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WARD / COUNCILMEMBER: City Wide
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Approval of Memorandum of Understanding AGR2021-14 with Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) for the Traffic Signal Operations Program (SigOps) Coordination and authorize the Mayor to sign and execute all related documents.
Ward: City Wide
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ISSUE AND BACKGROUND:
Georgia DOT has had a program over the last 6 years or so called RTOP - Regional Traffic Operations Program - wherein traffic engineering companies were contracted as corridor managers for state routes - South Cobb Drive (SR 280) was one of the corridors. These services included testing and repairing any faulty components and regularly monitoring the signals, including the signal timing programming, for operational performance. This program is ending and being replaced with SigOps - Traffic Signal Operations Program - to include support for all traffic signals in a municipality, not just those along state routes. It is important to note that SigOps is not a maintaining agency and does not take over the responsibility for operating or maintaining traffic signals.
The SigOps will open a broader pool of resources for training, knowledge sharing, and collaboration. This program exists to offer additional resources to the GDOT district offices and local governments to operate and maintain their traffic signals in order to promote an improved experience for drivers throughout Georgia. The SigOps program will continue to build on the partnerships with our local stakeholders to ensure that both local available resources and GDOTs are utilized cooperatively to enhance the impact of signal operations in your area. GDOT is requesting that any agency partnering with the SigOps program and utilizing SigOps resources has an approved MOU.
RECOMMENDATION / REQUESTED ACTION: City Engineer Eric Randall recommends approval of Memorandum of Understanding AGR2021-14 with Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) for the Traffic Signal Ope...
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