Project 5.3: Consistent and Coordinated DMS Use (2011) provided information about DMS locations, operating procedures, and messages in each member state.
Recently Washington DOT started looking into the coordination at neighboring borders.
- In the Spokane region, there are ongoing conversations with Idaho if there is a crash at the border.
- Washington owns and operates a VMS in Idaho.
- South of the Spokane area there is not collaboration, but they are onboard to start a discussion as a result of the efforts from North/West Passage Project 5.3.
There is coordination in other North/West Passage members states (both with urban areas and rural areas at the borders).
This project would document the border coordination that already occurs between North/West Passage states for incident/event management and would encourage and initiate similar discussions for additional border crossings. The intended outcome of the project is:
- To understand what cross border coordination is already agreed upon.
- To encourage more cross border coordination and to be as uniform as possible initiating discussions in this project with the intent that they carry on and reach coordination plans.
To document this in an easy to read/access format for all members. Document agreements such as phrases used on DMS with those located in bordering states.
Deliverables
- In progress
nwpassage.info 