UK’s commercial property company, Land Securities, has appointed APT Skidata to upgrade parking systems at Gunwharf Quays shopping centre at Portsmouth, UK, and Lewisham shopping centre in Lewisham, London.

The scope of the contract includes installation of APT’s new Power.Gate control columns at the parking areas to control the entry and exit of vehicles.

The control columns will be equipped with optic scanners to read e-tickets and other barcodes on smart phones. They will also provide full ticket processing using crosswise barcode issuers and readers for registered and season ticket holders.

"A combination of Easy.Cash and Credit.Cash payment machines will be installed at Lewisham across the car park area."

A combination of Easy.Cash and Credit.Cash payment machines will be installed at Lewisham across the car park area, while ten automatic payment stations, including six Power.Cash machines, will be installed at Gunwharf Quays.

The Highway 401 widening project in Ontario, Canada has received complete funding from Governments of Canada and Ontario.

The Canadian government will contribute C$96m ($73.2m) through its New Building Canada Fund, while the remaining cost will be funded by the Ontario government.

The project will transform the six-lane highway into a ten-lane highway for a distance of approximately 5km, between Hespeler Road and Townline Road. It will also include construction of new high-occupancy vehicle lanes and the replacement of two bridges at Hespeler Road and Franklin Boulevard.

The Province of South Holland has awarded a €492m ($532m) contract to Comol5 JV, for the construction of  Rijnland Route, a new road to connect Katwijk and Leiden in South Holland, Netherlands.

The international JV comprises four companies, holding a 25% share each, including Mobilis, Croonwolter&dros, DIMCO (DEME Infra Marine Contractors) and VINCI Construction Grands Projets.

The Rijnland Route, which will improve the accessibility and traffic flow in South Holland region, connects Katwijk and Leiden provinces through the A44 motorway and the A4 motorway, also called Rijksweg 4.

The contractual scope includes reconstruction of the Leiden West motorway junction and the construction of the 4km new road, N434. It also includes widening of 12km motorway and required modifications to the existing motorways.

While the construction of the new road is expected to take six years, the contract also includes a maintenance period of 15 years.