{"id":7614,"date":"2020-08-07T05:09:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T05:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7614"},"modified":"2020-08-07T05:09:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T05:09:54","slug":"nsw-secures-its-place-as-the-smart-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/08\/07\/nsw-secures-its-place-as-the-smart-state\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW SECURES ITS PLACE AS THE SMART STATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW government will build smart technology into infrastructure and buildings to create jobs, cut traffic and commute times, slash water bills, reduce crime and boost the economy.<br \/>\nThe Australian-first Smart Places Strategy and Smart Infrastructure Policy will see sensors and technology built into cities. Examples of potential benefits include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smart traffic signaling, real time route planning and sensors on parking spots reducing commute times up to 20 per cent;<\/li>\n<li>Smart meters and real time alerts allowing residents to reduce water waste and use by up to 30 per cent;<\/li>\n<li>Advanced digital models to reduce construction costs and improve planning; and<\/li>\n<li>Real-time air quality sensors providing health providers with localised information, helping reduce hospital admissions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello said the strategies would improve quality of life and boost the COVID-19 recovery.<br \/>\n\u201cWhether it\u2019s easing cost of living pressure for households, busting congestion or improving health outcomes for communities, technology is the new weapon in our arsenal,\u201d Mr Dominello said.<br \/>\n\u201cData and precision modelling is just as important as bricks and mortar. Information is power and technology should be embedded in every major infrastructure project.<br \/>\n\u201cSimilar strategies have worked effectively in other global centres including Dublin, Barcelona and Boston. We cannot be spectators on the sidelines \u2013 we must lead in this arena.\u201d<br \/>\nThe strategies build on the State Government\u2019s commitment to making NSW a digital capital. Other examples include the launch of one of the world\u2019s largest Spatial Digital Twin, and a record $240 million investment in cyber security.<br \/>\nBoth strategies can be viewed at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpie.nsw.gov.au\/smartplaces\">www.dpie.nsw.gov.au\/smartplaces<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW government will build smart technology into infrastructure and buildings to create jobs, cut traffic and commute times, slash water bills, reduce crime and boost the economy. The Australian-first Smart Places Strategy and Smart Infrastructure Policy will see sensors and technology built into cities. Examples of potential benefits include: Smart traffic signaling, real time &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/08\/07\/nsw-secures-its-place-as-the-smart-state\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NSW SECURES ITS PLACE AS THE SMART STATE&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}