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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, […]

Transurban Withdraws from OP Lanes Predevelopment

The predevelopment partner for Maryland’s OP Lanes initiative, Accelerate Maryland Partners (AM Partners) has officially withdrawn from the project. Transurban, which leads AM Partners, announced the withdrawal in a statement on March 10th. AM Partners had selected Tutor Perini as the design-builder for the first phase of the OP Lanes Initiative.

Those Beltway Politics

  At the end of the day, Marylanders should get the beltway that they voted for. Is that what they are getting now?

NEXT for NEPA: 495 NEXT Gets Lawsuit

Almost immediately after Transurban withdrew from the OP Lanes project in Maryland, opponents of the 495 NEXT project in Northern Virginia filed a lawsuit to block the project on the other side of the Potomac, too. In the case of 495 NEXT, however, the project is currently mid-construction, raising the risk that the project could […]

Agreements Bring LA‐Vegas HSR Closer to 2023 Groundbreaking

Brightline West’s 218-mile high speed rail project connecting Los Angeles and Vegas is closer to a 2023 groundbreaking after a string of recent agreements, in February and March. The project is estimated to be a $10 billion investment.