The Georgia DOT (GDOT) in the US has floated tenders for the $1bn West by Northwest project, a public private partnership project to deliver a new managed lanes system to Interstates 75 and 575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties.
The project includes the addition of approximately 18 miles of new lanes along I-75 from Akers Mill Road to just north of Hickory Grove Road, and approximately 11 miles along I-575 from I-75 to Sixes Road.
Two new lanes are proposed along the West side of I-75 between I-285 and I-575, while a single reversible lane is proposed along both I-75 and I-575 north of the I-75 / I-575 interchange.
Three contracting teams representing 15 local, national and international engineering, construction and financing firms have qualified for the project.
The RFP requires the firms to submit responses by 3 February next year while construction is scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2013 with completion of the project targeted for the third quarter of 2016.
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