The contract for the maintenance and upgrade of the electronic platform "OMNIA - MISTIC", which is an integrated solution for the management of equipment and traffic data on the road network of Cyprus, was signed today at the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works. The contract amounting to €1,021,348 including VAT was signed, on behalf of the government, by An. On behalf of the Government, Ms. Eleni Kaskiri, Director of the Department of Public Works, and on behalf of the company "Swarco Italia SRL", the Senior Director of International Sales, Mr. Biora Fabrizio, in the presence of the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Mr. Yiannis Karousos.
This investment will help to better manage the road network by increasing its safety and capacity by responding quickly to incidents and providing information to drivers. It will also provide a wealth of traffic data free of charge, through the National Access Point, to network users, to individuals for the development of navigation applications and to research or university institutions for research and development purposes.
The purchase, installation and connection of the platform to the control centre located at the Headquarters of the Department of Public Works is funded by the European Union and the Republic of Cyprus through the Transnational Cooperation Programme Greece-Cyprus 2014-2020, Step2Smart Act, Connecting Europe Fund for Trans-European Transport Networks. The duration of the contract is eight months, with a six-year maintenance period.
The above platform will be connected to the existing Intelligent Transport Systems installed by the Department of Public Works on the motorways, on the main road network of Nicosia and at the entrances of the cities.
The above platform will be connected to the existing Intelligent Transport Systems installed by the Department of Public Works on the motorways, on the main road network of Nicosia and at the entrances of the cities. The existing systems include more than 120 traffic counters, 26 road surveillance cameras and 4 Variable Message Signs. The system operators, through the platform, will use the information and data from the sensors, in order to visualize and analyze results for the better management of traffic flow and the development of flexible mobility policies.
Through the "OMNIA - MISTIC" platform, the management of the 4 Variable Message Signs will be achieved, which will display traffic information to passing drivers, in order to inform them in time about the prevailing traffic conditions they will face. Two signs will be placed on the Larnaca - Nicosia and Limassol - Nicosia motorways at the height of Alambra, in the direction of Nicosia, and two at positions opposite the motorway at the height of the Latsia weighing station.
In addition, this electronic platform will be linked to equipment to be installed over the next three years by the Department of Public Works for the full coverage of the main road network and motorways of Cyprus, with funding from the Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF). The installation of 40 additional electronic information signs, 170 traffic surveillance cameras and 180 traffic counters is planned.
Finally, it is reported that successful traffic management applications have resulted in an increase in road network capacity of up to 10%, a 20% reduction in travel time, a 15% reduction in the number of accidents and a reduction in fuel consumption.
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