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The Department of Public Works, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, yesterday, January 19, 2024, issued a tender for the project "Supply, installation, configuration, operation and maintenance of a new Urban Traffic Control (UTC) system in Nicosia and Limassol" (No. Tender No: PS/60/2022/G(O)), with a deadline for submission of tenders of 5 April 2024. The cost estimate amounts to €7.13 million (+VAT) and includes a 24-month implementation period and 5-year maintenance.
The aim of the project is to improve traffic management, which will increase the traffic capacity of the road network, reduce vehicle travel time and improve road safety. The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund of the Cohesion Policy, "THALIA 2021-2027" Programme of the European Union (EU).
The proposed system will be implemented in 125 light-controlled intersections in Nicosia (75) and Limassol (50). In addition, it has the potential to connect up to 500 light-controlled intersections nationwide for remote access monitoring.
The system will collect traffic data from sensors placed at key points of the road network in urban areas, process it in real time and provide instructions on how to operate traffic lights.
In particular, the system will. [*]Coordinate the operation of adjacent light-controlled intersections on road corridors to reduce the "start-stop" effect, while reducing fuel consumption and air pollutant emissions. [*]It can give priority to buses and emergency vehicles. [*]Immediately informs about failures of traffic lights. The aim is to prevent road collisions through immediate intervention. [*]Allows strategies to be implemented (e.g. restriction of access to specific areas and times.) [*]Allows monitoring and will provide the possibility of intervention from the control centre (e.g. bypassing road works, road collisions, etc.). [/LIST]
The main advantages of the proposed system are. [*]Reduction of delays by 15-30%. [*]Stop-start reduction by 10-30%. [*]Reduce public transport travel time by 28%. [*]Reduction of fuel consumption by 8-10%. [*]Reduction of pollutant emissions by 10-15%. [*]Reduction of air quality pollution -> improvement of quality of life.
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The project is implemented under the Cohesion Policy programme "THALIA 2021-2027" with EU co-financing.
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