Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend I.Khalilova / Measures have been prepared for the State bodies of Azerbaijan regarding the introduction of an intelligence transportation management system in Baku.
The Head of Azerbaijan's Transportation Ministry's Department for Transport Policy and Economy, Sadraddin Mammadov, said on 30 August that it has found its reflection in the project of the presidential decree which the Ministry submitted to the Presidential Administration.
According to Mammadov, after the presidential decree, a tender will be announced.
The goal of the creation of such a system in Baku is to manage the transportation system - including the transportation of passengers, automobile routes, dissolution of traffic jams, and parking management. This work will be carried out within the order of the President of Azerbaijan "On improvement of the transportation system in Baku over 2006-2007".
According to initial accounts, the system will be created in two stages. In the first stage, by the end of 2008, the system will be installed in the centre of Baku in the direction of Heydar Aliyev Avenue up to the Azizbayov round in Baku. In the second stage, the system will be expanded throughout the capital. The project will be completed by the end of 2009.
The project has been devised by the South Korean Consortium SK C& S. Discussions were held with the Consortium's experts between 27 and 29 August in Baku. SK C& S held research in applying the intelligence transportation system in Baku and relevant recommendations were presented to the country's government.
As a result of the implementation of such a system, the number of traffic lights and bus stops will be regulated, Mammadov said. Creating this system will provide an opportunity to send operative information regarding the movements of transportation means, speeds, stops, traffic accidents, traffic jams, and other events to a dispatch centre.
Within the framework of the memorandum signed on 24 April 2007 in Seoul, Korea will render assistance in the establishment of the Intelligence Management of Transportation in Baku.
The cost of the project to establish the system is estimated at $50-55mln. The funds will be allocated from the State budget, but other variants may be considered.