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Highway advisory radio system : Alberta experience

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In 1998, a low-power FM radio broadcast transmitter was installed and tested near Valleyview on Hwy 43, to warn travellers of inclement road and weather conditions and construction or maintenance... More ≫

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In 1998, a low-power FM radio broadcast transmitter was installed and tested near Valleyview on Hwy 43, to warn travellers of inclement road and weather conditions and construction or maintenance activities. This Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) broadcast transmitter had a range of eight kilometres. The resulting report recommended that a portable HAR be evaluated on moving construction/ maintenance projects. This project follows up on that recommendation and documents the use of a portable HAR system on six mobile highway construction projects in Alberta.

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