In brief:

• The ACT has a Traffic Management Centre.
• Centre staff monitor traffic flow around the territory and make changes to traffic signals as needed.
• This article contains more about the traffic management process.

The ACT’s Traffic Management Centre is the nerve centre for the road network.

For 12 hours a day, centre staff monitor traffic flow on 30 screens, from over 130 CCTV cameras.

They make changes to traffic signals as needed. This helps reduce congestion and improve travel times for motorists.

Staff work with a range of different people, including bus drivers and construction project managers, to do so.

There are several major public and private construction projects underway in the city. The Centre plays an integral role in ensuring motorists, pedestrians and cyclists get where they need to safely and efficiently.

Traffic Management Centre insights

• Fewer people are on the roads on Mondays and Fridays.
• Wednesdays are the busiest day on the roads.
• Peak travel times on weekdays are from 7.30am to 9.30am and 4pm to 6pm. If you can, it's best to try to travel outside of this time.
• Routes into the western side of the city, including Edinburgh Avenue and Marcus Clarke Street, are particularly busy in the morning and evening peak times. Motorists are encouraged to take alternate routes where possible.

Keeping Canberrans informed

Hundreds of Bluetooth ‘sniffers’ on the road network also give live anonymous travel time data to the centre.

This data is then placed on variable message signs, including on the Monaro Highway and Tuggeranong Parkway.

They state how long it will take to get to the city via different routes.

Centre staff are always prepared to respond and coordinate with relevant agencies in case of:

• an accident
• a vehicle breakdown
• a special event
• congestion
• debris on the road
• hazards related to weather.

Stay up to date on travel changes in the city at the Built for CBR website.

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