Camera lowering poles aid maintenance, cut costs

It was while on vacation in Providence, Rhode Island that Jim Larsen had a Eureka! moment In 2001, Jim Larsen was a traffic operations engineer with Ada County Highway District (ACHD) located in southern Idaho.
January 27, 2012 Read time: 1 min

Project:
Use of camera lowering technology@@@Benefits:

• 92% per cent saving per year in maintenance costs

• 65-80% less time per CCTV site cleaning and maintaining the cameras

• No freeway lane closures or traffic control are needed to maintain CCTV cameras

• Greater CCTV mounting heights

• Camera maintenance is now a one -man job

• Better choice of camera location

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