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TITLEInteragency Communications

PROJECT CODE10a-1A, 11a-1A, 12a-1A, 13a-1A, 14a-1A, 15a-1A and 16a-1A

COMMITTEEPolicy and Strategic Planning

YEAR FUNDEDYear 16 - FY 2008, Year 15 - FY 2007, Year 14 - FY 2006, Year 13 - FY 2005, Year 12 - FY 2004, Year 11 - FY 2003, Year 10 - FY 2002, Year 9 - FY 2001, Year 8 - FY 2000, Year 7 - FY 1999, Year 6 - FY 1998, Year 5 - FY 1997, Year 4 - FY 1996, Year 3 - FY 1995

Year 3 Budget:$150,000
Year 4 Budget:$150,000
Year 5 Budget:$45,000
Year 6 Budget:$150,000
Year 7 Budget:$330,000
Year 8 Budget:$400,000
Year 9 Budget:$430,000
Year 10 Budget:$350,000
Year 11 Budget:$425,000
Year 12 Budget:$466,000
Year 13 Budget:$450,000
Year 14 Budget:$465,000
Year 15 Budget:$500,000
Year 16 Budget:$400,000

STATUSActive

DESCRIPTION

To provide incident information dissemination services among Coalition member agencies about transportation incidents that have regional impact.


CONTACTS
Procurement Agency: NJDOT
Project Contact: Raymond Ruggieri. Marygrace Parker, I-95 Coalition.
TITLEInteragency Communications

PROJECT CODE10a-1A, 11a-1A, 12a-1A, 13a-1A, 14a-1A, 15a-1A and 16a-1A

PROJECT DATES
Project Start: 1994
Expected Completion: On-going

Year 3 Budget:$150,000
Year 4 Budget:$150,000
Year 5 Budget:$45,000
Year 6 Budget:$150,000
Year 7 Budget:$330,000
Year 8 Budget:$400,000
Year 9 Budget:$430,000
Year 10 Budget:$350,000
Year 11 Budget:$425,000
Year 12 Budget:$466,000
Year 13 Budget:$450,000
Year 14 Budget:$465,000
Year 15 Budget:$500,000
Year 16 Budget:$400,000

OBJECTIVES
• Monitor the server for messaging and communication errors.
• Identify agencies experiencing problems in sending and receiving messages and proactively resolve problem.
• Provide a 24 hour support line (via TRANSCOM’s existing 800 service) for IEN users
• Provide three business day response-time with replacement parts or on-site visit for equipment failures
• Maintain a log of IEN operations and maintenance activities
• Monitor IEN database
• Update and maintain the IEN Database.
• Archive IEN data.
• Update and maintain the IEN message distribution list.
• Conduct on-site visits to agency operations centers for training and IEN workstation support.
• Providing usage reports to regional HOGS meetings
• Provide 24-hour interagency regional incident confirmation and notification; incident response coordination and resource management (VMS, HAR coordination)
• Provide 24-hour operations-related communication, coordination, and general I-95 member agency support functions during major incidents.
• Provide operational integration of those ITS systems and the resulting data into its incident notification.
• Maintain a log of operational activities and notifications.
• Support Regional Hogs meetings for incident reviews and to ensure continue agency participation
• Providing usage reports to regional HOGS meetings

SCOPE

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END OF PROJECT SUMMARY

After a successful relationship, the “interim” designation became a permanent arrangement. The number of regional incidents communicated to TRANSCOM from member agencies for dissemination to other agencies steadily increased. Discussions about responsibilities, what agencies want to know about which incidents, etc. were facilitated so that procedures were adopted that respected the needs and autonomy of the agencies, while still providing a valuable interagency service.

TRANSCOM handled 6,482 statewide (outside the 29 county TRANSCOM region) incidents for the I-95 Corridor Coalition out of a total of 30,061 incidents TRANSCOM managed in 2004.

TRANSCOM also operated the Coalition’s Interim Communications Center 24 hours/day, 7 days/week during 2004.

Deliverables: TRANSCOM handled 6,482 incidents, maintained the logs, monitored the databases, and provided the 24-hour support line.


ACTIONS

During 2004, TRANSCOM has become intimately familiar with the needs of the I-95 CC agencies, particularly the operational and technical issues they face. TRANSCOM has built an important relationship with each of the IEN users and with agency operational staff. TRANSCOM has also demonstrated the value of incident management and interagency notification.


FINAL PROJECT EXPENDITURES
Year 5 Amount Spent: $124,218 (original budget supplemented with $79,218 from Year 5 Project 7A).
Year 7 - 330,000 (includes 180K for IEN)
Year 8 - 400,000 (includes 180K for IEN)
Year 9 - $430,000 (includes IEN)
Year 11 - $425,000 (includes the cost of the phone lines and the 800 phone number).