New Public Works Traffic Light Software Will Streamline Work

Cookeville’s Public Works Department budgeted for new school traffic light software.

Director Blake Mayo said the department has to manually service each signal every time an adjustment needs to be made. He said this software streamlines that process.

“So holidays, Daylight Saving Time, anything like ending and beginning of school, with just a push of a button,” Mayo said. “Rather than scattering three guys out to service out these 30 different signals.”

Mayo said the department had been facing issues with manually fixing the signals. He said it thinly spread out workers as well as putting crossing guards in potentially dangerous situations when signals were not working.

Mayo said the software was budgeted at some $40,000. He said they hope to implement the software by the end of this school year.