Case Studies

Urban VMS TFL Case Study

Affinity Water Case Study

Swindon Case Study

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Location: Central London 

Products: Urban Variable Message Sign

Messagemaker Displays Ltd. has supplied a Urban Variable Message Sign to TFL and Cubic Transportation Systems as a solution to their existing VMS which was starting to fail due to age. The new VMS needed to work in the current control system already in uses by TFL and had to fit onto the current frame system to make it quick and easy to install to avoid too much disruption to the road network.

Location: Affinity Water Hatfield – Head Office car park

Products: Solar powered vehicle activated speed signs

Affinity Water had previously used a Vehicle Activated Signage however had noticed that they were having a major increase in speeding around the car park by employees and customers once that sign had stopped working. So, they wanted to implement a new LED speed sign. The staff were feeling nervous about a possible accident that could happen in the car park.

Location: Swindon

Products: Full-Colour VMS Roadside Messaging

Swindon Borough Council had a requirement for full-colour VMS (Variable Message Signs) to be installed on a high-traffic road in Swindon to aid them in their project to influence motorists to opt for greener modes of transport. They required a suitable size to fit on the roadside, the functionality for real-time messaging updates, weekly scheduling and an easy-to-use software.

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Messagemaker Displays Balfour Beatty Case Study

Location: The Fore Street Tunnel in North London

Products: Bespoke Lane Control Signal 

Messagemaker Displays Ltd. has supplied a bespoke retrofit LED Tunnel Lane Control Signal (TLCS) sign solution to meet the Transport for London (TfL) specification. The TLCS signs, installed in the Fore Street Tunnel in north London, were designed to be easy and swift to install, allowing the replacement work to be completed in just one night.

Location:  Fishguard and Holyhead

Products: Trailer unit , Tower unit

With various post-Brexit challenges impacting the travel industry, Stena Line required new signage to relay instructions to passengers navigating in and around two ports: Fishguard and Holyhead. Messagemaker Displays Key Account Manager, Andy Norman, describes the project.

Location:  Banwell, North Somerset

Product:  Bespoke VAS Wig Wag sign 

The site of works for the new Mendip Cabling Project required an automatically activated signage system that could be used to alert motorists of the temporary traffic lights up ahead on the road. Messagemaker Displays worked with Balfour Beatty on a new Bespoke signage solution.

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Messagemaker Displays Case study: supporting safer routes to school across Wales

Location: Hammerwich

Product: Smiley Activated Message (SAM)

Motorists were entering from the M6 toll road and the A5 dual carriageway at high speeds in Hammerwich. The installation of a Messagemaker SAM sign helped reduce high speeds and potentially save lives.

Location: A470 North Road in Cardiff

Products: Lane Control Signs

The team at Messagemaker Displays was contacted to provide a new tidal flow solution along the A470 North Road in Cardiff. Our signs were reverse-engineered to replace the old Thermotor Lane Control Signs whilst maintaining integration with the existing UTC control system.

Location: Wales 

Product:  Highways Approved VAS

In 2015 the Welsh Government announced a new policy to make routes to schools safer, especially those located on a trunk road. The key focus of the scheme was to create part-time 20mph speed limits around schools.