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ROADS & HIGHWAYS
SWARCO UK & Ireland awarded
new long-term Intelligent Transport
Systems (ITS)agreement with Suffolk
County Council
contract is a significant milestone
for SWARCO and testament to
the knowledge and expertise of its
Suffolk-based delivery team that has
helped foster a long-term working
partnership with Suffolk County
Council:
Dr Paul Deffley
“The contract win was a real
team effort drawing upon the local
knowledge and expertise of our
Suffolk-based delivery team, ensuring
our delivery model was tailored
to the exact requirements of the
contract and its day-to-day needs.
Our technology team developed
and delivered a clear ITS roadmap,
which includes the introduction of our
MyCity system to handle Urban Traffic
Control operations and traffic signage
control.
“We look forward to our continued
partnership, helping to deliver greater
ITS efficiency to the benefit of the
local community. We continue to
invest in the Suffolk area with a local
service centre, several local charity
partnerships, and recently becoming
SWARCO UK & Ireland, the UK’s
leading intelligent traffic solution
and technology business, has
signed a significant long-term
partnership agreement with
Suffolk County Council to
deliver, install and maintain
Intelligent Transport Systems
(ITS) throughout the county over
the next 10 years.
iThe new contract, which extends
SWARCO’s working relationship with
Suffolk County Council to more than
30 years, has been expanded from
previous iterations to deliver innovative
transport systems to provide greater
benefits to the Suffolk taxpayer.
Alongside fault attendance,
planned maintenance and traffic
signal upgrades, different sign types
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including Vehicle Activated Signs
(VAS) and Variable Message Signs
(VMS), CCTV, Air Quality and Weather
Station monitoring, SWARCO will also
provide the county council with its
Urban Traffic Management Control
(UTMC) system, SWARCO MyCity,
providing a long-term innovative
solution to controlling, monitoring
and managing Suffolk’s entire
portfolio of ITS assets.
John Clements, Assistant
Director of Highways Services at
Suffolk County Council, says: “ITS
is a vast umbrella of services which
includes repairing and maintaining
traffic signals, to monitoring air
quality on busy junctions around
our towns. SWARCO is an industry
leader when it comes to innovating
in this arena and we are glad to
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have them working with us in Suffolk.
Darrell Webb, SWARCO UK
& Ireland’s Regional Operations
Manager, says the new, expanded
a ‘Suffolk Industry Partner’ providing
careers guidance to local graduates
and trainees.“
