MVIS and Bartco UK partner on smart motorway journey time system

Mobile Visual Information Systems (MVIS) and Bartco UK have partnered on the creation of a journey time solution (JTS) for Bam Morgan Sindall Joint Venture (BMJV) and Costain, contracted by Highways England. The JTS comprises 157 A and C portable VMS, manufactured in the UK by Bartco UK, along with 50 Vysionics Vector integrated ANPR cameras and MVIS’ Web Studio sign management system. It forms part of a new customer experience pilot project on the M1 corridor, which incorporates smart motorway roadworks
September 21, 2015 Read time: 1 min
6918 Mobile Visual Information Systems (MVIS) and 5873 Bartco UK have partnered on the creation of a journey time solution (JTS) for Bam Morgan Sindall Joint Venture (7815 BAM Nuttall and 7814 Morgan Sindall) and 2002 Costain, contracted by 8101 Highways England.

The JTS comprises 157 A and C portable VMS, manufactured in the UK by Bartco UK, along with 50 604 Vysionics Vector integrated ANPR cameras and MVIS’ Web Studio sign management system. It forms part of a new customer experience pilot project on the M1 corridor, which incorporates smart motorway roadworks at three sites between junctions 42 and 15 and went live in summer 2015.

Pat Musgrave, managing director of both MVIS and Bartco UK, said:  “We are pleased to have been able to demonstrate our capacity to quickly deliver a solution on this scale; the UK manufacture of our VMS was crucial to our ability to meet the tight deadline.”
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