The new signals will be installed at three-way, four-way and five-way junctions in the three Commissionerate of Cyberabad, Rachakonda and Hyderabad.

The GHMC will soon set up advanced smart traffic signals at 155 junctions across city in addition to the existing 221 traffic signals in the city. This apart, about 100 pelican signals too are being set up in different areas.

The push to set up new traffic signals comes following traffic police and experts have expressed displeasure over the operations of the already existing traffic signals. To this effect, a board of senior officials, including those from traffic and GHMC, was formed to study the current traffic signals being used in Bengaluru and other metro cities and make recommendations.

The new integrated Adoptive Traffic Signal Control (ASTC) will be synchronized with the Command Control Centre coming up at Banjara Hills. The new system will indicate high traffic areas and the time frequency to change the signals to ensure smooth flow of traffic.

More importantly, officials can monitor the entire proceedings on the dashboard on real time basis, he said, adding that the idea was to install the new signals in a year once the agreement was signed.

The new signals will be installed at three-way, four-way and five-way junctions in the three Commissionerate of Cyberabad, Rachakonda and Hyderabad.

The GHMC Standing Committee has already approved the plans of setting up 155 traffic signals and 98 pelican signals at a cost of Rs 59 crore. Among the 98 pelican signals proposed, 28 are to be installed in Hyderabad, 39 in Cyberabad and 31 in the Rachakonda Police Commissionerate jurisdictions.

Adaptive traffic control system (ATCS) is a traffic management strategy in which traffic signal timing changes, or adapts, based on actual traffic demand. This is accomplished using an adaptive traffic control system consisting of both hardware and software.