. This would result in improved connectivity to the National and Regional Control Centres using internet protocols. Allowing the Agency to become an effective Network Operator. The so called NRTS “Cloud” providing plug and play capability.