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Technology services company Telent has been awarded three five-year roadside technology contracts by the UK’s Highways Agency.

As per the contracts, Telent will perform maintenance across the east and south-eastern parts of the country, as well as motorways and trunk roads around the M25.

The company has completed mobilisation of the project within nine weeks and now manages all routine and reactive maintenance for more than 12,000 technology assets, including emergency roadside telephones, message signs, traffic signal sites, CCTV cameras and tunnels.

M25 Highways Agency mobilisation manager Phil Hardy-Bishop said that the agency is committed to providing safe and reliable journeys for the millions of vehicles that use these roads every day.

"Across these three regions, there is a vast amount of technology that contribute to this and Telent managed the pressures of mobilising the three contracts very well and ensured a smooth transition to the new contract," Hardy-Bishop said.

"The work undertaken during the final days in co-ordinating all the resources, vehicles and stocks was very efficiently handled."

"The work undertaken during the final days in co-ordinating all the resources, vehicles and stocks was very efficiently handled."

The scope of work under the contracts includes developing new ways to maintain the technology, such as infrared CCTV, which is implemented as part of the new generation of smart motorways now open on M25.

Along with the use of hard shoulder as a permanent running lane, the development eases traffic congestion, traffic flow and improves the reliability of journeys.

Telent managing director Chris Metcalfe said the M25 alone is 117 miles long and is the second longest city bypass in Europe, with the busiest section already carrying 200,000 vehicles a day.

"Therefore, it is crucial that a targeted, analytical and cost-effective service is delivered in order to manage a project of this magnitude and we are proud that we’ve been able to start this so successfully," Metcalfe said.

Image: Telent secured contracts to maintain key roadside technology in three regions. Photo: courtesy of Telent.