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The Ultimate Megaproject Completed: I-4 Ultimate Opens for Business

“So here you are again, creeping along in rush-hour traffic on Interstate 4. Since you’ll have the next half-hour or so to kill, try a little transportation planning experiment: Glance to your left, at the median or the concrete wall, and imagine two new lanes of pavement. But not ordinary lanes.”

Puerto Rico Report Recommends Concession for 4x Toll Roads

The Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority (P3A) recently published a “Desirability & Convenience Study” regarding four of the state’s major toll roads and the existing finances of the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (PRHTA). The study recommends a single concession procurement for all four toll road segments included in the study. If the procurement […]

PennDoT Major Bridges Preferred Bidder Selected

PennDoT has selected Bridging Pennsylvania Partners (BPP) as the apparent best value proposer for its Major Bridge P3 Initiative. The state intends to sign a Predevelopment Agreement with BPP in the coming weeks, and to partner with them to complete planning and permitting for nine bridge replacement projects.

GDoT Updates Plans and Restructures Atlanta Perimeter Express Lanes

GDoT announced an updated procurement strategy for what is anticipated to be a massive managed lanes project pipeline. Last year GDoT announced a new project plan that will add two barrier-separated managed lanes in each direction along the entire top half of the perimeter (I-285) around Atlanta as well as along SR-400 North of the […]

495 NEXT Underway in Virginia

This month, Governor Youngkin joined Virginia Secretary of Transportation Shep Miller, local officials, and partner Transurban at a groundbreaking ceremony for the 495 Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project. Once completed, the $660 million project will extend Virginia’s managed lanes network 2.5 miles along 495 all the way to the American Legion Bridge.

The Purple Line, Back to Track

Maryland’s Board of Public Works (BPW) unanimously approved a new project agreement for the Purple Line last month, finally ending a multi-year restructuring for the project. Purple Line Transit Partners (PLTP) is now moving forward with financing the new concession, and construction under the new design-build contract could be back underway in a matter of […]

Lessons from the Restructuring: Jane Garvey on the Purple Line

Jane Garvey is the Global Chairman of Meridiam Infrastructure. The Purple Line has been through a lot over the last few years, and tough times tend to make for good lessons. PWF caught up with Meridiam’s Jane Garvey to discuss the negotiations and restructuring that saved the Purple Line, and to capture those lessons that […]

Thrown for a Loop Trolley: US Transit Troubles

Have you heard about the Loop Trolley transit project? If you live in the St. Louis metropolitan area, you probably have heard of it. The project has received a lot of press in recent years. But whether you live in St. Louis or not, you probably haven’t ridden the Loop Trolley, because no one is […]

MD OP Lanes Bid Protest Ruling will Require New Response from MDoT

A ruling by Maryland Circuit Court Judge John Maloney will send a bid protest on MDoT’s OP Lanes predevelopment agreement back to the department for a response. MDoT had previously rejected some of the claims in the bid protest on the grounds that they were not filed on time. Judge Maloney’s ruling affirmed this determination […]

Dual Track RFQs for Inglewood Transit P3

The newest US transit P3 is about to reach the end of the qualifications phase of its procurement. The Inglewood Transit Connector (ITC) project is a 1.6-mile elevated, automated transit line including three stations, which will connect the LA Metro K Line to the LA Stadium & Entertainment District (LASED) at Hollywood Park, which includes […]