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Council approves $7,000 prorated start and three-year Urban SDK contract for traffic data
Summary
The council adopted a budget amendment to purchase an Urban SDK telematics subscription (initial prorated charge ~$7,000; annual cost about $16,042.50 thereafter) to provide continuous, anonymized speed and traffic counts for staff and police. Supporters said the tool reduces field time for manual studies and improves targeting of enforcement.
Southern Pines, N.C. — Council voted Dec. 9 to approve a budget amendment enabling the town to subscribe to Urban SDK, a telematics data service the town says will supply continuous speed and traffic‑count information for local roads.
Town Engineer James Mickle described Urban SDK as a service that "aggregates telematics data from…
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