Looks
like HD CCTV Camera Network that'll possibly facilitate an Automated Traffic
Ticketing System as predicted in my Geezam blog
article entitled “Jamaica’s
National Security Ministry plans CCTV Network and Automated Traffic Ticketing
System” is set to become a reality after all.
Fiber
Optic Ring is being built for a HD CCTV Camera Network in the Kingston and St.
Andrew area as noted in the article “Fibre
optic Ring being built around Corporate Area”, published January 21, 2016, Loop Jamaica.
State
Minister in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Dr. Morais Guy made mention of
this during a People’s National Party Town Hall Meeting at the Sts Peter and
Paul Church in St Andrew on Wednesday January 20th 2015.
He
also dropped details on the layout of the micro-trenching work being done for
the laying of the Fiber Optic cable to provision the Fiber Optic Network into
service that might involve HD CCTV Cameras, quote: “We are undergoing a
programme within the Ministry. We are doing something about signalised
intersections. We have been establishing a fibre optic Ring around the KSA
(Kingston and St Andrew) and so far our fibre optic duct network has extended
as far east as Bull Bay, to the west Spanish Town Road, to the east also Papine
and downtown”
He
also hinted at a collab with the Ministry of National Security, suggesting that
this is more than just catching people for breaking traffic lights and issuing speeding
ticket, quote: “We are collaborating with the Ministry of National security
because we are going to be using this, when we light those fibres, because we
are not only using this for traffic lights and traffic control but we are going
to be using this for security purposes”.
This
is basically a very wide Fiber Optic Network covering most of KS (Kingston and
St. Andrew):
1.
Bull Bay
2.
Spanish Town Road
3.
Papine
4.
Downtown Kingston
He
also dropped some details on soon-to-be-implemented traffic changes in the
corporate area, quote: “We are also looking at a bigger picture. Marcus Garvey
between East Street and Water lane in downtown, Kingston is being expanded from
four lanes to six lanes. We are going to be widening sections of Barbican Lane
between Acadia up to the entrance to Jacks Hill. We are going to be having a T
junction at AzMart so we won’t have that circle going around,”
The
traffic changes are naturally expected, as Boys and Girls Champs 2016 as well
as other sporting events are on the calendar.
The
availability of tickets for the event even has Dr Patrick Dallas (left),
president of the KC Old Boys' association and David Miller (centre), president
of the Calabar Old Boys' Association and Collin Greenland, treasurer of the
Jamaica College Old Boys' association all worked up about tickets as reported
in the article “Big
Three Want More Champs Tickets”, published Wednesday January 20, 2016, by
Dania Bogle, The Jamaica Gleaner.
But
what did State Minister in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Morais Guy mean
by “collaborating with the Ministry of National security” so as to use the
Fiber Optic Network “for security
purposes”?
State Minister Dr.
Morais Guy KSA Fiber Optic Networks - How HD CCTV Cameras may herald Automated
Traffic Ticketing System
Coincidentally,
this was a day after I was interviewed on Newstalk 93 FM on Tuesday January
19th 20157:15am with regards to my article on the JCF (Jamaica Constabulary
Force) wearing Body Cameras way back in January 2014 as per my blog article
entitled “Why
Min. of National Security having Jamaican Police with Body Cameras is INDECOM
‘s Eyes and Ears”.
During
that interview, I made mention of a possible configuration for the very same Fiber
Optic Network being used for the NWA's PEN as well as GovNET (Government
Network) as explained in my blog article
entitled “How
US Gov US$400,000 Body Cameras, HD CCTV Camera Network, NWA PEN, GOVnet are
connected”.
GovNET
is a inter-Ministry and Agency Fiber Optic and Wireless Network being developed
to reduce the cost of communications as well as the expenditure on paper
similar to Barbados as explained in my blog article
entitled “Digicel
to build Barbados Government Wide Area Network while rolling out Digicel Play”.
I
also made the connection to the declaration by Police Commissioner Dr Carl
Williams during a Press Conference on Sunday January 15th 2016 of plans to have
Jamaica Police wearing Body Cameras as reported in the article “Some
Cops To Wear Body Cameras Come March”, Published Saturday January 16, 2016,
The Jamaica Gleaner.
This
Fiber Optic Ring is a part of the NWA (National Work Agency) efforts to
synchronize their electronic traffic signals across the island, allowing them
to control all traffic lights across the island from one NOC (Network Operation
Center).
It
might also be a part of a long term plan to build out the NWA's PEN (Public
Emergency Network) as explained in my blog article
entitled “National
Work Agency building islandwide Public Emergency Network - Early indications of
GOVNet WAN and ITA-run Automated Traffic Ticketing System”.
So
while everyone was quite surprised, I had been long expecting this Fiber Optic
Network to be built, giving the JCF (Jamaica Constabulary Force) more eyes in
more places as well as improve traffic islandwide as predicted in my blog article
entitled “GOJ
to upgrade NWA's CCTV Traffic Monitoring Network to give Police more eyes in
Private Places - The Da Vinci Code for Automated Traffic Ticketing System and
1984”.
Still,
I’d be very interested to hear the progress that the Ministry of Science,
Technology, Energy and Mining and the Ministry of Transport and Works are
making on the deployment of GovNET to reduce the cost of telecommunications
within the Government of Jamaica.
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