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REFERENCE CYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MONITORING — SCOTTISH CANALS As the Scottish Government advances their effort to increase With a big revival in the use of the canal network for leisure activities, sustainable transport, Q-Free continues to secure commissions Scottish Canals has been upgrading both of the canals themselves providing cycle and pedestrian monitoring solutions across the and the associated paths and towpaths. Implementing cycle and country. pedestrian monitoring will show the increasing levels of patronage and so justify further investments. Scottish Canals, with funding support from UK charity Sustrans, has been provided with 50 sites to monitor the cycle and pedestrian Similar installations have taken place under the Scottish Government’s movements along the tow paths of the entire Scottish Canals strategic aim to promote a healthier and greener Scotland. Q-Free Network. These sit alongside the Forth and Clyde Canal and the has installed upwards of 200 sites at locations across the country, Union Canal that link the east and west coast of the country, the including but not limited to Edinburgh, Aberdeenshire and Argyll & Crinan Canal in Argyll, linking inland waterways to the Atlantic Ocean, Bute. Every site operates via a sustainable power supply and a range and the Caledonian Canal that runs through the Great Glen in the of data hosting and reporting options are provided. Scottish Highlands between Fort William and Inverness. VS.26.09.17 www.q-free.com For more information contact [email protected] Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. Copyright© Q-Free 2017. All rights reserved..

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