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STAN-003 Jan. 13, 2005 |
Bid to continue interstate camera project approved
A bid to continue the Staunton District interstate camera project has been approved by VDOT Commissioner Philip Shucet.
The $438,246.25 bid, submitted by The Richardson-Wayland Electrical Corp. of Roanoke, calls for outfitting 32 sites for placement of 34 cameras: 32 cameras along interstates and two cameras along primary roads. The district installed four cameras in 2004, three along Interstate 81 and one on Interstate 64 at Afton Mountain, to test the system. At the conclusion of the project, there will be 38 cameras in the Staunton District.
The bid approved by Shucet is for placing poles, conduit, electrical connections and foundations at the 32 camera sites. A separate contract will be bid for purchasing and installing the cameras, electronic equipment and testing them. Upon completion of the system in late fall or early winter, the Staunton District will have 27 cameras along Interstate 81, including the three cameras installed in 2004; eight cameras along Interstate 64, including the Afton Mountain camera; and one camera on Interstate 66. Two cameras also will be installed at the West Virginia line, one on Route 33 in western Rockingham County and the other on Route 55 in western Shenandoah County.
VDOT will monitor traffic through all 38 cameras at the new Smart Traffic Center (STC) at the Staunton District headquarters complex. The images will be used for traffic management purposes. VDOT will not make recordings using the cameras and the cameras will not be able to identify vehicle license plates or vehicle occupants. The Staunton STC operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is one of four STCs in Virginia, the first in a rural area. The others are in Northern Virginia, Richmond and Hampton Roads.
The camera images also will be available to the public on the Internet at the Virginia Department of Transportation Web site, www.VirginiaDOT.org; at 511 Virginia, www.511Virginia.org; and at the Trafficland Web site, www.trafficland.com. Images from the four pilot cameras installed in 2004 already are available at these sites.
The total cost of the Staunton District camera project is $2.4 million and is funded with federal Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and National Highway System (NHS) funds. The cameras are part of the overall Smart Travel Program, which includes changeable message signs (CMS) and road/weather information sites (RWIS) along Interstate 81. More information on the smart travel program is available on the VDOT Web site at: www.virginiadot.org/projects/constSTAN-I81-public-smart.asp
Information in VDOT news releases was accurate at the time the release was published. For the most current information about projects or programs, please visit the project or program Web pages. You may find those by searching by keyword in the search Virginia DOT box above.
The $438,246.25 bid, submitted by The Richardson-Wayland Electrical Corp. of Roanoke, calls for outfitting 32 sites for placement of 34 cameras: 32 cameras along interstates and two cameras along primary roads. The district installed four cameras in 2004, three along Interstate 81 and one on Interstate 64 at Afton Mountain, to test the system. At the conclusion of the project, there will be 38 cameras in the Staunton District.
The bid approved by Shucet is for placing poles, conduit, electrical connections and foundations at the 32 camera sites. A separate contract will be bid for purchasing and installing the cameras, electronic equipment and testing them. Upon completion of the system in late fall or early winter, the Staunton District will have 27 cameras along Interstate 81, including the three cameras installed in 2004; eight cameras along Interstate 64, including the Afton Mountain camera; and one camera on Interstate 66. Two cameras also will be installed at the West Virginia line, one on Route 33 in western Rockingham County and the other on Route 55 in western Shenandoah County.
VDOT will monitor traffic through all 38 cameras at the new Smart Traffic Center (STC) at the Staunton District headquarters complex. The images will be used for traffic management purposes. VDOT will not make recordings using the cameras and the cameras will not be able to identify vehicle license plates or vehicle occupants. The Staunton STC operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is one of four STCs in Virginia, the first in a rural area. The others are in Northern Virginia, Richmond and Hampton Roads.
The camera images also will be available to the public on the Internet at the Virginia Department of Transportation Web site, www.VirginiaDOT.org; at 511 Virginia, www.511Virginia.org; and at the Trafficland Web site, www.trafficland.com. Images from the four pilot cameras installed in 2004 already are available at these sites.
The total cost of the Staunton District camera project is $2.4 million and is funded with federal Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and National Highway System (NHS) funds. The cameras are part of the overall Smart Travel Program, which includes changeable message signs (CMS) and road/weather information sites (RWIS) along Interstate 81. More information on the smart travel program is available on the VDOT Web site at: www.virginiadot.org/projects/constSTAN-I81-public-smart.asp
Information in VDOT news releases was accurate at the time the release was published. For the most current information about projects or programs, please visit the project or program Web pages. You may find those by searching by keyword in the search Virginia DOT box above.
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