St. Lucie County Public Works

Description: The St. Lucie County Public Works Department is responsible for the engineering, construction and maintenance of the County's numerous roads, bridges and canals, along with the traffic signals and signs that support them.

Inventory Elements:

• St. Lucie County Field Equipment
• St. Lucie County TMC
• St. Lucie County Traffic Signal System

Projects:

• South Florida ICM
• St. Lucie ATMS
• St. Lucie ATMS Phase 1
• St. Lucie County CCTV Expansion
• St. Lucie County Fiber Optic Cable Expansion
• St. Lucie County TMC

Roles and Responsibilities:

Incident Management (Traffic and Maintenance) for Southeast Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT Districts 4 and 6
• Adjust signal timing patterns in response to incidents.
• Perform network surveillance for incident detection and verification, and send traffic/incident information and traffic images to local and county public safety agencies and EOCs.
• Coordinate incident response for incidents on or adjacent to county-owned roadways with public works departments, public safety agencies, and EOCs in surrounding counties and municipalities, including response for scheduled events.
• Provide incident information to other traffic management and public safety agencies.
• Coordinate maintenance resource response to incidents on county-owned roadways with county and local public safety agencies.
• Provide incident information to travelers via traffic information devices on county-owned roadways (e.g., DMS and HAR equipment), and through local ISPs and Web sites.
• Provide maintenance resources in response to incidents on county-operated arterials.

Information Dissemination for Southeast Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT Districts 4 and 6
• Coordinate emergency plans, incident responses, and resources with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate evacuation and re-entry plans with the county EOC/warning point.
• Provide traffic and road network information to local transit agencies, including St. Lucie Community Transit.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using St. Lucie County DMS devices.
• Provide traffic information to travelers via the county public information system, private companies, Florida 511, and the media.

South Florida ICM Roles and Responsibilities
• Operate traffic signal systems on county-owned arterials, as well as some municipal arterials.
• Collect traffic data from the traffic signal system sensors.
• Coordinate HRI signal adjustments.
• Provide signal preemption for emergency vehicles.
• Provide signal priority for transit vehicles.
• Interconnect with City of Port St. Lucie and City of Fort Pierce traffic signal systems.
• Share traffic information with agenices in St. Lucie County.
• Coordinate traffic management with agenices in St. Lucie County.

St. Lucie Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS) Roles and Responsibilities
• Share traffic information with agenices in St. Lucie County.
• Coordinate traffic management with agenices in St. Lucie County.

St. Lucie County CCTV Expansion Roles and Responsibilities
• Install and maintain CCTV cameras.
• Use images from CCTV cameras for traffic management.

St. Lucie County Fiber Optic Cable Expansion Roles and Responsibilities (Copy 1)
• Operate traffic signal systems on county-owned arterials, as well as some municipal arterials.
• Collect traffic data from the traffic signal system sensors.
• Coordinate HRI signal adjustments.
• Provide signal preemption for emergency vehicles.
• Provide signal priority for transit vehicles.
• Interconnect with City of Port St. Lucie and City of Fort Pierce traffic signal systems.

St. Lucie County TMC Roles and Responsibilities
• Adjust signal timing patterns in response to incidents.
• Operate traffic signal systems on county-owned arterials, as well as some municipal arterials.
• Collect traffic data from the traffic signal system sensors.
• Perform network surveillance for incident detection and verification, and send traffic/incident information and traffic images to local and county public safety agencies and EOCs.
• Coordinate emergency plans, incident responses, and resources with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate evacuation and re-entry plans with the county EOC/warning point.
• Coordinate HRI signal adjustments.
• Coordinate incident response for incidents on or adjacent to county-owned roadways with public works departments, public safety agencies, and EOCs in surrounding counties and municipalities, including response for scheduled events.
• Provide incident information to other traffic management and public safety agencies.
• Coordinate maintenance resource response to incidents on county-owned roadways with county and local public safety agencies.
• Provide incident information to travelers via traffic information devices on county-owned roadways (e.g., DMS and HAR equipment), and through local ISPs and Web sites.
• Provide maintenance and construction information to the traveling public through roadside equipment (e.g., DMS and HAR devices) and traveler information systems.
• Provide maintenance resources in response to incidents on county-operated arterials.
• Provide signal preemption for emergency vehicles.
• Provide signal priority for transit vehicles.
• Provide traffic and road network information to local transit agencies, including St. Lucie Community Transit.
• Interconnect with City of Port St. Lucie and City of Fort Pierce traffic signal systems.
• Install and maintain CCTV cameras.
• Use images from CCTV cameras for traffic management.
• Share traffic information with agenices in St. Lucie County.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using St. Lucie County DMS devices.
• Coordinate traffic management with agenices in St. Lucie County.
• Provide traffic information to travelers via the county public information system, private companies, Florida 511, and the media.

Traffic Signal Control for Southeast Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT Districts 4 and 6
• Operate traffic signal systems on county-owned arterials, as well as some municipal arterials.
• Collect traffic data from the traffic signal system sensors.
• Coordinate HRI signal adjustments.
• Provide signal preemption for emergency vehicles.
• Provide signal priority for transit vehicles.
• Interconnect with City of Port St. Lucie and City of Fort Pierce traffic signal systems.

Traveler Information for Southeast Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT Districts 4 and 6
• Provide maintenance and construction information to the traveling public through roadside equipment (e.g., DMS and HAR devices) and traveler information systems.