Telent has won a traffic maintenance signal contract in the UK county of West Yorkshire, covering 1,600 sites over a geographical area covering 2,029 km².
West Yorkshire consists of five metropolitan boroughs: the cities of Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield, plus Calderdale and Kirklees.
Telent is to respond to faults such as a signal going down, a lamp going out or a vehicle detector failing to communicate with the centre. It will also visit sites, check the status of relevant assets and make sure they are at full functionality.
Nigel Weldon at Telent says: “We’ve successfully mobilised this project within a very short period to provide these authorities with the support to continue keeping their residents and visitors as safe as possible on the road.”
The agreement runs until March 2025 with the option to extend up to a maximum of eight years. It will be run out of Telent’s Micklefield Regional Service Centre.
“The contract also follows a string of recent successes including five-year extensions to contracts with West Sussex County Council and Kent County Council and a new contract with Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council,” Weldon adds.
Joel Dodsworth, who leads the urban traffic management control team for Leeds City Council says: “Keeping road users safe and journey times efficient is a priority for the council, and with this new contract we are committed to guaranteeing the level of service expected by residents and visitors to the area.”
Telent says the contract also means employment opportunities are being brought to local authority areas, including the City of Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council, Calderdale Council, Kirklees Council, Leeds City Council, and Wakefield Council.
