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In Lake County, Illinois, a traffic management center (TMC) was constructed to serve at a central hub for all communications related to real-time traffic and maintenance activities used to support advanced traffic management and signal system operations. The data below extracted from Table 9-1 of the source report highlights capital cost items in the preliminary budget.

Budget Item	Capital Cost
TMC PS&E (Plans, Specs. & Engineering) / Construction support (10%)	$125,509
TMC Construction	$1,255,089
Generator and Uninterrupted Power Supply	$150,000
Video Wall	$175,000
TMC Phones	$4,650
TMC console	$59,000
Office Furniture	$22,400
Sub-Total TMC	$1,805,048
Construction of Fiber Optic Infrastructure and Comm. Backbone Equip. (per corridor)	$1,000,000
3 Dynamic message signs	$120,000
3 Highway advisory radios	$120,000
5 CCTV cameras	$100,000
20 Highway advisory radio signs	$10,000
Field Elements and Comm. PS&E (10%)	$267,000
Integration oversight and Mgmt.	$222,000
System integration & ATMS Functions	$850,000
Hardware and COTS Software	$210,000
Signal System - Central (including integration)	$475,000
Signal System - Firmware upgrades	$320,000
Signal Timing	$50,000
Sub-Total Excluding TMC	$3,744,000
Contingency	$227,210
TOTAL	$5,776,258

In addition to the capital costs listed above, the annual O&M costs required to maintain communications between the TMC and field devices using a fiber optic network were estimated at $2,400 per pan-tilt-zoom camera, $1,200 per master controller, and $600 per vehicle detection station camera.

Staffing requirements for the facility were estimated at $120,000 to $130,000 per year for two TMC Operators (initially 2 full time equivalents) as well as system support and administration. Training during the first year of operations was estimated at $20,000.