In what officials say is its largest contract award ever, the Florida Dept. of Transportation has selected a joint venture of Anderson Columbia Co. and Ajax Paving Industries Inc. to design, build and finance $430.4 million in improvements to Interstate 75 in Lee and Collier counties. The project calls for widening 30 miles of the interstate to six lanes and reconstruction of the interchange at Immokalee Road.
The joint venture is called ACCI/API. Anderson Columbia Co. is based in Lake City, Fla. and Ajax Paving Industries Inc. is based in Troy, Mi.