Logan, QLD installs Flooded Roads Smart Warning Systems at key locations to protect motorists
Logan, QLD Flooded Roads Smart Warning Systems
The council started with FRSWS at 21 locations with high flood risks. Substation 33 designed the FRSWS to flash a message to motorists when roads are impassable. Each sign is powered by solar panels and a recycled laptop battery. Activated FRSWS signs send messages to council personnel as well as Logan's disaster dashboard. Local officials hope to reach 92 FRSWS signs in 2020 with the ultimate goal of a sign at each of 278 high-risk areas.
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Flooded Roads Smart Warning System (FRSWS)
The Flooded Roads Smart Warning System (FRSWS) project uses smart technology to provide both proactive and reactive mechaims to enhance road safety during flood episodes. The FRSWS minimises the risk of drivers inadvertantly driving into flooded roads by using advance warning signs that only activate in flood conditions. The innovative design and programming of these signs allows real time mapping and information for each road location with a FRSWS to be provided to disaster management entities and the community through a range of communication methods. Data collected from activation of FLSWS signs is integrated into open data platforms to support planning and design considersations for both roads and flood modelling.
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