Exhibit 6.2 Technological Issues and Strategies Used to Address Them for International Transportation PPP Projects | |
Issues | Strategies |
Challenges of setting fixed deadlines for project start-up that is dependent on new or to-be-developed technology, which posed high risks for the public sponsor and especially for the private provider team | Established a flexible delivery schedule in concert with all partners to the PPP, based on probabilities established regarding delivery of fully-operational technology so that contingency plans can be developed and implemented in case the technology is not ready when scheduled, which is more likely when relying on development and testing of new technologies. |
Build into implementation schedule of project scheduled service downtime to permit conversion and de-bugging of the new systems for PPP projects that are built under continuing transportation service. | |
Use Design-Build-Operator (DBO) approach to PPP project for a specified period after the construction phase is completed (2 years minimum for operating systems) to ensure the operating service and control systems work properly without jeopardizing public safety. | |
Difficulty in handling expected high volume of traffic when the toll facility opened | Introduced electronic toll collection (ETC) technology to bridge, offering the toll transponder at no cost and providing a seven percent discount to ETC users. ETC usage has grown to 20 percent after 15 years of operation. |
Lack of interoperability between tolling schemes in separate countries, especially adjacent countries which serve the same traffic, is a challenge for concessionaires competing to develop and operate toll facilities in different countries with different technical requirements | Despite the European Commission's directive to have all tolling systems in the European Union interoperable, Germany departed from the requirement with its own proprietary system for tolling heavy trucks. In response, efforts are being made to develop equipment that is compatible with each of the major tolling systems being used. |