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(Albany, NY – December 13, 2006) –The New York State police announced today, the completion of the replacement of emergency call boxes along Interstate 87, northbound and southbound, between exits 26 and 35. Wells Communications of Plattsburgh, N.Y. worked with the New York State Police to install the system.
The new, fully functional call boxes utilize a UHF two-way radio network to connect a motorist at a call box to a Communication Specialist at a State Police dispatch center. The call boxes are A.D.A. compliant and each call box contains operating instructions in English, French and Spanish.
The project began on August 28th, 2006 and was installed and tested in three phases. The call boxes are located approximately every 2 miles along the northbound and southbound lanes of the Northway between Exits 26 and 35. The radios replace the older non-functional emergency call boxes, which had not been in service since 2001.