Oxfordshire chooses Telent to maintain traffic signal network

Oxfordshire County Council has chosen Telent Technology Services (Telent) to provide efficient maintenance, supply and install traffic signalling equipment as well as a range of on-street ITS equipment across the county. The five-year project aims to improve traffic flows and reduce congestion, journey times and pollution levels. Telent met with the Council on 9 February to discuss rapid mobilisation of the contract. Plans are already in place to take over the necessary works. Nigel Weldon, business
April 6, 2018 Read time: 1 min

Oxfordshire County Council has chosen 525 Telent Technology Services (Telent) to provide efficient maintenance, supply and install traffic signalling equipment as well as a range of on-street ITS equipment across the county. The five-year project aims to improve traffic flows and reduce congestion, journey times and pollution levels.

Telent met with the Council on 9 February to discuss rapid mobilisation of the contract. Plans are already in place to take over the necessary works.

Nigel Weldon, business development director for telent’s Traffic business, said: “This new win is a great achievement for telent as the incumbent contractor had held the contract for a number of years. We’re excited and looking forward to working closely with Oxfordshire County Council to secure the consistent smooth running & improvement of their road networks in this prestigious region.”

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