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Edmond council approves ITS Phase 4 funding after staff details cameras, signal upgrades and added federal support

Edmond City Council · September 9, 2024
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Summary

The council approved staff recommendations for two ITS funding items after an engineering presentation explaining traffic-signal upgrades, real-time video for incident management, emergency-vehicle priority improvements and a Phase 4 construction plan supported by additional ODOT federal funds.

Steve Lawrence, director of engineering, told the Edmond City Council on Sept. 9 that the city’s Intelligent Transportation System program will expand to cover a new set of corridors under a Phase 4 project and that upgrades to signals and real-time communications will improve traffic flow, incident response and emergency-vehicle priority. Lawrence said the system links traffic signals to a traffic management center and adds real-time video and traffic counting to reduce on-street personnel needs.

Lawrence said the city has…

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