- Volusia County, FL, Offers Second Meeting Opportunity Regarding Toll System RFP
- Oklahoma Turnpike Board Posts May Meeting Agenda
- Texas Mobility Authority Isn't Giving Up On Boring Company Tunnel Proposal
- Metro Pacific Tollways Announces Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway Plans
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Volusia County, FL, Offers Second Meeting Opportunity Regarding Toll System RFP
Volusia County, Florida, last week added an addendum to its Request for Proposals to install, operate, manage and maintain a hybrid (manned and automated) toll collection system at county beach and park access toll points. This morning, the county also scheduled a second pre-proposal meeting (with in-person and virtual attendance options) for the afternoon of May 4. Attendance is mandatory, except for firms that participated in the first pre-proposal meeting last month. The deadline for proposal submission remains May 24, 2023.
ETC Systems Florida Orange County FL Metro Area (Orlando) Procurement of Tolling Equipment & ServicesOklahoma Turnpike Board Posts May Meeting Agenda
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) has posted the agenda for its next regular board meeting, to be held tomorrow morning. In an email announcement this afternoon, OTA stated that the items of business include consideration of a more than $10 million construction contract for H.E. Bailey Turnpike pavement rehabilitation, and ratification of a Declaration of Emergency to repair a Turner Turnpike bridge struck and damaged earlier this year.
Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Maintenance Oklahoma Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA)Texas Mobility Authority Isn't Giving Up On Boring Company Tunnel Proposal
San Antonio Express-News reports, “It was an audacious pitch: Constructing a loop of tunnels to shuttle visitors in Teslas between San Antonio International Airport and downtown. And when the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority voted to enter negotiations with Elon Musk’s Boring Co. on the transportation project it proposed, it drew plenty of attention. Now more than a year later, there still are no signed agreements and little apparent progress. In fact, the authority’s board hasn’t heard from The Boring Co. since December, when it sent a draft development agreement to the tunneling firm.” Undeterred by the lack of response from Boring or the publicly expressed skepticism about the tunnel concept, the authority “is still quietly working on the plan it has said will relieve traffic congestion while providing revenue for the independent government agency to meet the rapidly growing region’s other transportation needs.”
Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (Bexar County TX) Boring Company San Antonio TX Metro Region Tesla Inc. TexasMetro Pacific Tollways Announces Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway Plans
Philippine Daily Inquirer reports, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) will create a space (“bisita center”) where drivers using the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEx) bridge can safely stop to record social media uploads. It announced the project over concerns about the number of commuters who now stop mid-span to take selfies or record TikTok videos. The bridge is considered a landmark Philippine civil engineering accomplishment, and it has carried about 3.6 million motorists over a channel of the Cebu Strait since it opened last spring. Allan Alfon, head of the MPTC unit that operates the expressway, said plans to expand CCLEx are also under development.
Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Safety (Includes COVID-19 Impacts) Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation PhilippinesThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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