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Colorado’s U.S. 36 wins ARTBA’s P3 project of the year; Purdue University president honored for innovative financing

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) recognized Colorado’s U.S. 36 Express Lanes project and Purdue University President Mitch Daniels for “innovative transportation financing” during its recent Public Private Partnerships (P3) in Transportation Conference. The U.S 36 Express Lanes project received the Project of the Year, which honors a project that “demonstrates the value […]

July 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

NCPPP announces 2016 National Public-Private Partnership Awards

The National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP) has announced six winners of its 2016 National Public-Private Partnership Awards to be presented June 28 during the P3Connect 2016 conference in Chicago. Winning projects and the public and private partners by category include: Excellence in Individual Leadership Award John G. Picerne, founder and CEO, Corvias Group Infrastructure […]

June 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

PennDOT seeking unsolicited public-private partnership proposals

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is accepting its next round of unsolicited public-private partnership proposals for transportation projects. Submissions are for PennDOT-owned projects and infrastructure and the deadline is April 30. Since 2012, Pennsylvania has been working on P3 projects after the signing of the Public-Private Transportation Partnerships Act. It allows state transportation authorities […]

April 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

USDOT’s BATIC issues best practices report on P3s for transportation funding

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Build America Transportation Investment Center (BATIC) has released a report aimed at providing best practices for public-private partnerships (P3) and fully explaining how these methods of transportation funding work for project sponsors. BATIC was created to serve as a centralized source for municipalities and states seeking federal transportation knowledge, […]

March 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Highways 2.0: Transportation’s future holds drastic changes for road builders

The Eisenhower Interstate System was a bold plan. It supercharged our economy and provided good, middle class jobs to millions of Americans for more than 40 years. It changed the face and character of America. That’s what we’re calling Highways 1.0. What followed in the footsteps of these big thinkers and world-class builders? Stasis, neglect and […]

March 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement Project financing wins 2015 Northeast Deal of the Year

The Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority’s (PEDFA) Rapid Bridge Replacement Project transaction was named 2015 Northeast Deal of the Year by The Bond Buyer. “It is exciting to see that this PEDFA-financed project is being recognized,” says Gov. Tom Wolf. “Making projects like this a reality takes time, planning and teamwork on behalf of state […]

December 28, 2015

Roadbuilding

Pennsylvania P3 Board approves bridge, transit projects

The Pennsylvania Public-Private Partnership (P3) Board recently approved projects that will improve 34 bridges in Northampton County and assist in “transit development” at a Middletown train station. “Public-private partnerships are one way that we can leverage private-sector ideas and resources to improve transportation in our state,” Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary and P3 Board […]

December 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT places Spector as High Performance Transportation Enterprise director

David Spector, form legal counsel for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, has been named director of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE). Spector replaces Michael Cheroutes, who had served as the first HPTE since 2010. Cheroutes left the organization to run the Colorado Center for Infrastructure Investment (CC2I). The HPTE is […]

October 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT finance group director leaving post to become public-private partnership consultant

Michael Cheroutes, director of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CODOT) High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE), will leave his post in October to run the Colorado Center for Infrastructure Investment (CC2I). As director of the HPTE, Cheroutes oversees a department he helped create that is responsible for developing innovative ways of financing for transportation projects, such […]

August 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

ARTBA recognizes Virginia I-95 project, 2 public officials with P3 awards

The financing of a high occupancy toll lane project along a stretch of Interstate 95 in northern Virginia received the Project of the Year nod during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) recent 27th Annual Public Private Partnership (P3) in Transportation Conference. Ananth Prasad, former secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and […]

July 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT receives 5 statements of qualification for I-70 East Project

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) and the Colorado Bridge Enterprise (CBE) have received statements of qualification (SOQ) from five entities for work on the possible public-private partnership (P3) for the Interstate 70 East Project in the Denver area. SOQs summarize a group’s experience both in the industry and similar […]

June 25, 2015

Roadbuilding

Pennsylvania DOT accepting unsolicited proposals for P3 transportation projects

Contractors have until April 30 to submit unsolicited proposals for transportation projects to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Office of Public-Private Partnerships (P3) (www.P3forPA.com). This is the first of two unsolicited proposal periods for 2015. Infrastructure and PennDOT-owned projects are the primary focus for this open period, but proposals for “non-PennDOT-owned assets” also can […]

April 10, 2015