Conference on Tolling Issues In India- Feb 26th, 2013

January 30, 2013

Infraline Energy Research & Information Services, an accredited premier service provider of critical business information, industry databases, business intelligence and related services in the energy and infrastructure sector is coming up with Annual Conference on Tolling Issues in India, Planned vs Reality, February 26, 2013, Hotel The Lalit, New Delhi.

Infraline through this conference is trying to unite the policy makers and industry stalwarts to join hands together in solving the tolling issues in India. It is providing a forum focusing on industrial challenges, risk mitigation strategies, use of latest technologies, comprehensive vision for future development and opportunities offered by the sector.

The conference plans to throw light on issues such as:

Present status of tolling in India/ Current Scenario of Toll issues in India
Best practices of Tolling across the globe- Open System Vs Closed System
Finance mechanism of PPP projects
Opportunities for investments in BOT Toll projects
Concessionaires viewpoint while investing in Toll Projects
Viability Gap Funding scheme
Growing emphasis on OMT contracts
RFID tags and transceivers
Electronic Toll Collection system
- Open source software system v/s licensed software system for Central Clearing House (CCH)
Key risks associated in funding of BOT road projects
Operational issues in maintaining of CCH
Social issues pertaining to paying toll tax and Location of toll plaza
- Modifications required in Concession Agreement and suggested recommendation
- Effectiveness of EPC vs. PPP mode of awarding projects

The conference is targeted at:

Banks and Financial Institutions, Technology Providers, Consultants, Concessionaires & Designers Equipment Manufacturers, Infrastructure Developers and Stakeholders, Regulatory Agencies, Research Institutions and NGOs, EPC Contractors, National and State Roads Authorities etc

Thanks and Regards,

Gargi Goswami

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Email: [email protected]

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ACO Portfolio: Gold Coast Highway, Tugun

January 23, 2013

Gold Coast Highway

The connection road between the Gold Coast Highway, Tugun and the recently completed Tugun Bypass, underwent a realignment. Designers had to rearrange the existing stormwater, sewer, electrical and communication infrastructure services.

The associated changes affected the cross fall of the road surface. Subsequently, surface water had to be intercepted and removed efficiently without interruption to other services.

Designers selected ACO’s PowerDrain trench drainage system. ACO’s technical department provided documented advice on an appropriately size trench drain which only required a single point of connection to the stormwater network over the drain’s entire run length.

Product details

Specifier: Queensland Transport and Main Roads (Roadtek Division)
Product featured: PowerDrain S200K with Slotted ductile iron grates

source: http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com

Written by ITW Editor · Filed Under Highway, Infrastructure

LED Street Light innovations

January 23, 2013

Sernis has introduced a brand new Led Street Light IL-LSL60WS. An electrical version of 60W in a smaller structure, same as 30W, which provides a great lighting and high energy efficiency with a low level of consumption.

This solution has an advance technology with eco-friendly lights that had been developed to reduce CO² emissions into the atmosphere. IL-LSL60WS can achieve a greater performance and maximize the led lifetime.

The new design offers a high quality product with more competitive prices.

Now is also available a Security System with our Led Street Lights. The new system introduces a Video Surveillance in the Led Street Light structure, which can also include wireless communication. The Security System is ideal for parking facilities or other places where illumination and security devices are required.

Sernis will launch two more products with the same high quality standards. Both will be available soon:

Communication System Zigbee: The Zigbee communication system was developed for management and monitoring of Led Street Lights
Powerful Led Street Light 180W: With a high capability and performance, the electrical total LED Power of 180W is the most powerful Led Street Light

source: http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com

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UK Pay and Display Machines in Shipment to Malaysia

January 23, 2013

A further shipment of UK manufactured pay and display parking machines is on its way to South-East Asia. The export order has been won by Swindon-based Metric Group Ltd for an extension of a parking project in a suburb of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.

The order for the 27 Elite pay and display machines follows the shipment of 82 similar machines last year to the city of Petaling Jaya and brings the total population of Metric machines in Malaysia to more than 1,000.

The latest batch is being shipped as part of a planned programme for installation in early January 2013.

Metric Group Export Manager Mike Hewett praised the part played by the Metric Group’s Malaysian distributor My One Solution.

He continued: “Local authorities in Malaysia are very keen on the concept of pay and display as a means of controlling the substantial demand for on-street parking.

“This latest shipment is one of many Metric have made to Malaysia over the last 15 years. As far as I am aware, Metric has been selling this type of pay and display technology to Malaysia for longer than almost anyone else.”

source: http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com

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Award in New South Wales, Australia

January 23, 2013

SICE has been awarded a specialist sub-contract package for the Operation and Management Control System (OMCS) to be delivered for the Tintenbar to Ewingsdale Pacific Highway upgrade. The $862 million project is jointly funded by the NSW State and Federal Governments and will provide approximately 17km of dual carriageway, starting at the northern end of the Ballina bypass at Ross Lane and extending to the Ewingsdale interchange. Construction started in September 2012 and is scheduled to be completed in 2014. The works also include two 434m double bore, dual carriageway tunnels.

Baulderstone, the construction company that was awarded a design and construct contract by RMS as the principal contractor for the works, has appointed SICE Pty Ltd as the preferred supplier for the OMCS after a competitive tendering process. The Scope of Works includes the design, supply, installation, system integration, testing and commissioning of an OMCS for the project, comprising the following subsystems:

Traffic Management and Control System (TMCS)
Plant Management and Control System (PMCS)
Driver Advisory System
Closed Circuit Television System
Motorists’ Emergency Telephone System
Radio Rebroadcasting System
Communication Network

The equipment to be installed includes:

Vehicle Detection based on loops
Variable Message Signs
Lane Usage Signs (cross/arrow signs)
Variable Speed Limit Signs
Tunnel Message Signs
Boom gates for tunnel closures
Moveable Medians
OverHeight Detection
Air quality system
CCTV, both fixed and PTZ
METS
Radio rebroadcasting
Communications network
Control centre

The final solution will be fully integrated with RMS’s existing control centres at Grafton and Sydney, giving them full operational and monitoring capabilities.

This project, together with the recently awarded Waterview Project in Auckland (NZ), positions SICE as a top player in the freeway management, M&E and Tunnel Control sectors in Australasia, consolidating our long-term commitment with projects in Australia.

source: http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com

Written by ITW Editor · Filed Under ITS, Toll Management System, Tolling

ODOT launches new website for real-time traffic updates

January 23, 2013

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in the US has unveiled a new website, Ohgo.com, which is designed to provide travellers with real-time traffic information.

Ohgo.com offers users up-to-date travel information with the help of the latest technology deployed on the state’s roads.

ODOT director Jerry Wray said that the price travellers pay for sitting in traffic is important.

“Ohgo.com will allow motorists to log on, look for traffic tie-ups and pick the best route; saving both time and money,” Wray added.

Developed for multiple user platforms such as mobile phones, tablets and desktop computers, the website is interactive and user-friendly, and it officially replaces the state’s current travel information site, BuckeyeTraffic.org.

Ohgo.com provides information on current highway traffic speeds, traffic accidents, slowdowns, tie-ups, travel times from one location to another, road construction, closures and delays.

The site also offers live traffic camera feeds in order to view up-to-date travel conditions as they happen and winter road conditions from November through April, each season.

According to ODOT, the future updates for Ohgo.com will allow motorists to map daily commutes and receive real-time updates at times when accidents, slowdowns or closures occur.

However, the department has currently not set a timeframe for the start of the updates.

In May 2011, ODOT launched a website with real-time traffic flow updates for various key metro areas across the state.

source: http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com

Written by ITW Editor · Filed Under Ohio

Petrowest bags contract to complete twinning of Canadian highway

January 23, 2013

The Government of Alberta in Canada has signed a $78m contract with Petrowest Construction, the construction division of energy services and infrastructure firm Petrowest, to build the final stretch in the twinning of Highway 43 between Valleyview and Grande Prairie.

The new contract with Petrowest will build the final 20km of the 432km-long four-lane stretch of Highway 43 from Grande Prairie to the junction of Highway 16 west of Edmonton.

The contract, which is part of a partnership arrangement between the Alberta Government and the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, is scheduled to be completed in the 2014.

This partnership also includes development of new highway lanes, two pedestrian underpasses, bridges and culverts over Goose Creek and Pelican Creek through the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, west of Valleyview.

The development of new highway lanes is expected to commence in February 2013 with completion expected next autumn.

Alberta Minister of Transportation Ric McIver said that the project, when completed, will provide northwest Alberta with a fully twinned, safe and efficient roadway to move people and goods.

“Partnering with the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation and Petrowest Construction LP on this project provides good value for the money, builds economic opportunities for First Nation members during and after construction, and delivers on a promise to residents of north-western Alberta to complete this twinning work,” McIver added.

Petrowest is a Canada-based company involved in pre-drilling and post-completion energy services, as well as industrial and civil infrastructure projects, gravel crushing and hauling for non-energy sector customers.

Its primary operations are based in the Grande Prairie area of northern Alberta and in north-eastern British Columbia.

source: http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com

Written by ITW Editor · Filed Under Highway, Infrastructure

IBM and German city complete smarter traffic pilot

January 23, 2013

IBM and the City of Cologne in Germany have announced the new traffic pilot, which forecasts and manages the city’s traffic flow and congestion, has been completed.

The advanced transportation management software uses analytics technology to show the ways in which the city of Cologne can foresee, manage, and in some cases, avoid traffic jams and trouble spots across the city.

As a part of the pilot, IBM transportation experts and researchers teamed up with the City of Cologne to analyse data from its traffic monitoring stations for a period of six weeks with the help of the IBM Traffic Prediction Tool and IBM Intelligent Transportation solutions.

The city’s traffic engineers and IBM could predict traffic volume and flow with more than 90% accuracy and 30 minutes in advance.

This capability would help travellers to plan ahead, decide whether they should leave at a different time, plan an alternate route or use a different mode of transportation

Cologne Traffic Control Center director Thomas Weil said that the results of the traffic prediction pilot are very encouraging.

“Having the ability to create actionable insight from the traffic monitoring data gives us an ability to better manage congestion, as well as provide citizens with more precise traffic information,” he added.

Cologne, which is considered as one of the first congestion-prone large cities with increasing in traffic density, is looking out for new ways to better manage and optimise traffic flow, as well as increase the capacity of its transportation networks.

The city’s traffic command centre generally collects real-time data from around 150 monitoring stations and 20 traffic cameras on the roads, highways and at intersections.

However, it currently does not possess advanced traffic management tools or a way to predict future traffic flow.

The pilot is expected to help the traffic command centre to optimise the current traffic flow, while anticipating and planning for potential traffic incidents.

According to IBM, intelligent traffic management based on precise forecasting techniques will help cities forecast and avoid traffic congestion and reduce the volume of traffic, resulting in a more sustainable transportation network.

source: http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com

Written by ITW Editor · Filed Under breaking news

India to build new 357km Delhi-Ludhiana Expressway

January 23, 2013

India is set to construct a six-lane expressway that will connect Ludhiana in the state of Punjab with the capital Delhi, at an estimated cost of $200bn ($3.68bn).

The new 357km Delhi-Ludhiana Expressway, which is expected to reduce the distance between the two cities by almost 50km, has received approval from the states of Delhi, Punjab and Haryana. The route map for the new project will be finalised by February 2013.

India’s Road Transport and Highways Minister C P Joshi told reporters that the cost of the expressway per km will be around Rs400m ($7.3m), as well as Rs50bn ($919.3m) that will be invested on land acquisition.

The new expressway will start from outer Delhi and feature a 266km-long stretch that passes through the Sonipat, Safidon, Asandh, Kaithal districts in Haryana and Samana and Nabha districts in Punjab. It will also include a 91km-long node to ease connectivity to Chandigarh.

Joshi said that townships will be allowed develop alongside the expressway nodes and will be given exclusive connectivity to the new road.

“We would discuss the cross subsidy model from real estate for funding the project once the alignment is finalised,” he added.

“We have also appointed PWD Secretaries of the three states as the nodal officers for the expressway project,” the minister said.

The new expressway is one of the seven expressways announced by the government under the flagship highways building programme NHDP VI.

In October 2011, the government had granted approval for the construction of 1,000km of expressways in the country.

source: http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com

Written by ITW Editor · Filed Under NHDP, PWD

1st Global Submit on ” Road Infrastructure Management & Safety- Feb 7-8, 2013 at Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bangalore

January 22, 2013

Feb 7th-8th 2013 At Hotel The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore

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Sub: - Invitation to join in 1st Global Submit on ”Road Infrastructure Management & Safety” on Feb 7th-8th 2013 at hotel The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore..

I take pleasure to inform you that we are organizing 1st Global Submit on “Road Infrastructure Management & Safety”, which is scheduled on Feb 7th-8th 2013 at hotel The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore, India. The theme of the conference is innovative practices for road Infrastructure & Safety.

MISSION

Strategically designed & well structured technical sessions will deliver the expertise knowledge to Indian road sector & to create perfect business platform having Indian government senior officials, Industry leaders, Innovators, experts, Investors, user community etc.

AGENDA

Day One

Government Policy perspective on Indian Road Sector
New Initiative & plan of NHDP Project & NHAI
Key challenges facing by Developers
Expectation – Developers vs Contractors
Road Project Finance – Investors Perspective
Connecting Rural with Urban for Inclusive Growth – PMGSY
Outlook on NH & city road of Karnataka
Financing of Road Projects – Gov. Perspective
Key Challenges of State Road Development
Innovative Materials & Equipment for Road Construction

Day Two

Government Policy & Support towards Road Safety
Road Safety by Innovative Infrastructure
Road Safety Implementation & Users Perspective
Technical Measures in Road Safety
Traffic Engineering Applications for Road Construction & Safety,/
IRoad Safety Products Demonstration:- Alcohol Analyzer,
Road Safety Products:- CCTV, Alcohol Analyzer,Traffic
Information & Control Systems, CCTV, Warning Systems Speed Control Device etc

Key Speakers-

Shr. R. Ashoka, Deputy Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka (Invited)
Dr. Sudhir Krishna, IAS, Secretary , Ministry of Urban Development
Shri. N. K. Sinha, Chairman IRF –India Chapter
Prof. M. N. Sree Hari, Advisor to Gov. of Karnataka for Traffic, Transport and Infrastructure
Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Director, Central Road Research Institute (CRRI)
Mr. Viswanath Seetharam, Founder secretary of ORRCA, Chairman-blrwheels, Bangalore
Mr. T. S. Venkatesan, VP - Roads & Bridges, Larson & Toubro
K. R. Srinivas, IAS, Transport Commissioner GoK
Prakash Kumar, Project Director, K-SHIP, GoK
Mr. Pratyaya Amrit (IAS), MD, Bihar State Road Development Corporation
Mr. Anjum Parwez (IAS), Managing Director, BMTC
Dr. M. A. Saleem, IPS, Addl Commissioner of Police, GoK
Mrs. Rama, CEO, ELCIA
Mr. S. L.Dhingra, Chair Professor, IIT-Bombay
Dr. P. K. Sikdar, President , ICT Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Lokesh Hebbani, Transportation Program Manager, CiSTUP-IISc,
Bangalore
Mr. Sanjay Mohapatra (IRTS), MD, Orissa State Road Transport Corporation
Mr. Pushkar Kulkarni, Md, Transport System, Serco India Pvt. Ltd

Thank you and Kind Regards,
Nanajee Rao
Project Director
InfraMarketindia,Mumbai
Ph: +91-22-25182110 Fax: +91-22-25182120
M: +91-8655328101,
Email: nanajee.rao@inframarketindia.com