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The War for Pleasure Island: Alabama Bridge Gets Injunction

In infrastructure politics, battles over toll bridges are about as strange and dramatic as they get, and beautiful coastal Alabama has been the site of quite a battle over the last decade or so. It reached a crescendo in May, when Alabama Circuit Judge Jimmy B. Pool issued a preliminary injunction to block the construction […]

Infrastructure Development by Emergency Declaration

When the highway overpass on I-95 north of Philadelphia came down last month, it wasn’t due to the usual poor maintenance or political dysfunction that are often blamed for America’s crumbling infrastructure. A gasoline truck lost control and crashed into the underpass, and the ensuing fire brought the short bridge down. All of a sudden, […]

Shortlist for Virgin Islands Two‐Airport Concession

The Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) has announced a shortlist for a brownfield concession to operate the US territory’s two international airports, which will be leased via a single procurement.

Financial Close for Metropolitan Transit Agency ADA P3

The largest transit agency in the United States just reached financial close for its very first Public-Private Partnership. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) ADA Upgrades P3 will build or replace accessibility elevators at 13 different transit stations across New York, then maintain the facilities under a long-term DBFM concession.

Illinois I‐55 Managed Lanes Gets Surprise Legislature Approval

A seemingly forgotten express lanes P3 in Chicago may be getting another chance at a procurement. The potential new life comes after the state legislature passed a resolution approving the P3 in the closing days of the Spring legislative session at the end of May. The resolution allows IDOT to move forward with a P3 […]

Kansas City’s New Airport Terminal, Delivered

Kansas City International opened a new, $1.5 billion terminal this spring. The P3 contract to build the project was finally signed in 2019 and, after four years of construction, the terminal began accepting flights at the end of February. It was the largest public works project in Kansas City’s history, and 240 local companies were […]

Federal Judge Rejects Injunction Request on 495 NEXT

A U.S. District Court in Virginia declined to issue a temporary injunction against the 495 NEXT project in April. The ruling will allow construction, which is already underway, to continue while the environmental lawsuit to block the project proceeds to a full hearing in federal court.

Colorado Double Delivery: Central 70 Project, CDOT Procurement Audit

Alternative procurement in Colorado notched a huge win in early 2023. The Central 70 P3, which is the largest transportation project in state history, held an opening ceremony at the end of 2022 and has reached final traffic alignment, with minor punch list items wrapping up this year. Despite a complex history, challenging engineering, and […]

Uinta Basin P3 Pursuing PABs

Utah’s potential Uinta Basin freight rail line has been the subject of planning studies in 1981, 1995, 2001, and 2015. If the P3 to develop the line reaches financial close, the first new freight rail line in the US in decades may finally get built. The project is currently in late-stage negotiations for offtake agreements, […]