In order to monitor and manage traffic flow on Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, Noida Authority has approved the Intelligent Traffic System (ITS) in the city. The design was approved by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi last month. It aims at minimising accidents making the Expressway safer.
The announcement to this effect was made by the Authority this week. The project will cost an estimated `43 crore borne by the Noida Authority itself.
The whole system will be monitored from a Police Control Room located at Sector 14A. There will be staff to keep an eye on vehicular movement on the E-way to help ensure smooth flow of traffic.The system will be fully computerised. The control room will be later shifted to the building of Noida Authority at Sector 96.
According to a senior official of Noida Authority, the proposed system will improve surveillance, reverse driving, overloading. It will cut short travel time, operational costs and incident reaction time besides improving traffic regulation. “A total of 96 cameras will be installed on both sides of 24 km stretch, out of which 48 will be Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) while 48 will be fixed cameras on 1 km distance on the entire carriageway. Apart from this, 24 Video Incidence Recording System (VIRS) and 24 Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras will also be installed on every 2 km distance, which will help in recording incidents and recognising number plates of vehicles instantly.”
It will be able to inform road users about rerouting and road closures. It would comprise metrological data system, an emergency call box, CCTVs, moving cameras and Automatic Number Plate Reader cameras and variable message signboards, he said.
Rama Raman, CEO, Noida Authority, said, “We have finalised the system. There were some objections from Central Road Research Institute which have been kept in mind while approving the proposal. The move will help in ensuring better traffic system connecting Noida and Greater Noida.