Following the encouraging results, PUB plans to extend the trial with 15 more sensors deployed at roadsides in locations prone to flooding.
The agency is also exploring deploying the sensors outside residential properties to provide earlier alerts for residents to protect their properties and vehicles.
The extended trial will also examine how road flood sensors can be integrated with existing monitoring measures – water level sensors and closed-circuit television (CCTV) video analytics – into a single, automated flood monitoring and alerting system.
“The integrated approach aims to improve the accuracy and timeliness of flood detection,” PUB said in a press release.
“This would provide better situational awareness for flood response operations, and facilitate earlier flood alerts to the public.
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