- ARTBA Awards Spotlight P3 Leaders And Successful Projects
- India Doubles Toll Charges For Vehicles Without Properly Displayed FASTags
- Ghana Will Reintroduce Road And Bridge Tolling Next Year
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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ARTBA Awards Spotlight P3 Leaders And Successful Projects
The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) presented its annual P3 Awards at the organization’s 36th Annual P3 Conference in Washington, DC, last week.
Georgia DOT Commissioner Russell McMurry was honored as “Trailblazer of the Year,” the award “given to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to, and consistently advocated for, the forward progress of transportation P3s.” ARTBA also recognized:
- Shant Boyajian, Esquire, a partner in the Nossaman LLP Infrastructure Group, who received the “Emerging Leader” award. ARTBA stated, Boyajian “has distinguished himself as one of the nation’s leading legal and policy experts on P3s.”
- Pennsylvania DOT received the “Innovation of the Year” award for its Major Bridge P3 Project, which ARTBA recognized for its novel and innovative “use of a Pre-Development Agreement (PDA) structure in a progressive P3 to rehabilitate six essential bridges” and its equally noteworthy financing strategy.
- Michigan DOT’s I-75 Modernization Project — specifically Segment 3 — outside Detroit earned the “Community Impact of the Year” award for its collaborative approach that yielded improved traffic flow and safety on an expedited schedule, in addition to enhancing community connections with pedestrian facilities and incorporating stormwater resiliency into the design. ARTBA noted that the Segment 3 Design-Build-Finance-Maintain team selected by MDOT included John Laing Group, AECOM, and four Michigan contractors.
India Doubles Toll Charges For Vehicles Without Properly Displayed FASTags
“The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced new guidelines to impose a double toll fee on drivers who enter toll lanes without having a FASTag properly affixed on the front windshield of their vehicles,” The Economic Times reports. Imaging systems will be used to identify and record violations. In guidelines and a statement issued on July 18, NHAI added that violators could be “blacklisted” and banks and other FASTag distributors are responsible for ensuring the tags they issue are properly displayed. NHAI stated the policy is intended to reduce the unnecessary delays at toll plazas caused by violators. According to the article, “With around 98 percent penetration and over 8 crore [80 million] users, FASTag has significantly improved the Electronic Toll Collection system in India. NHAI believes that [the double fee policy] will enhance the efficiency of toll operations, ensuring seamless and comfortable journeys for National Highway users.” (TRN inserted a link in quoted text.)
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Ghana’s finance minister announced at a mid-year fiscal policy review in parliament yesterday that the government plans to re-implement road and bridge tolling in 2025, Citi Newsroom reports.
BusinessGhana’s coverage of the announcement notes, “The minister emphasized the government’s commitment to ensuring that the funds collected from tolls will be efficiently managed and allocated towards critical infrastructure projects. This decision marks a significant step in the government’s efforts to improve Ghana’s transportation infrastructure. . . .”
According to a laudatory editorial in The Chronicle, tolling was abruptly and inexplicably halted almost three years ago by the country’s now-former roads minister. “We insist that the November 2021 decision taken by [the former official] will go down as one of the worst decisions in the annals of this country,” the editorial states. “Of course,” it concludes, “paying taxes is very painful, but it is a necessary evil if we are to ensure regular maintenance of our roads.”
Company and Agency Financial Issues And Reports GhanaThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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