The construction of Phase 1 of the Hattiesburg ITS Project was completed on May 23, 2005. Phase 1 consisted of the installation of computer hardware and software at the Hattiesburg Traffic Management Center (TMC) and fiber optic cable installed underground in conduit over a 2.4 mile stretch of Hardy Street from downtown Hattiesburg to Highway 49. The fiber optic cable installation included pullboxes and fiber drops at 6 existing traffic signals along the 2.4 mile stretch of Hardy Street.

The cost to install Phase 1 was $608,252.60 and it included:

• The cost associated with the TMC: $238,000
• The installation of a 4" HDPE roll pipe conduit with (3) 1 ¼" interducts with a 48 count single-mode fiber optic cable installed through one of the interducts: $112,500 per mile,