BRUCE ROSS ASSOCIATES INC.
URS CORPORATION
1001 Highlands Plaza Drive West
St. Louis, MO 63110
CONTACT:Bruce Ross; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; (212) 768-1155
URS to Operate Missouri DOT’s Gateway Guide Transportation Management Center
ST. LOUIS, MO – April 29, 2011 – URS has been awarded a contract by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to provide operations and support services for the Gateway Guide Transportation Management Center (TMC) located in St. Louis, Missouri.
The Gateway Guide TMC operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, monitoring 225+ miles of interstate utilizing nearly 500 sensors and 250 traffic cameras in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. During non-business hours, Interstates 44 and 55 statewide are also monitored by the TMC. Congestion and incidents along the interstate are managed through messages on 100 dynamic message signs throughout the metropolitan area. The Gateway Guide TMC also coordinates closely with the Illinois DOT District 8 TMC located in Collinsville to manage traffic on the Mississippi River Bridges.
Under its contract, URS will provide management, staffing and other support services for the day-to-day operation of the TMC. In addition to coordinating and reacting to emergencies on the interstate, URS staff at the TMC will perform customer service duties, dispatch MoDOT’s maintenance and traffic personnel and monitor the Lindbergh Boulevard Tunnel, the only roadway tunnel in Missouri.
URS will also provide support services at the TMC including updating operation manuals, expanding the training programs, performance measure reports, and data management. URS is under contract with MoDOT to provide these services for two years with the option for a two-year extension.
URS Corporation 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 47,000 employees in a network of offices in more than 40 countries (www.urs.com).
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