New Delhi: Delhi-Agra Stretch will be the first NH corridor in this country to have a screen that will remind commuter, if they drive outside the allowable speed limit.
Vehicles are driven speed (VASD) will be installed in different locations that will capture and display vehicle speed in real-time.
This is part of the first big step by the National Highway Authority (NHA) to place the first advanced traffic management system (ATM) on any NH, which aims to make the corridor smooth and safe for traffic movements.
Authority has waved the tender that invites offers from potential players.
The project stretching will from the starting point of 4.4 km long 6-Lane Badarpur elevated the highway to Agra.
ATM software will also be able to produce e-challan automatically and integrated with the database of Vahan, NIC and Fastag to get registration and details of vehicles needed for e-challan and cross verification of the vehicle class.
According to bidding documents, stretching will get equipment and sensors that will gather information about road conditions and traffic, violations, incidents and weather conditions.
The information included in the system will be transferred to the traffic management center for processing and action.
The system mainly works with bait from CCTV and will remind incidents to the police and emergency service providers for quick rescue at the location.
Stretch 180 km will get at least 285 cameras to enable road monitoring, traffic, and road congestion and congestion that requires smooth.
It will be used to monitor the accident-prone area, intersection, the opening of the main median, structure, urban areas and large village intersections.
Officials in Nhai said other components of the video detection system (VIDS) in 60 locations will automatically detect incidents.
Abnormal, accident, stop vehicles, driving the wrong direction, bad visibility and vehicle details.
This will be installed in Black Spot, accident prone and other important areas identified by law enforcement agencies.
Incident information will be automatically entered into the system for fast action.
Similarly, the vehicle speed detection system (VSDS) with automatic traffic counters and classifiers and travel time measurement systems installed in two locations will detect vehicles that drove and read the number plate automatically, and also to forward the wrong information and drivers of the wrong The authorities concerned for enforcement and e-challan.
Officials said this stretch was chosen for the first project like it was one of the busiest NHS in this country and linked the main tourist destinations.
Stretching will also get at least 22 facilities sign a variable message to remind commuter about road conditions and traffic.
In the event of an incident such as congestion, the information shown will help the driver in assessing whether to take a detour or not, said an official.