(AP) – The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department is
establishing a statewide traffic management center, a move that agency officials
see as the next step in using technology to ease traffic disruptions.
establishing a statewide traffic management center, a move that agency officials
see as the next step in using technology to ease traffic disruptions.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the $1.9 million initiative will
be housed in the department’s radio room in Little Rock.
The department plans to add over 200 cameras, double the number of highway
advisory radio stations, deploy 100 weather information systems and add up to
200 bridge de-icing systems. Agency officials say the management center will
gather all the information from that equipment together in one place for the
first time.
The center is part of a larger effort to deploy technology nationwide to
better manage traffic with the existing roadway systems to save money.
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