| Future
Deployments
The Florida Department of Transportation FDOT has implemented a very aggressive plan to deploy Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) infrastructure along designated freeways and arterial roadways throughout FDOT District 4; which includes Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St Lucie, and Indian River Counties. As ITS components continue to be deployed, these systems will provide superb coverage of District 4's surface transportation system, interfacing with other TMCs within the region and enabling the TMC partners to achieve their mission and vision statements.
| The 1,385 centerline miles and 6,016 lane miles of freeway under FDOT District 4's jurisdiction include I-95, I-75 and I-595. There is one ongoing deployment project, termed Phase II and one upcoming deployment project, termed Northern Three Counties (N3C) Deployment. By the completion of Phase II (2008), 100 percent of Broward County's centerline miles of freeway (I-95, I-75 and I-595) will be covered by ITS devices. By the completion of the N3C Deployment (2011), 100 percent of I-95 in Martin, St Lucie and Indian River counties will be covered by ITS devices. The following sections provide an overview of current deployments and the Phase II and N3C Deployment projects. |
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| ITS Field Devices |
Phase I and pre-existing (2007-Completed) |
Phase II (2008-Scheduled Completion) |
N3C Deployment (2011-Anticipated Completion) |
Number of Systems
(I-95, I-595,
I-75)
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Number of Systems
(I-595, I-75)
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Number of Systems
(I-95)
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DMS |
31 |
10 |
TBD |
CCTV |
45 |
52 |
TBD |
Detectors |
106 |
127 |
TBD |
Fiber Optics |
43 |
49 |
TBD |
Phase I - Completed 2007
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Phase I involved the deployment of a fully operational CCTV traffic video monitoring subsystem (45 cameras) and traffic detection subsystem (106 detectors) along the I-595 and I-95 corridors within Broward County. The project also included designing, furnishing, installing, integrating, testing, training, and documenting the system and its processes. These subsystems are used to detect and verify incidents occurring on the freeways in support of the Department's I-95/I-595 DMS subsystem that is currently in operation. |
The scope of work included deployment of central and field components and upgrading of the I-95/I-595 communication system. The system includes central and field component deployment, in addition to the upgrade to an Ethernet-based system to support the CCTV camera surveillance and traffic detection subsystem deployment.
The design and construction of the Phase I project has been completed. The construction process began on December 6, 2004, and was completed early 2007.
Phase I of the SMART SunGuide project entails the following improvements to the freeway system within Broward County (I-95, I-75, and I-595):
- Provide additional ITS coverage on I-95 and I-595 (from I-95 to Hiatus).
- Deploy CCTV cameras (approximately one per mile).
- Deploy traffic/vehicle detectors (approximately one every half-mile).
- Establish an Ethernet communications backbone.
- Implement a video wall upgrade.
Phase II
| Phase II is a design/build project in Broward County that incorporates engineering, designing, furnishing, installing, integrating, testing, documenting, and providing training on a fully operational fiber optical/wireless communication network (approximately 50 miles) subsystem; a CCTV camera surveillance subsystem (approximately 55 cameras); a DMS subsystem (approximately 10 DMSs); a traffic detection subsystem along the I-595 and I-75 corridors (approximately 124 detectors). |
| The subsystems will be provided, implemented, or installed for the I-75 corridor in Broward County between the Miami-Dade/Broward county line and the Collier/Broward county line (including the segment from south of Sawgrass Expressway to the I-595/I-75 interchange); the I 595 corridor between I-75 and 1,000 feet east of the Pine Island Road interchange; and along I-595 between the interchange with I-95 to the terminus (eastward) of I-595. The requirements also address upgrades to fiber optics of the nine existing DMS that are currently using dial-up connections. |
All devices deployed from the Phase II project will be integrated into the Phase I system, and will be monitored and controlled from the SMART SunGuide TMC. Highlights of the Phase II project on Broward County-owned freeways (I-95, I-75, and I-595) include the following:
- Provide complete ITS coverage on I-75 and I-595.
- Deploy additional CCTV, detection, and DMS units.
- Complete the deployment of fiber optics.
- Complete the next stage of the video wall upgrade.
- Complete the deployment of CCTV cameras (one approximately every mile).
- Complete deployment of traffic/vehicle detectors (one approximately every half-mile).
- Complete the Ethernet communications backbone.
Northern Three Counties (N3C) Deployment
Martin, St. Lucie & Indian River Counties; Design, Installation, integration, testing and maintenance of a fiber optical communication network subsystem, a power subsystem, a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) subsystem, a Dynamic Message Sign (DMS) subsystem, a vehicle detection subsystem, a Voice over IP (VoIP) subsystem, a Road Weather Information (RWIS) subsystem, and a Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) subsystem within the I-95 corridor from the Palm Beach / Martin county line to the Indian River / Brevard County line. The scope of the work will include design and deployment of field components of these subsystems; and integration of all subsystems devices and components into the existing ITS system in Broward County, and a new connection to the Northern Counties Incident Management Support Project Facility at the Treasure Coast Operations Center, St. Lucie County, FL. All subsystems shall be operated from the FDOT District 4 SMART SunGuide Transportation Management Center located at 2300 West Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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