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Telent awarded traffic signal maintenance contract in Sandwell

Telent Technology Services will provide maintenance services to Sandwell Council’s traffic signal network over the next four years. The £2m deal includes 109 traffic signal junctions, 174 pedestrian crossings and eight journey time monitoring cameras. The agreement sees the company maintain its ten-year contract of supplying maintenance services to Sandwell.
July 9, 2018 Read time: 1 min
525 Telent Technology Services will provide maintenance services to Sandwell Council’s traffic signal network over the next four years. The £2m deal includes 109 traffic signal junctions, 174 pedestrian crossings and eight journey time monitoring cameras.


The agreement sees the company maintain its ten-year contract of supplying maintenance services to Sandwell.

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