If you have driven up or down I93 From the MA border to Hooksett in the last few weeks you can not help but notice the hulking new signs. For the bargain price of $3.8 million there are six 8 foot by 26 foot long signs that will convey traffic updates and emergency warnings.
The controversial part is the traffic cameras attached to each. Those of you from the BIG cities are used to this but we here in NH are not. The state touts them as to reduce congestion and speed up the response to incidents and accidents.
For NH traffic current traffic updates and current camera feeds go to www.511NH.com
According to the NH DOT web site:
The I-93 Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) project involves the installation of strategically located "Intelligent Transportation System" (ITS) devices along the 19-mile corridor that will be controlled by the Traffic Management Center (TMC) in Concord. Also included within the project area are field locations along NH Routes 101, 111 and 28, and Interstate 293.
A total of six "Dynamic Message Signs" (DMS), eight closed circuit television cameras, and four variable speed limit signs at three locations are being installed. Each DMS, at eight feet high and 26 feet wide, will be mounted on overhead sign structures, and used to convey important electronic traffic messages at the following locations:
- I-93 northbound between Exits 8 and 9
- I-93 southbound between Exits 8 and 9
- I-293 southbound, south of Exit 1
- I-93 northbound between Exits 3 and 4 (Weigh Station)
- I-93 southbound between Exits 3 and 4 (Weigh Station)
- I-93 northbound, north of MA State Line
Green Mountain Communications, of Pembroke, New Hampshire is the general contractor, and Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., of Watertown, Massachusetts is the designer for the $3.8 million design-build project. The electronic message signs are expected to be operational later this year.
The rain has hampered my picture taking ability , but i will load some pics in the very near future...
UPDATED June 22, 2011
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