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Moreover , Indra has chosen the El Melón tunnels to implement its first free-flow toll system in Chile , a country which is a world leader in this kind of solution , enabling vehicles to pass through them without slowing down , thus reducing polluting emissions and fuel consumption .
This technology , part of its Mova Collect line of tollcollection solutions , features laser and video sensors , short-range radio frequency communications and high-resolution image capturing and uses Artificial Intelligence to improve license plate classification
THE EL MELÓN TUNNEL IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PROJECT IN WHICH WE CAN SEE THE TRANSFORMATIONAL EFFECT OF MANY OF OUR MOST POWERFUL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR TRAFFIC AND INFRASTRUCTURES . and recognition rates . The tunnels also have four conventional toll lanes .
Several highways in Mexico , including the Raised Bicentenary Viaduct , Aunorte , Supervía and the Puebla Raised Viaduct and the corridors in Panama City already use Indra ’ s free-flow technology , one of the solutions that is being deployed in the pioneering project for the I-66 highway in the United States .
Technology for people
“ The El Melón Tunnel is the perfect example of a major international project in which we can see the transformational effect of many of our most powerful technology solutions for traffic and infrastructures ,” said Manuel López Villena , Director of Traffic and Infrastructures for Indra ’ s Mobility business .
“ At Indra we ’ re firmly committed to serving and helping our customers and developing the infrastructures and smart transportation in the country , but the ultimate goal of our solutions is to improve people ’ s quality of life , together with their safety and well-being and the standards of the environment they live in .” p
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