SINGAPORE: From May 7, motorists will be able to get
real-time traffic updates along six major arterial corridors as 76
new electronic signboards along these roads begin
operations.
The six road corridors are between Woodlands Road
and Dunearn Road; along West Coast Highway; between Serangoon Road
and Upper Serangoon Road; along Thomson Road and Upper Thomson
Road; from Portsdown Avenue to Still Road South; between Orchard
Road and Bras Brasah Road; and from Nicoll Highway to Shenton
Way.
Four other road corridors - two each in the western
and eastern parts of Singapore - will also be fitted with Arterial
Variable Message Signs by the second quarter of 2014.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Thursday that the
extension of the Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System (EMAS)
coverage to major arterial road corridors will bring about better
incident management and, consequently, better traffic flow on the
road network island-wide.
Launched in 1998, EMAS comprises live video surveillance, incident
detection and real-time traffic alert functions.
Beginning next month, the LTA will also carry out a S$98 million
enhancement to EMAS equipment along eight expressways.
With the existing EMAS equipment reaching the end of its useful
lifespan, the authority said the enhancement will ensure that EMAS
can continue to function as an important traffic and incident
management tool for expressways.
The enhancement will be carried out progressively and is expected
to be completed by 2017.
Besides enhancing the existing EMAS signboards along expressways to
make them more graphic-enabled - so that they can provide more
information on incidents - the improvements will also include the
installation of additional surveillance and detection cameras, as
well as Web cameras to provide motorists with more comprehensive
traffic images.
These images can be accessed via the LTA's One.Motoring website or
the My Transport.SG mobile application.
- TODAY