Georgia DoT to award five traffic signal contracts

Virtual information session for interested parties takes place on 27 May

By Adam Hill May 18, 2020 Read time: 1 min

Traffic signal contracts up for grabs in Georgia (© Tzogia Kappatou | Dreamstime.com)

Georgia Department of Transportation (GDoT)’s Office of Traffic Operations plans to award five contracts related to traffic signal operations this year.

To give potential proposers an understanding of the contract needs, it will hold a virtual information session on 27 May at 1pm local time using Microsoft Teams.

GDoT staff will describe the full programme, including details of goals and proposed schedule, and will answer questions.

Three of the contracts will be for the Metro Atlanta area, with two state-wide traffic signal operations support programmes also on the table.

For questions about the traffic signal and support contracts, contact Metro Atlanta signal operations engineer Kate Shearin at [email protected]

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