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Nineteen firms have responded to a Request for Information (RFI) for a proposed development of the I-66 Corridor Improvements from U.S.Route 15 in Prince William County to Interstate 495 in Fairfax County.

The Office of Transportation Public Private Partnerships, in coordination with the Virginia Department of Transportation and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, issued the Request for Information (RFI) in late June 2013 to seek private sector input on a range of best practices and innovative approaches to developing and financing transportation improvements on a 25-mile section of I-66 from U.S. Route 15 in Prince William County to I-495 in Fairfax County.  Improvements under consideration would add additional capacity to the road, provide multi-modal options and possibly finance the project through tolled express lanes, similar to the I-495 Express Lanes.

The following firms responded to the RFI:

• Abertis USA Corp,
• Acciona Concessions Canada Inc.,
• ACS Infrastructure Development and Dragados USA,
• AECOM,
• Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation,
• Cintra and Ferrovial Agroman,
• Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate, Shirley Contracting Company, Clark Construction Group, and Dewberry Consultants,
• Fluor Enterprises, Inc.,
• HOCHTIEF and Flatiron,
• Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. and Kiewit Development Company,
• Lane Construction Corporation,
• Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.,
• Meridiam Infrastructure North America Corporation,
• OHL Infrastructure, Inc.,
• Shikun & Binui Ltd.,
• Skanska AB,
• SNC-Lavalin Inc.,
• Transurban,
• Vinci Concessions USA.

Information from the RFI responses will help the Commonwealth to further develop the project, which may result in a formal procurement of a contract, possibly through the Public Private Transportation Act.

See RFI and responses:

http://www.virginiadot.org/ppta_projects/i-66/request_for_information.asp