- Skanska Is Probable Winner of the Pensacola Bridge Competition
- MassDOT Rail Project Could Open the Door to I-93 Managed Lanes Construction
- Poinciana Parkway Traffic Exceeds Projections
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Skanska Is Probable Winner of the Pensacola Bridge Competition
Pensacola News Journal reports that Skanska USA Civil Southeast received the highest bid-price-adjusted score among the firms competing for the Pensacola Bay Bridge design-build contract. Skanska’s $398.5 million bid was the lowest (by $69 million) of those submitted by five competing firms. An FDOT selection committee meets on July 11 to make a final contractor selection.
FloridaMassDOT Rail Project Could Open the Door to I-93 Managed Lanes Construction
The Patriot Ledger (Quincy) reports that a proposed route for MassDOT’s South Coast Rail project could open the way for a widening of the I-93 section called the Southeast Expressway. The department “suggested last week that I-93 could be widened from eight lanes to 10, at the same time as commuter rail was expanded.” The plan calls for building two managed toll lanes in the middle of the highway’s general purpose lanes. Public-private partnership is mentioned as a possibility.
MassachusettsPoinciana Parkway Traffic Exceeds Projections
Osceola News-Gazette (Kissimmee) reports, “Poinciana Parkway has been open for business collecting tolls for just over a month. According to the traffic counts, business has been very good.” In May, after the highway’s first segment opened and no tolls were collected, the Osceola County Expressway Authority counted 6,000 vehicles per day, double its projection. Since E-Pass and toll-by-plate operations started on June 1, volume has exceeded 5,000 cars per weekday.
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