An extensive traffic management systems upgrade is under way in Northamptonshire, where UK company 189 Siemens is supplying Northamptonshire County Council with the latest PC SCOOT urban traffic control system and the recently-launched Siemens InView hosted fault management solution.
Subsequent phases of the upgrade will see the existing analogue TC12 outstations replaced by the latest Siemens UTMC compliant UG405 outstations and ultimately the migration to a new hosted traffic management service solution.
In addition to upgrading to IP communications using ADSL circuits, the contract also covers the maintenance of traffic equipment at approximately 150 junctions and 230 pedestrian crossings for the next four years.
The contract was awarded to Siemens on behalf of the council by integrated highways services provider MGWSP, a joint venture between6665 May Gurney (civil contractors) and 6666 WSP (consultants).
According to Andrew Avallone of MGWSP, the introduction of PC SCOOT allows more cost-effective systems integration and the consistent deployment of hardware across the range of traffic management and control systems. This in turn reduces maintenance requirements and provides more opportunities for implementing a range of traffic control solutions including the introduction of further enhanced features.
He says, “The programme utilises the standard features of Siemens PC SCOOT UTC system tailored to meet the individual requirements for Northamptonshire County Council. This approach provides a platform for the planned outstation upgrades along with the benefits of improved support and reliability, but also allows Northamptonshire to utilise product developments requested from across the wider Siemens systems user groups.”
Subsequent phases of the upgrade will see the existing analogue TC12 outstations replaced by the latest Siemens UTMC compliant UG405 outstations and ultimately the migration to a new hosted traffic management service solution.
In addition to upgrading to IP communications using ADSL circuits, the contract also covers the maintenance of traffic equipment at approximately 150 junctions and 230 pedestrian crossings for the next four years.
The contract was awarded to Siemens on behalf of the council by integrated highways services provider MGWSP, a joint venture between
According to Andrew Avallone of MGWSP, the introduction of PC SCOOT allows more cost-effective systems integration and the consistent deployment of hardware across the range of traffic management and control systems. This in turn reduces maintenance requirements and provides more opportunities for implementing a range of traffic control solutions including the introduction of further enhanced features.
He says, “The programme utilises the standard features of Siemens PC SCOOT UTC system tailored to meet the individual requirements for Northamptonshire County Council. This approach provides a platform for the planned outstation upgrades along with the benefits of improved support and reliability, but also allows Northamptonshire to utilise product developments requested from across the wider Siemens systems user groups.”
