The purpose of this project is to expand the Georgia DOT's NaviGAtor System with the construction of33 weather monitoring and reporting devices. Twenty-three of these are along the interstate system and 10 locations are along major state highways (see attached list and Figure 1 for locations). All locations will be capable of reporting general weather conditions.
A typical weather monitoring and reporting system is located 6 - 20 ft from the edge of the existing pavement. The system is pole-mounted and includes wind speed/direction sensors, a precipitation sensor, a closed circuit television camera, an air temperature/relative humidity sensor, and an equipment cabinet. Underground features include 2" steel conduits that will connect with power sources and telephone lines, two pull boxes, a concrete base for the pole, and six 10' grounding rods. Figure 2 is a typical plan. It is important to note that all of these components will be within the existing road right-of-way.
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