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| LBJ Express and North Tarrant Express named "Projects of the Year" Two North Texas highways under development by Cintra US, the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System and Meridiam Infrastructure have been named 2010 Projects of the Year by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), the nations oldest and most respected transportation-related construction group. The awards recognizing the LBJ Express in Dallas and North Tarrant Express in the Fort Worth area were announced at the associations 22nd Annual Public Private Partnerships in Transportation Conference in Washington, D.C. The LBJ Express is a project of the LBJ Infrastructure Group, LLC, and the North Tarrant Express is a project of the NTE Mobility Partners. Both projects will feature re-development and expansion of major traffic corridors that will help reduce travel delays, enhance safety, provide mobility choices and help reduce the carbon footprint often associated with idling traffic. The LBJ Express will feature dramatic improvements to Interstate 35E and Interstate 635 in Dallas. This innovative project will feature a multi-level highway system, including several miles of depressed lanes, allowing drivers the choice of bypassing congestion in general purpose lanes for new, high-speed managed lanes. The approximately 17-mile LBJ Express project encompasses improvements along IH-635 from Luna Road to Greenville Avenue, as well as on IH-35E between Loop 12 and Valwood Parkway, almost doubling the capacity of the current road. The LBJ Express will combine the same number of general purpose highway lanes that exist today with up to 13 miles of six new express managed toll lanes, all within the same footprint of the current LBJ roadway. Construction is expected to begin in early 2011 and be completed by 2016. The 13-mile North Tarrant Express project consists of a series of improvements to critical highways, primarily along Interstate 820 and State Highway 121/183 between Interstate 35 West and Industrial Boulevard just beyond the SH-121/183 split in North Tarrant County, one of Texas fastest growing regions. The project will improve the efficiency of the highway corridor by offering drivers the option of bypassing congestion in general purpose lanes for new high-speed managed lanes. The project will also provide reconstruction of interchanges, upgrade existing toll-free facilities to the latest and most current standards, and maintain them at the developers expense. The NTE Mobility Partners firms collectively employ more than 2, 000 Texans and will put more than 100 additional Dallas-Fort Worth and Texas companies, and their employees, to work on this project. Construction is expected to start in early 2011 and be completed by 2015. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |