The contract is set to be awarded next month to Fluor Enterprises, Granite Construction and Ames Construction with Parsons Brinckerhoff as the lead designer. The team puts the project value at US$1.9bn (£1.3bn).
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway is the first highway public-private partnership in Arizona.
After an unsolicited public-private partnership proposal was submitted in 2013, ADOT sought proposals from qualified teams vying to develop the 35km-long freeway. Three finalists were selected from the five initial proposals submitted.
Following an extensive review Connect 202 Partners was chosen as the ‘best value’ developer.
All three teams participating as finalists in the process were encouraged to use innovation and develop alternative concepts to save time and money, while adhering to environmental commitments.
“While ADOT has successfully built and managed hundreds of miles of freeways in the Phoenix metropolitan area, following a public-private partnership path for the first time was an appropriate tool for the South Mountain Freeway,” said ADOT director John Halikowski. “ADOT will be able to complete this much-needed project sooner as a result, while increasing the likelihood of saving taxpayer dollars.”
Construction is expected to take up to four years to complete.
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