Telent supports critical works along the Coronation and London Marathon transport routes

Telent was contracted to remove traffic signals along the Westminster route of the Marathon, and for the King’s coronation route from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Cathedral, via Trafalgar Square and Whitehall.

The removal of the traffic signals was critical to ensure that the movements of the Military were unimpeded for the coronation route during rehearsals and the main event. Additionally to ensure that the media and television cameras were able access the best vantage points for streaming the news coverage of both events to the millions watching at home.

The works were carried out ahead of the overnight rehearsals in the run up to Saturday 6 May and at the Westminster section of the Marathon route for the race on Sunday 23 April. The poles were re-installed before normal business hours for TfL to return transport routes to normalcy and ‘keep London moving’.

The works followed the success of similar work carried out ahead of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.

These traffic signal poles have been upgraded to a plugged and socketed solution to allow easier removal and re-installation. A number of poles were still hard wired which introduced a level of risk to tight timeframes for activities to be completed in an already complex event.

Telent worked alongside Identity Global, Transport for London, Royal Parks, Westminster City Council, Metropolitan Police, and Department for Digital, G Force, Briant Traffic, MCF, RoadTech, Hexagonal, L Traffic, Metro Traffic Services