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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predevelopment partner for Maryland’s OP Lanes initiative, Accelerate Maryland Partners (AM Partners) has officially withdrawn from the project.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.

Inglewood Transit Connector Gets State Funding Boost

The Inglewood Transit Connector took another step towards full funding with the award of a $407 million grant from the state of California. The project will deliver a 1.6 mile, 3-stationautomated transit line to connect the LA Metro K Line to the LA Stadium and Entertainment District(LASED).

Key Vote Moves I-77 Express Lanes Project Forward

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is moving forward with a study to extend the I–77 express lanes network near Charlotte. The proposal would add 8.4 miles of express lanes from the end of the current system south the South Carolina border. The potential extension is moving forward after a key vote from the […]

The Brent Spence’s Long Road to Bridge Funding

In 2011, when Public Works Financing reported on Ohio’s new enabling legislation for transportation Public-Private Partnerships, one project was identified as a prime candidate for the procurement model: the Brent Spence Bridge replacement and expansion project.

America’s Brand New Old Trains

On the one hand, times are good for American transit. The sector enjoys more political support than ever before, receives more federal funding, and over the last few months has seen the opening of four multibillion dollar megaproject extensions – East Side Access, the Silver Line, the SF Central Subway, and Boston’s Green Line.