The City of Saskatoon will be providing repair and maintenance services for the City of Warman’s traffic signal systems over the coming year.
Warman City Council voted at its January 25 meeting to give the green light to a one-year pilot project agreement between the two municipalities. Under the agreement, the City of Saskatoon will repair and maintain the equipment for Warman’s five traffic signals and three pedestrian crosswalks.
A similar agreement was implemented in late October, 2020, between the City of Martensville and City of Saskatoon. Saskatoon city employees currently look after repairs and maintenance for Martensville’s three traffic signals and one pedestrian crossing equipped with flashing lights. The pedestrian crossing signal was recently installed at the intersection of 6th Avenue South and Main Street in Martensville.
Warman previously had an agreement with GTD Technical services of Regina for traffic light maintenance. Over the past few years, however, Warman has experienced delays in timely completion of the repair and maintenance work.
Saskatoon, with an extensive network of more than 300 traffic control installations, has an internal work group dedicated to traffic signal infrastructure. Following discussions over the past few months, a pilot project proposal was drawn up whereby Saskatoon would provide technical services for Warman’s traffic signals for one year. Saskatoon City Council agreed to the proposal in early December.
Under the agreement, Saskatoon’s technical team will be responsible for testing and wiring traffic signal lights, pedestrian walk indicator lights and vehicle detection systems.
The maintenance agreement includes repairing traffic signal infrastructure damaged due to collisions, addressing vehicle detection and traffic signal timing operational concerns, and installation of new traffic signal and pedestrian crossing devices in accordance with engineering plans provided by other firms.
Saskatoon will not be responsible for providing any engineering services related to designing new installations.
The agreement between Warman and Saskatoon is for a one-year term with an option to renew for additional one-year terms upon expiry.
The agreement is slated to begin February 1, 2021 and expire on January 31, 2022. The rates and fees for services and labour charges are specified in the agreement.