AMC draft budget proposes Smart traffic signals for city

Ahmedabad, 10 January 2014

Municipal Commissioner Guruprasad Mohapatra today presented draft budget of BJP ruled Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation(AMC) for year 2014-15.

One of the eye-catching parts of the budget draft is about new traffic signal system.

According to commissioner’s presentation Rs. 17.20 crore ‘Area traffic control system(ATCS)’ project has been proposed for city in cooperation with DIMS. 186 traffic signals will be connected to the main control room under this project.

The new traffic signals will function automatically through vehicle density camera detectors.

In phase-1, 84 traffic signals are to be activated while in phase-2, 186 traffic signals will be equipped to do video based vehicle detection through cameras at a cost of Rs. 9.58 crore.

Japanese company Zero-sum wireless solutions has planned Rs. 5.52 crore Intelligence Transport System(ITS).

LED screens will be installed on Vasna APMC-Shivranjani-Judges Bungalow road through 10 traffic censors and tablet computing devices to show traffic information to public.

There will be no financial burden on AMC while implementation the project. On the contrary AMC will earn Rs. 5 lakh through advertisement rights.