CHARLOTTE, NC, Jan. 15 - Intelligent Transportation Society of America member URS Corporation has been selected to serve as the back-office toll system operator in support of the North Carolina Turnpike Authority's Triangle Expressway project in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina.

Under the terms of the contract, URS will be responsible for the startup, mobilization and management of the Turnpike Authority's all-electronic toll collection program and will work closely with the Authority to identify the site for the new operations center. When complete, the facility will house Turnpike Authority and URS project administration staff and will include a call center, customer store front, video/violation processing center and other ancillary back-office activities. In addition, URS will operate a state-of-the-art traffic management center. URS' role will include developing and maintaining standard operating procedures, training programs, various project management plans, quality assurance/quality control procedures and reporting tools, as well as the recruiting, hiring and training of staff to ensure delivery of world-class customer service.

"We are pleased with the confidence that NCTA has placed in URS as its operator of choice for the first all-electronic toll facility in North Carolina," said Tom Zarges, President of Energy & Construction for URS. "We are excited to support the implementation of NCTA's vision for improved mobility statewide, and this award further solidifies URS' position as a leading full-service provider of toll collection operations and management services."

URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a full range of program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure services. URS provides services for power, infrastructure, industrial and commercial, and federal projects and programs. Headquartered in San Francisco, URS Corporation has approximately 45,000 employees in a network of offices in more than 30 countries ( http://www.urscorp.com/)

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