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Solar Traffic Controls upgrades high-water flashers for City of Tucson

TEMPE, AZ - 08/10/2005 - The City of Tucson recently completed an upgrade to its existing high-water crossing flashers. The flashers are used primarily during the summer monsoon rains that can cause flooding at unbridged crossings. Previously, a Streets department employee would have to drive to the site to turn on the flashers using a short-range radio remote. The upgrade consisted of adding a paging activation device to trigger the flashers using any telephone available and a set of code numbers for security. The software in the receivers allows the user to group the units so they can be turn on individually, in groups by location, by drainage or city wide. When flooding at the crossings is imminent the flashers are called and activated by the Streets department.

Solar Traffic Controls provided the flasher systems and used a Nighthawk Systems paging receiver package. The city also chose to purchase an additional four units to be installed at two additional crossings around town. Recurring costs are minimal as all of the units are on one paging account and cost approximately $35 per quarter to operate. The change simplifies the system since any telephone, cell or land line, becomes a viable remote for controlling the systems.

About Solar Traffic Controls, LLC
Solar Traffic Controls (STC) designs and manufactures solar-powered traffic control systems for city, state and federal DOTs. Its primary products are solar-powered flashing beacon systems used for school zones and 24-hour applications. What sets STC's systems apart from its competitors: technical merit. For more information, please visit www.solar-traffic-controls.com

About the City of Tucson DOT
The Tucson Department of Transportation (TDOT) keeps Tucson moving smoothly and safely. Its nearly 400 employees oversee the maintenance and reconstruction of nearly 4,400 lane miles of streets, and are responsible for hundreds of drainage structures, public art pieces, street lights and signs, and traffic signs and signals in Tucson, Arizona.

About Nighthawk Systems, Inc.
Nighthawk Systems designs and manufactures proprietary lines of innovative and intelligent wireless controls that remotely turn "on" and "off" any electrical device. The use of commonly available paging or satellite signals allows cost effective activation of electrical products from any telephone or PC anywhere in the world. For more information visit www.nighthawksystems.com.

 

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