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Live Traffic NSW announces expansion

Avoiding long waits in NSW traffic will hopefully get another boost with the state government announcing 32 more municipalities to receive Life Traffic NSW training.
Since October 2022, 25 council areas in the state have been employing Live Traffic NSW systems on their roads, which provide up-to-date wait times and incidents on main roads.
About 5500 road incidents have been communicated since then.

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NSW Regional Transport and Roads Minister Sam Farraway said the unveiling of Live Traffic NSW was fast-tracked due to the impacts major flooding has had on much of the region.
“This means councils like Bourke, Dubbo and Forbes will be able to upload road closure and incident information to Live Traffic NSW in real time, which feeds data into third party apps like Google Maps, Waze and Tom Tom,” he said.
“13 of the 32 councils can be uploading their data from January 23 while the remaining 19 are undergoing training to be able to do the same from February 23.
“We know Live Traffic NSW is vital during emergency events. When major flooding started late last year, sessions on Live Traffic NSW increased up to 10-fold, so getting more accurate data for all of our roads in the one place is a big win for travellers.”

For more information, including which 32 councils have been added, visit nsw.gov.au

 

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