SVTC Project Matrix Key
No. 1

MPMS #: 62616

PROJECT: I-76 Transportation System Management Improvements

MUNICIPALITIES: Various

START YEAR: 2005

END YEAR: 2008

DESCRIPTION: This project will provide for the installation of fiber optic cable in order to provide high speed communication. This project will build on work initiated under the ITS Schuylkill Expressway Corridor project (TIP #0581 and MPMS #51095) which were the initial planning phases. The purpose of the overall I-76 Schuylkill Expressway Corridor ITS project is to improve traffic management and congestion mitigation in the event of an incident on the Schuykill Expressway, and includes addressing the need for transportation system management improvements on parallel routes and integration of local & state TSM systems. Cameras, variable message signs, and other ITS hardware are not included in the utility phase. This project will fund the installation of the fiber optic network in four different areas: 1) Via Ridge Pike to connect the PENNDOT District 6 Traffic Control Center in King of Prussia to the Montgomery County Emergency Operations Center (EOC), 2) Route 23 between Route 1 (at the Philadelphia/Lower Merion Border) and West Conshohocken, 3) City Avenue from Route 23 to I-76, and 4) from City Avenue to tie in to the City of Philadelphia’s fiber network.