A Bath IT firm is keeping the country's main roads moving while saving taxpayers money.
Grove Street firm IPL has won a deal to help the Highways Agency find new traffic management systems for use in its control rooms around the UK.
The agency looks after 4,300 miles of highways from motorways to A roads, including the M4 and the A46.
The agency, which is part of the Department for Transport, keeps an eye on traffic flow from seven regional control centres, including one at Avonmouth.
Last summer the Government revealed plans of how it expects the agency to make savings of £2.6 billion over the next ten years through a change in the way strategic roads are funded and managed. Plans include turning the agency into a Government-owned company.
The deal will also include helping the agency's Dutch counterpart – the Rijkswaterstaat.
IPL, a consultancy and IT solutions provider, will work as part of a consortium with Atkins and PA Consulting Services to deliver a set of requirements for the new systems.
IPL was set up more than 30 years ago by Bath businessman David Embleton. In the past three decades the company has gone international with its client list including the likes of Nokia, Google, Total, the MoD, UCAS and Barclays.
Chief executive Paul Jobbins said the firm was well placed to help.
"IPL has worked with the Highways Agency for more than 20 years, so our deep knowledge of this domain means we're ideally placed to help the organisations make the right long-term choices when it comes to procuring their new control room systems.
"We're delighted to be working with Atkins and PA Consulting on a project that will make a real positive difference to everyone who uses the UK and Dutch road networks over the coming decades."
Atkins said the project was an exciting opportunity.