Leading technology company, telent, has unveiled its Plug and Play system in association with Transport for London's (TfL) innovation program. The state-of-the-art Plug and Play system has been developed to not only upgrade traffic signals and pedestrian crossings, but to drastically reduce disruption to London's road users.

The Plug and Play pre-built poles and heads, pre-wired and commissioned controllers, and low level access points allow for a four pole pedestrian crossing to be installed on site in less than four hours. This is a significant reduction in disruption for the local communities.

Through detailed planning, commissioning of equipment to be used in the build ahead of installation, and pre-installation testing, time on site can be drastically reduced, minimising the time required for lane rental and traffic management, which is an additional benefit for local authorities and taxpayers.

Commenting on the success of the project, Brendan M Sleight, Chief Engineer at Transport for London said: "This innovative approach from telent results in our improvement works being completed quicker. The impact on local residents and road users of traffic signal installation works has decreased from days to hours allowing the streets to be back up and running sooner."

Chris Metcalfe, Managing Director, Technology Solutions at telent, said: "The Plug and Play system demonstrates telent's ability to truly understand the differing needs and issues of our clients, allowing us to create innovative solutions.

"The Plug and Play innovation not only reduces the on-site time duration, which improves the experience for road users, it also allows our staff to build equipment in a safer environment whilst significantly removing the need to work at height.

"Traffic signals themselves have developed over the years with the use of IP Communication protocols, however the installation of these products hasn't changed much. Installing a pedestrian crossing in a few hours is a notable achievement considering the average installation time is three days."

For more information on telent's Plug and Play system, visit http://telent.com/casestudies/plug-and-play-traffic-signal-installation-system