Israel's Ayalon Highways Ltd Issues Tender for MUTC System

en.Wedoany.com Reported - Israel's Ayalon Highways Ltd issued an international electronic tender on July 1, 2026, for the deployment of a Metropolitan Urban Traffic Control (MUTC) system in the Dan metropolitan area and the Haifa region. The tender covers a comprehensive contract encompassing system supply, integration, operation, and maintenance, and is open to companies with experience in traffic management systems. Bidders may participate independently or form consortia, joint ventures, or other collaborative structures.

Founded in 1968, Ayalon Highways Ltd is one of Israel's leading companies in infrastructure and transportation project planning and construction. A government-owned enterprise headquartered in Rishon Lezion, it primarily engages in the management and construction of transportation infrastructure. The system under this tender will "create a comprehensive metropolitan traffic landscape, improve traffic flow coordination, enable public transport priority, and respond in real time to changing road conditions and events." The system will adopt an open architecture with adaptive control, data-driven operations, real-time analytics, simulation-based forecasting, and future artificial intelligence expansion capabilities. This is a metropolitan-scale deployment, not a pilot project, and the system will become a strategic, long-term component of Israel's national mobility infrastructure.

Israel has long suffered from severe traffic congestion. According to data from the Israel Economic Council, road congestion causes billions of shekels in economic losses annually. Israel ranks first among OECD member countries in traffic congestion, with the number of vehicles per kilometer of road continuously increasing. The Dan metropolitan area (Gush Dan region) and the Haifa region are Israel's most densely populated and economically active areas, facing particularly acute traffic pressure. The deployment of this MUTC system aims to enhance traffic management efficiency in these two metropolitan areas through intelligent means, alleviating the chronic congestion that has long plagued the region.

According to the tender schedule, the deadline for bidders to submit clarification questions is July 15, 2026, and the bid submission deadline is August 19, 2026. This tender represents a significant step in Israel's advancement of intelligent transportation infrastructure, and once completed, the system is expected to provide a foundational platform for the intelligent upgrade of Israel's national transportation network.