LTA to test
new number plate recognition cameras along
expressways
SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on
Monday (Mar 26) that it will be testing new camera systems and
communications beacons along expressways and major thoroughfares
from now until 2019.
The new Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera system
will aid enforcement efforts by capturing vehicle number plates
with greater accuracy, LTA said in a press release.
In addition, new Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)
beacons will also be installed to further enhance positioning
accuracy for navigation systems.
"These tests will enable LTA to determine the performance and
reliability of such technologies under various real-life
environmental and traffic conditions for future traffic management
systems which will leverage Global Navigation Satellite System
(GNSS) technology," said LTA in its news release.
The technologies do not need heavy physical infrastructure and will
be mounted on existing roadside infrastructure such as overhead
bridges, overhead gantry signs, lamp-posts and Expressway
Monitoring Advisory System (EMAS) gantries.
Test equipment will be installed along the Ayer Rajah Expressway
(AYE), Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE), Central Expressway (CTE),
Tampines Expressway (TPE) and Nicoll Highway.
Equipment will also be mounted onto vehicles and deployed at
areas including Tuas South from April this year, before being
expanded islandwide for testing.
The new tests come after LTA awarded a S$556 million contract in
2016 to the consortium of NCS and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Engine System Asia (MHI) to build a next-generation Electronic Road
Pricing system based on GNSS technology.
The new system will allow motorists to eventually be charged
according to distance travelled on congested roads, removing the
need for physical gantries.
Source: CNA/nc
Example of equipment that will be mounted onto
vehicles. (Image: LTA)