Drivers in Hereford can expect disruption as traffic lights are upgraded at a key city junction.
Herefordshire Council says it will install modern, more reliable equipment to help keep traffic moving at the junction of Commercial Road and Blueschool Street, between the Kerry pub and Franklin Barnes building.
It says the work will be carried out from October 12 to December 4, with temporary three-way lights controlling traffic.
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And while the junction will remain open "for the majority of the essential works", daytime road closures will be needed between 7am and 5pm on October 20 and 21, when diversions will be signposted.
The work will also include installing vehicle detection technology as well as improvements to pedestrian crossings, in order to "provide a more reliable and resilient way of managing traffic" at the busy junction, the council said.
It has awarded the £392,000 contract for the work to Warwick-headquartered Telent Technology Services.
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"The existing traffic signals have reached the end of their design life and are experiencing increasing failures," according to the decision notice confirming the contract.
Herefordshire Council has meanwhile concluded a separate £80,000 contract with multinational firm Yunex Traffic to upgrade "operationally inefficient" traffic controls at the other end of Commercial Road, at the junctions with Stonebow Road, Station Road and Aylestone Hill.
The council was asked what the likely timetable for this work will be.
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