Traficon, an exhibitor at this week’s 17th ITS World Congress in Busan, South Korea, has revealed that the company’s involvement with the city will continue long after the event closes.
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The Busan-Geoje fixed link is an ambitious scheme to reduce journey times between Busan - South Korea's largest port city and the island of Geoje - a tourist hot-spot and home to the country's biggest shipbuilding yards.
The overall fixed link comprises two major cable stayed bridges, with main spans of 230m and 475m respectively, and a 3.4km long immersed tunnel. The tunnel, which will carry traffic at a depth of up to 48m below sea level to avoid large container ships, is the deepest immersed roadway tunnel in the world. It is designed for two-lane traffic in each direction with an escape route in the middle.
The new highway link replaces either a three and one half hour journey by roads or a two-hour journey by ferry. This new alternative route will shorten the travelling distance drastically and is expected to cut travel time down to forty minutes.
Within this prestigious project Traficon is responsible for supplying a state-of-the-art AID system inside the sunken tube tunnel. This intelligent system – including 76 detectors and 1 Flux Traffic Management System - will be able to detect any possible obstacles and hindrances such as stopped vehicles or wrong-way drivers as well as smoke, pedestrians, sudden vehicle speed changes and traffic jams.
“We are honoured to have our technology inside this first immersed tunnel in Korea.” says Nico Verstraete, sales manager for South Korea., “Together with our local partner Parkor we are currently in the process of installing 76 VIP-T modules for Automatic Incident Detection. Once this AID system is up and running, I’m convinced it will be an indispensable tool for the operator in making this tunnel not only the deepest but also one of the safest tunnels in Korea.”
The Busan-Geoje fixed link is an ambitious scheme to reduce journey times between Busan - South Korea's largest port city and the island of Geoje - a tourist hot-spot and home to the country's biggest shipbuilding yards.
The overall fixed link comprises two major cable stayed bridges, with main spans of 230m and 475m respectively, and a 3.4km long immersed tunnel. The tunnel, which will carry traffic at a depth of up to 48m below sea level to avoid large container ships, is the deepest immersed roadway tunnel in the world. It is designed for two-lane traffic in each direction with an escape route in the middle.
The new highway link replaces either a three and one half hour journey by roads or a two-hour journey by ferry. This new alternative route will shorten the travelling distance drastically and is expected to cut travel time down to forty minutes.
Within this prestigious project Traficon is responsible for supplying a state-of-the-art AID system inside the sunken tube tunnel. This intelligent system – including 76 detectors and 1 Flux Traffic Management System - will be able to detect any possible obstacles and hindrances such as stopped vehicles or wrong-way drivers as well as smoke, pedestrians, sudden vehicle speed changes and traffic jams.
“We are honoured to have our technology inside this first immersed tunnel in Korea.” says Nico Verstraete, sales manager for South Korea., “Together with our local partner Parkor we are currently in the process of installing 76 VIP-T modules for Automatic Incident Detection. Once this AID system is up and running, I’m convinced it will be an indispensable tool for the operator in making this tunnel not only the deepest but also one of the safest tunnels in Korea.”
