Graham Construction wins ITS system contract on Forth replacement crossing

Graham Construction has won the contract, worth over US$21 million, to provide the state-of-the-art ITS for the new Forth Bridge replacement crossing in Scotland. The company will deliver the traffic flow management system along the M90 to control traffic flow using overhead signal gantries and provide motorists with current travel updates via variable message boards. The ITS contract is to provide and install seventeen gantries, along with foundations and associated maintenance lay-bys. Further work wi
April 19, 2012 Read time: 1 min
5033 Graham Construction has won the contract, worth over US$21 million,  to provide the state-of-the-art ITS for the new Forth Bridge replacement crossing in Scotland. The company will deliver the traffic flow management system along the M90 to control traffic flow using overhead signal gantries and provide motorists with current travel updates via variable message boards.

The ITS contract is to provide and install seventeen gantries, along with foundations and associated maintenance lay-bys. Further work will include landscaping, ducting, cabling and installing carriageway traffic detectors
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