Indra manages with Horus the traffic of the new Necaxa-Tihuatlán highway in Mexico

Con Horus, Indra provides the intelligent traffic systems that allow controlling the six tunnels and 10 bridges of the new Mexican highway. This solution integrates CCTV systems, traffic counters, road signs, communications, SOS posts, fire detection, lighting control, ventilation and public address.

The recently inaugurated Necaxa-Tihuatlán highway 283 kilometers in length allows reducing travel times to connect Mexico City with the municipality of Tuxpan in Veracruz, which translates into fuel savings and reduced operating costs for cargo vehicles. A route that is made up of two sections: that of Necaxa-Avila Camacho 36,6 km and the one that covers from Ávila Camacho to Tihuatlán of 48.1km.

Indra has been the company responsible for installing traffic management technology in the six tunnels that make up this highway and has implemented intelligent traffic systems (ITS), control and communications for those close to 85 kilometers included in the section 1 al 2 of this way. In this project, with an amount of 14 million euros, Indra participates as a technological partner of Auneti (Necaxa-Tihuatlán Highway), forming a joint venture with FCC.

Traffic management of the two sections into which this road is divided is carried out from the El Piñal operational control center., location where Indra has implemented its Horus solution that allows centralized control of the different systems arranged in the tunnels, designed following European regulations that guarantee maximum safety and operability, both in daily management and in emergency situations.

With Indra technology, Operators can monitor the state of the road at all times and have real-time information for decision making.. Besides, drivers are offered greater safety and quality of service, helping to reduce the risk of incidents, optimizing the use of resources during their care and showing them information in real time.

Intelligent traffic systems: Horus

The Horus solution integrates the different intelligent traffic systems (ITS) with which Indra has provided the highway, such as closed circuit television systems (CCTV), traffic counters, road signs, communications, SOS posts, fire detection, lighting control, ventilation and public address.

Indra incorporates advanced automatic incident detection systems throughout the Necaxa-Tihuatlán highway, that facilitate immediate reaction to events that may put the safety of the user or traffic on the road at risk.

A video surveillance system with automatic incident detection, as well as air quality measurement equipment, fire detection and weather stations, which, through different alarms, warn in case of emergency are some examples of these systems that allow the most appropriate measures to be taken., such as vehicles traveling bidirectionally on a single road if necessary, without the need to interrupt circulation.

The solution implemented by Indra also includes variable signaling systems, that inform drivers in real time about the status of the road, speed limits and incidents. The tunnels also have visibility sensors, an artificial lighting system, emergency and evacuation, as well as power generators and backup power plants to address any contingency.

This new contract reinforces Indra's presence in the Mexican transportation and traffic market, where he has developed projects such as the implementation of the electronic toll system and intelligent traffic systems in the Bicentenario Elevated Viaduct, the ticketing and security systems in the Suburban Railway of Mexico or the toll and ITS system for the Arco Norte Bypass and the Exterior Circuit of Mexico,