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Navtech Radar’s Radar-based Automatic Incident Detection (AID) technology will roll out along several major Swedish roads network after the Oxfordshire-based company signed a four-year framework contract with the Swedish Transport Administration.
Provisionally lasting two years with the option of two-year extensions, the contract will see Navtech supply its ClearWay technology for all-lane-running applications on several strategically important roads throughout the country.
Clearway, which provides outdoor,automatic incident detection on strategic roads, bridges and tunnels, has been operational on a 16km stretch of the E4 motorway around Stockholm since 2012.
The technology will now be deployed on the northern part of the E4 motorway, running from Stockholm to Arlanda International Airport.
“Sweden has a lot of multi-lane roads which do not have a hard shoulder, so fast and accurate detection is a must,” said Kjell Sohlberg, project leader of Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration. “ClearWay gives us very low numbers of false alarms, as has been proven on trials, and also allows us an area-wide detection capability.
“Shorter-range radar systems are becoming available but they would represent a false economy in this kind of application; we would be back to the situation with cameras of having to install more poles, more power and generally more infrastructure.” Sohlberg said.
Dr Stephen Clark, technical director of Navtech Radar, which won a Queens award for innovation in 2010, said: “The problem in the Nordic countries is that inclement weather – rain, fog and snow – is common.
“That precludes the use of video, or else makes it very expensive because of the high number of closely spaced cameras which would be necessary. There simply are not other technologies which would be effective for this kind of application.
“I am absolutely delighted that our ClearWay technology has proven very good return on investment and I am looking forward to working closely with Trafikverket on the new projects.”
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Navtech Radar to Deploy ClearWay Technology More Widely on Swedish RoadsThe Swedish Transport administration has been impressed with Navtech’s radar-based automatic incident detection technology, which has operated on a stretch of Swedish motorway since 2012.
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