Denver proposes $1.44 million replacement for city traffic-signal system
The proposed Kimley-Horn agreement would manage about 1,300 signals, license up to 1,500 controllers and include an 11-month implementation and five-signal adaptive-control pilot.
Denver is proposing a replacement for its citywide traffic-signal management system under a separate agreement from design work at six Alameda Avenue and Colorado Boulevard intersections.
The proposed agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates would replace Denver’s existing advanced traffic management system with the KITS platform. The agreement sets a maximum obligation of $1,435,500 through Sept. 1, 2031, including fees, costs and expenses.
The system would monitor about 1,300 traffic signals and license up to 1,500 traffic-signal controllers. It would include transit signal priority, adaptive signal control, travel-time tools, camera controls, alerts and integration with traffic-control equipment. Implementation is estimated to take about 11 months and would begin after Denver issues a notice to proceed.
The agreement also includes an initial five-signal pilot for adaptive signal control, but it does not identify the pilot intersections. It describes tools for measuring travel times, stops, delays and other signal-performance measures but does not guarantee a specific reduction in congestion, travel time, delays or crashes.
The Kimley-Horn proposal is separate from a Stanley Consultants agreement covering design work at six existing signals: Alameda Avenue at Sheridan Boulevard, Federal Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard, and Colorado Boulevard at 35th Avenue, Bruce Randolph Avenue and 26th Avenue. That agreement would extend the design work through Oct. 12, 2027, without adding money to its $1,019,845.73 contract.
The filed resolution records consent approval by the Governance and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on Sept. 1 and lists Sept. 8 as a Mayor-Council date. It does not show final City Council passage or completed signatures. The agreement would not be binding until fully executed, and payments would remain subject to annual City Council appropriations.