The State Automobile Roads Agency of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) installed high-precision sensors of the Q-Free Norwegian company at the site of the Weigh-in-Motion (WiM) complex on the M-02 Kipti-Hlukhiv-Bachivsk road in Chernihiv region.
The Ukravtodor press service told Interfax-Ukraine that the equipment of the IRD company (Canada) was used on the previously installed WiM complexes.
“This is the first experience of Ukrainian specialists working with Norwegian equipment, so the installation took place under surveillance of European supervisors. Sensor systems from the same manufacturer will also be installed at the Weigh-in-Motion facility in Mykolaiv region, on the N-24 Blahovischenske-Mykolaiv road,” Ukravtodor said. In 2020, the State Automobile Roads Agency is scaling a network of WiM sites in all regions of the country: in November, a facility was put into operation in Poltava region on the M-22 Poltava-Oleksandria road. At the second object in Poltava region on the N-31 Dnipro-Tsarychanka-Kobeliaky-Reshetylivka road, the installation of the frame has already been finished, and the hanging of cameras and scanners is starting.
On the M-25 Solomonove-Velyka Dobron-Yanoshi checkpoint in Zakarpattia region is also preparing for the installation of all elements of the WiM system. At the end of 2019, within Ukraine’s cooperation with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the road sector development project), Ukravtodor launched six WiM complexes at the entrances to Kyiv.
The Weigh-in-Motion information collection and analysis system works in real time, recording the weight, dimensions, license plates and speed of vehicles.
Ukrtransbezpeka can use data of WiM sites for setting fines in the “preselection” mode. For automatic processing of fines, it is necessary to improve legislation.
By the end of 2020, the number of WiM sites is planned to be increased to 20 ones throughout Ukraine, and in 2021, according to the plans of Ukravtodor, their number should triple.
