A computer meltdown that knocked out Montgomery County’s ability to control its approximately 750 traffic lights last month was caused by the failure of computer equipment that was more than 25 years old, county transportation officials said Monday.

But even with a fast-tracked schedule to overhaul the old signal system, a permanent fix won’t be complete until about June 2012, they told a County Council committee.

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