The Illinois Tollway Highway Authority announced this week that they were activating SmartRoad technology on the northern section of the 22-mile Central Tri-State Tollway (1-294).
SmartRoad, which recieved funding from President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure legislation, will provid eal-time, lane-specific information on message boards detailing traffic incidents and lane closure notifications. It will aim to provide improved travel time information through upgraded traffic sensors, which will also be installed on ramps to monitor for potential backups. The technology will also provid inside lane and shoulder flex lanes, enabling the tollway to shift traffic around incidents and reduce backups. There will also be new high-definition roadway cameras and upgraded weather stations.
The technology will be placed placed every half mile between 95th Street and Balmoral Avenue on I-294. This will hopefully ease traffic in the area which will hopefully improve traffic congrestion on adjacent highways such as I-90/94. According to Illinois Tollways, more than 220,000 vehicles use the Central Tri-State Tollway daily.
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