The Michigan Dept. of Transportation will find out on March 17 how many developers, investors, lenders, design-build contractors and operators are interested in building a new $2.26-billion international bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, Canada. That’s the final day for interested private-sector companies and teams to respond to a request for proposal of interest (RFPOI) sent out in late January.
MDOT will use the non-binding responses in its May 1 report to the Michigan Legislature, asking it to authorize construction of the bridge, create a tolling authority and allow the creation of a public-private partnership to build and run the bridge.