The next one Thursday September 19 The access control system to the historic city will begin operating across the smart terminalsinstalled as part of the Smartiago program.
The terminals will be installed in the streets of CHandles Reais, Algalia de Abaixo, Cardeal Payá, Porta da Pena, San Clemente and Porta Faxeiraall in the direction of entry; in San Fins, San Francisco and Rua das Carretasboth in the input direction and in the output direction; and in Arriba civet and Fonseca passagein the direction of the exit.
This was announced this Thursday by the Councilor for Mobility, Xan Duro, who stressed that with this system they are looking for “control the flow of traffic in the old zone“and make sure they only access”vehicles that have the authorization“.
The advisor explained that the commissioning of the terminals It does not modify the traffic circuits already in force in the historic districtso that the entry and exit points of the vehicles that the neighbors used are maintained. There will also be no changes regarding the different types of cards or the established access times.
Xan Duro recalled that before the terminals were put into service, the Traffic Department opened the process of renewing access cards, “An update that has not been done in the last 20 years, so the databases also included cards of people who do not reside in the area or vehicles that are not in circulation.“. A circumstance which, as the advisor pointed out, “made difficult or controlled two accesses“.
Currently, a total of 1,371 access cardsof which 653 are for residents; 367 are for commercial and professional use; 185 are transits and stopovers and 157 are linked to the Plaza de Abastos, so they have authorized access through the Plaza de San Fiz. In addition, nine cards are granted for family reasons.
Various delays
The head of Mobility explained that the implementation of the system suffered several delays due to the need to reconfigure the database system of the registration plates of the vehicles authorized to access, so as to ensure the automatic updating of any changes.
The new system also integrates the San Pedro Street license plate reader. In addition, system databases such as images from access control cameras and the telephone system have been moved from external servers to municipal servers.
