Colorado Broadband Summit CDOT Fiber Optic Infrastructure

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Colorado Broadband Summit CDOT Fiber Optic
Infrastructure Partnerships November 16,
2007
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CDOTs Statewide Fiber Optic Infrastructure
CDOT Priority CorridorsI-25 Ft. Collins to
Pueblo SH 82 Glenwood to AspenI-70 Vail to
Kansas US 34 Denver to GreeleyUS 36 Denver to
Boulder C470 I-25 to I-70 I-76 Denver
Metro Hwy 285 C470 to Santa Fe
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CDOTsStatewide ITS Infrastructure Enables us to
Deploy/Manage

• Variable Message Signs
• Closed Circuit Television Cameras
• Highway Advisory Radios
• Ramp Meters/Automatic Traffic Recorders/Speed
  Maps/ Trip Travel Times
• Weather Stations
• Call Boxes
• Courtesy Patrol
• Weigh-in-Motion Scales (POE/CVO)
• Wireless communications
• Business Transportation Traffic
• Partner with news stations, radio, traffic
  companies, others
• COTRIP.org 511 Statewide Traveler Information
  Automated Phone System

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Colorado Statutes

• CRS 29-1-203
• Colorado Constitution, Article 14, Sec 18
• Governments may cooperate to achieve together
  what would be too costly to achieve
  independently.

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Partnerships with Public Entities

• Denver, Lakewood, Colorado Springs, Littleton,
  Aurora, Greenwood Village
• RTD, Douglas County, Arapahoe County
• Higher Education - CSU, CU, School of Mines
• Elementary Education - EC BOCES
• E470 Authority, NW Pkwy and DIA
• CSP and local law enforcement
• Dept. of Local Affairs/OEM Welcome Centers

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CDOTs 2035Transportation Plan (1)

• Key items planned for, but not funded
• ITS Statewide Enabling Infrastructure
• Integrate Major TMCs (CTMC, EJT, HLT Colo Spgs)
• Deploy Fiber Optic Cable Backbone
• Connect existing and deployed devices

• Statewide Traveler Information System
• Collect/Disseminate Traffic, Road Condition,
  Weather Construction Information
• (1) Included in ITS Technical Report,
  scheduled for adoption in March 2008

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Maintenance Needs for Infrastructure Deployment

• Annual Operations/Maintenance Infrastructure
  Needs
• 10-20
• CDOT ITS Focus Areas
• Additional Operations Maintenance
• Due to Additional Deployment (Fiber Devices)
• Requires Increased Maintenance Budget
• Develop Agreements/Administration
• Populate Priority Corridors

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Questions?