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Northern New England Creates Road Portal for Drivers

New England Compass

Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire have introduced a new driving tool that provides real time updates on driving conditions.

The New England Compass system pulls data from a variety of sources and maps out adverse road conditions. It collects data from dispatchers, sensors and cameras throughout northern New England.

The map includes everything from road conditions to future construction. It also includes the locations of traffic cameras and the information on message signs on the road.

Drivers can use the website, NewEngland511.org, to track the information. They can also create their own trips and get alerts for those routes, according to Denise Markow of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.

Drivers can register on the website can input addresses and routes that they can routinely check. They can also choose to get text or email updates for these specific trips. 

"Anytime there's an incident or any roadwork or any abnormal congestion that's going to be on that roadway, you can get an alert sent either to your phone or to your email," Markow said.

Connecticut currently has a similar interactive site, where users can click on traffic updates and other information. The site does not cross state lines, and it does not include the option to create trips. 

Connecticut's interactive travel map

Markow said they plan to get more information for New England Compass by working more closely with police and responders.

The states collaborated for three years to create the system. 

Katie Burns is an intern at WNPR. This report includes information originally published at New Hampshire Public Radio

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