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Wednesday, December 19, 1973
CONTRACT FOR COMPUTERISED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM SIGNED
A scheme to install Southeast Asia's first computerised traffic
control system in West Kowloon advanced a major step today with the signing
of a contract for the supply and installation of the system.
The $8.8 million contract has been awarded to GEC-Elliott Traffic
Automation Ltd. Signing on behalf of the company was Mr. J.M. Weedon,
Managing Director of GEC (H.K.) Ltd., local agents for GEC-Elliott.
Representing the government was Mr. Gordon Sapstead, Principal Government
Highway Engineer.
The senior British Trade Commissioner, Mr. T.W. Aston, was also
present at the signing.
The computerised scheme, known as Area Traffic Control, has been
adopted successfully in a number of cities in Europe and America, and is
being introduced for the first time in Southeast Asia.
It will initially cover Yaunati, Mong Kok, parts of Tsim Sha
Tsui, and Sham Shui Po to the west of Nathan Road. The system is expected
to be fully operational by 1976 and may be extended to other areas with
heavy traffic.
Basically, the system will consist of a network of hidden cables
under the road surface which will record traffic conditions and transmit the
information to a central computer which will instantly synchronise traffic
signals in the whole area to enable traffic to flow more smoothly.
/Traffic