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Dynniq to deliver communications technology on South West motorway network

Highways England has awarded the South West region 4 year Construction Work Framework Lot 6 (Technology) to Dynniq, comprising Areas 1 and 2, the largest Highways England operating area covering 11 per cent of the strategic road, totalling 230 miles from Cheltenham to Penzance. The technology being installed covers the full range of field based solutions from Highways England’s portfolio including message signs, incident detection, CCTV, trunk road traffic signals, weather systems, emergency telephones, com
July 19, 2017 Read time: 1 min
8101 Highways England has awarded the South West region 4 year Construction Work Framework Lot 6 (Technology) to 8343 Dynniq, comprising Areas 1 and 2, the largest Highways England operating area covering 11 per cent of the strategic road, totalling 230 miles from Cheltenham to Penzance.


The technology being installed covers the full range of field based solutions from Highways England’s portfolio including message signs, incident detection, CCTV, trunk road traffic signals, weather systems, emergency telephones, communications and power.  The team will construct new sites, chambers and ducting; install and test the technology; handover to maintenance; and operate with a Principal Contractor team structure.

The framework is structured to enable the key delivery partners (across a combination of 12 separate Lots) to work together in developing schemes, providing infrastructure and commissioning technology, in a safe, efficient and cost effective manner.

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