State, Gwinnett partner to install smart signals

Construction contracts funded mostly with GDOT.

Gwinnett commissioners recently approved installationof infrastructurethat will allowcounty transportation engineers to communicate with traffiffic signals and cameras along four high-traffiffic corridors inGwinnett. GDOT is funding themajority of the construction contractswith the county’s portioncoming from a 2009 SPLOST.

“Based on the visual information they get from the cameras, the DOT is able to adjust traffic signals to help smooth the traffiffic flflow, reducing congestion and improving public safety,” District4Commissioner John Heard said.

The roadways receiving these upgrades include:

■ Ronald Reagan Parkway from Pleasant Hill Road to S.R. 124. The state is funding 78 percent of the project. American Lighting and Signalization, LLC, was the low bidder at $1,355,503.

■ Old Peachtree Road from Sugarloaf Parkway to Dean Road. The state is

funding 80 percent. American Lighting and Signalization, LLC, was the low bidder at $465,688.

■ S.R. 316/UniversityParkway fromS.R. 20 to the BarrowCounty line. The state is funding 80 percent. Brooks Berry Haynie & Associates., Inc., was the low bidder at $1,564,041.

■ Five Forks Trickum Road fromRockbridge Road to Sugarloaf Parkway. The state is funding 80 percent. American Lighting and Signalization, LLC, was the low bidder at $1,038,570.

Thes e proje c t s will increase the county’s traffiffic monitoring capabilities along these corridors by installing 29.5 miles of fifiber optic cableand55newtraffifficmonitoring cameras and adding communication technology to 31 traffiffic signals.

Newinfrastructure will allowengineers to communicate with traffiffic signals and cameras.