The delivery of one of the country’s largest traffic signal maintenance contracts has been given an important operational boost thanks to the upgrade of the depot that serves the West Yorkshire area.

Telent has upgraded its Micklefield depot to improve the delivery of a contract awarded in 2021 for five years to maintain, rectify faults and repair assets at 1,600 sites over a geographical area covering 2,029 km².

Telent has provided a significant financial outlay for the refurbishment project which will help the company and its partners, including local council authorities, better maintain traffic signals, lights, vehicle detectors, monitors, and other roadside assets across the local Yorkshire areas.

The new look of the building includes floor to ceiling racks, forklifts, bespoke build and test areas and a new open office space.

The depot will house a Regional Manager, Contracts Manager, Technical Support Engineer, Installation Supervisor, a back-office support team including a Fault Co-ordinator, Project Co-ordinator, and Contract Co-ordinator, along with the Installation and Engineering team, and two maintenance trainees. The depot will service the local authority areas of the City of Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council, Calderdale Council, Kirklees Council, Leeds City Council, and Wakefield Council.