Portuguese toll expertise for US toll system

The Southern Connector Toll Road in South Carolina, US, has awarded a five-year contract to BIT Mobility Solutions, a subsidiary of Portuguese group Brisa, to implement anew back office system for improved effectiveness and efficiency in revenue collection and to minimise toll violations. The US$2 million contract involves integration of legacy components and supply of new subsystems and includes: integration services, digital cameras, vehicle classification system, lane controllers, licence plate recog
October 12, 2015 Read time: 1 min
RSSThe Southern Connector Toll Road in South Carolina, US, has awarded a five-year contract to BIT Mobility Solutions, a subsidiary of Portuguese group 2051 Brisa, to implement anew back office system for improved effectiveness and efficiency in revenue collection and to minimise toll violations.

The US$2 million contract involves integration of legacy components and supply of new subsystems and includes: integration services, digital cameras, vehicle classification system, lane controllers, licence plate recognition system, new back office and image review system.

The 16-mile long Southern Connector Toll Road in South Carolina, USA, currently operates 16 lanes, four open road tolling (ORT) , four automated coin machine (ACM) and eight manual in both main plazas and four tolled ramp lanes with both ORT and ACM systems.
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