Siemens wins long-term Northern Ireland traffic management deal

Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure has awarded Siemens UK a long-term traffic signal equipment management deal across more than 1,200 sites. It includes 950 Safer Routes to School signs, as well as a network of ANPR cameras and other Vehicle Activated Signs and rising bollards. Siemens said that the four-year deal is one of the largest of its kind that it has won as the main contractor. The principal objectives of the contract are to maintain a high level of equipment availability.
November 7, 2017 Read time: 1 min

Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure has awarded 1134 Siemens UK a long-term traffic signal equipment management deal across more than 1,200 sites. It includes 950 Safer Routes to School signs, as well as a network of ANPR cameras and other Vehicle Activated Signs and rising bollards. Siemens said that the four-year deal is one of the largest of its kind that it has won as the main contractor. The principal objectives of the contract are to maintain a high level of equipment availability. Siemens will also carry out routine maintenance inspections and lamp changes at the appropriate intervals to check they adhere to current standards.

Siemens, with headquarters in Frimley, England, was established in the United Kingdom more than 170 years ago and employs 15,000 people in the UK.

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