Posted March 26, 2025

 ~ Project upgrades offer state-of-the-art communications and safer operations ~

RICHMOND, VA – The Department of Public Works (DPW) will begin construction on Phase IV of the Signalized Upgrade Project next week. Currently 463 of the city’s 490 signalized intersections have been upgraded and connected via a state-of-the-art communications network to its traffic management system. Work to complete the remaining 27 is underway. These remaining signalized intersections are operating without communications or with limited bandwidth communications. Work to integrated them into the existing Econolite Centracs© centralized traffic management software is expected to be completed by Fall 2026, weather permitting.

Benefits include:

• Creating a reliable communications network between the traffic management system and each signalized intersection
• Enhanced remote monitoring
• Coordinated signal operations for speed management and better pedestrian access
• Real time transit signal priority operations along the GRTC Pulse Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor
• Special events management
• Future emergency vehicle preemption
• Enhanced maintenance repairs

There will be intermittent lane closures during this project. Please give our construction workers extra space and slow down when you see orange cones in the work zones.

This $6.1 million project is funded through the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in partnership with Plan RVA.

For more on DPW go to www.rva.gov/public-works or email askpublicworks@rva.gov

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The City of Richmond Department of Public Works (DPW) is one of only 195 currently accredited public works agencies in the United States. DPW’s portfolio comprises a wide array of services to include leaf collection; street, sidewalk, and alley maintenance; trash collection; recycling; grass cutting; graffiti removal; parking enforcement; urban forestry; street signs; traffic signals and pavement markings and civil engineering. In addition, DPW maintains upkeep on most city buildings; issues permits for working in the city’s right-of-way; manages the RVA Bike Share program and maintains the fleet of city vehicles. DPW’s operating budget comes from the general fund of the City of Richmond.  For more information about DPW services, click here or call 3-1-1