Azerbaijan to upgrade transport sector through innovations

/By Azernews/

By Nigar Abbasova

Azerbaijan plans to introduce brand new technologies and systems in the transport sector to upgrade the field.

U.S. Wavetronix has offered Azerbaijan a new radar system to monitor traffic, Jake Fillmore, the company's regional sales manager for Eastern Europe, told Trend.

Wavertronix is engaged in creating tools for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) including advanced radar sensors, power and communication solutions and data management appliances.

He added that the company proposes to use different radars, road sensors in Azerbaijan, which enable to monitor the traffic on highways and motorways, as well as city roads.

This detector allows determining the exact number of the vehicles at crossroads, as well as provides forecasts and reports. "This system is widely used in many countries of the world," noted Fillmore, adding that among the CIS cities it is used in Moscow and Astana.

Azerbaijan also plans to introduce the system of toll roads which is innovative for Azerbaijan.

The Baku-Shamakhi-Kurdamir and Baku-Guba leading to the Russian border, Baku-Ganja and Haji Zeynallabdin Tagiyev – Sahil motorroads, will be paid roads. Construction of paid roads presupposes existence of alternative roads, otherwise charging for the use of the road is considered illegal.

The new Alat-Astara highway may be paid in the future as it is considered to be an alternative highway. Alat-Astara-Iran highway is considered an integral part of the transport corridor "North-South". Ongoing works on ground stabilization are currently implemented in the area. Major peculiarity of the highway is absence of residential areas in the territory beginning from entrance of Salyan till Astara-Iranian border. The route is expected to shorten the distance by about 40 km as compared to the previous one.

Work on the construction of underground passages, highway tunnels in the area also draw to a close. Speed limit of toll roads is considered to be at the rate of 120-140-160 kph which is higher as compared to standard roads.

Experts say that toll roads offer a solution to the majority transportation problems. The system of paid roads is widely used in most of the European countries. The number of paid autobahns is steadily increasing all over the world.