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MD OP Lanes Toll Rates Approved, SDEIS Comment Period Ends

The Maryland managed lanes project passed a few milestones in November. First, the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Board approved toll rates for the state’s OP Lanes managed lanes project, advancing the project’s proposed economics after a long public comment period. The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDoT) also closed the comment period for its Supplemental Draft […]

Texas North Tarrant Express 3C, Delivered

The final phase of the North Tarrant Expressway concession, Segment 3C, officially opened for traffic on June 20th. The delivery completed roughly 14 years of managed lanes-funded development in the region. The North Tarrant Express system has already become a bit of an exemplar for other planned and developed express lanes systems in the United […]

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.