LTA upgrades existing electronic signboards along expressway

It'll also install 70 new e-signboards.

According to a release, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will begin physical works to enhance existing electronic signboards along the expressways. This starts on 16 September 2013, LTA will also install 70 new electronic signboards along four more road corridors as part of the EMAS Arterial project.

Enhancing Existing EMAS

LTA will replace the 380 existing EMAS electronic signboards island-wide with new electronic signboards. 13 new signboards will also be installed. The new signboards will allow for better capability and flexibility in displaying textual messages and simple graphics in up to seven colours (green, red, blue, cyan, purple, yellow and white). 

Extending EMAS Arterial to 4 More Road Corridors

LTA will also install new electronic signboards, also known as EMAS Arterial Variable Message Signs (AVMS), to 4 arterial roads and provide motorists using these 4 roads with real time traffic information. The new AVMS are part of the project to extend the EMAS scheme to 10 arterial road corridors by 2014. Six road corridors have already been installed with AVMS in 2012.

A total of 70 new AVMS will be installed along the 4 road corridors from September 2013 onwards. These selected arterial road corridors are highly utilised by motorists and serve as alternative routes to the expressways. Please refer to Annex A for the list of road corridors.

The extension of the EMAS coverage to major arterial road corridors will bring about better information dissemination and, consequently, better traffic flow on the road network island-wide.