High-tech highway operations centers gearing up for winter
(MCT) — As winter closes in, the Illinois Tollway's high-tech traffic operations center bristles with action: Images from cameras focused on trouble spots flash on dozens of computer screens, while icons marking accidents glow on an electronic map.
Although weather forecasters are predicting below-normal snowfall with above-average temperatures in Chicago this winter, the experts who monitor the highways in this nerve center aren't sharing that optimism.
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