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Erlangen/Germany - Siemens Mobility has received an order to install a traffic control system for the first five eastern sections of the orbital freeway around St. Petersburg. The project is for the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation and covers all the traffic control equipment, including roadway station units, traffic and weather sensors, variable message signs, plus a weather and emergency-call system. The traffic control system is due to come on stream at the end of 2009. It was agreed not to disclose the contract price.

The orbital freeway around St. Petersburg is currently the biggest road construction project under way in Russia and was started in spring 2001 with an investment volume of around two billion euros. When completed, it will be 115 kilometers long. In September 2006 the 66 kilometer eastwards section of the new freeway was opened for traffic. In order to improve traffic flow and road safety, Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract to install a comprehensive traffic control system (TCS) for this part of the project. The customers are FGU “St. Petersburg Orbital Freeway Construction Works” and the construction company ProfIngenieurStroj, the general contractor responsible not only for for the TCS, but also for all the structural steelwork, such as overhead sign gantries, as well as installation. ProfIngenieurStroj will also be supplying the video and communication system, including the fiber-optic cables and data transmission systems.

Mounted above all the freeway lanes, there are 133 traffic detectors which gather data such as traffic density, speed and vehicle types. The use of three different techniques ensures that the data is always of a high quality. Nine weather stations measure temperature, precipitation or visibility and determine whether the road surface is wet or covered by snow and ice. The collected data are recorded and subjected to preliminary processing by 31 road station units of the SST 4 type. A high-speed OTN-based communication system (OTN = Open Transportation Network) featuring transmission via fiber-optic cables has been installed along the road to transfer the data. Information on the traffic situation and for speed control is passed on to the car drivers with the help of 143 variable message signs and 13 information panels. Emergency call phones have also been installed along the route.

Further information on intelligent traffic control systems from Siemens Mobility at http://www.siemens.com/traffic

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