Lighting the way with VicRoads

28/04/2017

Downer’s Road Network Management business has won a $28m 10-year VicRoads contract.

The contract involves the upgrade and maintenance of over 8,000 street lights in the Melbourne metropolitan area to new LED lighting technology.

“We’re very pleased to continue growing our partnership with VicRoads in bringing even more value to the local community by delivering on our customer’s strategy to build, operate and maintain a more sustainable road system,” said Stuart Billing, National General Manager - Road Network Management.

“LED street lighting improves safety and security through improved visibility, saves money by consuming less electricity and has a more positive impact on the environment by needing fewer replacements."

“What’s more, the technology we will be deploying into the street lighting network for VicRoads will see more efficient asset management and increased energy saving through the ability to centrally control the lighting,” added Stuart.

The smart lighting control system the team will be upgrading the network with can control each individual light remotely to adapt to, for example, environmental factors.

The initial upgrade of the street light network will take about a year and is the first large scale smart street lighting rollout in a major metro area in Australia. This win is another key step towards establishing our leadership in the smart transport solutions sector in Australia.

Well done team on another key win that demonstrates our emerging leadership the smart transport solutions sector in Australia.