FDOT

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in the US has selected I-4 Mobility Partners team for the state’s $2.32bn I-4 Ultimate project.

The I-4 Mobility Partners team include Skanska USA Civil Southeast, Granite Construction, the Lane Construction joint venture, Skanska Infrastructure Development and John Laing, as well as HDR and Jacobs Engineering Group as the design joint venture.

The I-4 Ultimate project is being implemented in a public-private partnership (PPP) model to design, build, finance, operate and maintain 21 miles of I-4 from west Kirkman Road in Orange County to east of State Road 434 in Seminole County.

"We look forward to working with HDR and the other members of I-4 Mobility Partners to help the FDOT reach its goals for this project."

Work under the project includes reconstruction works on 15 major interchanges and the general use lanes along the corridor, as well as the construction of more than 140 bridges and four new variable-priced toll express lanes.

Under the deal, the HDR and Jacobs joint venture will provide final designs of the project including road and traffic control, drainage, structures, intelligent traffic systems, signing and signalisation, lighting, landscaping and aesthetics.

Jacobs Engineering Group vice-president Randy Pierce said: "We look forward to working with HDR and the other members of I-4 Mobility Partners to help the FDOT reach its goals for this project."

Skanska will invest $73m of the project’s total value.

The concessionaire will not only design, build, finance and operate the facility, but also maintain it for 40 years.

Construction work on the project will begin in the first quarter of 2015 and will complete by 2021.

Image: Rendering of the I-4 Ultimate and Kirkman Road in Orange County, Florida. Photo: courtesy of FDOT.