Maryland transportation officials have rejected an unsuccessful bidder’s protest of the state decision to award the initial phase of the $11-billion Beltway/I-270 managed lanes project to Accelerate Maryland Partners, a team led by Australia-based Transurban/Macquarie Infrastructure Development.
Capital Express Mobility Partners, led by infrastructure developer Cintra, and owned by Spain-based contractor Ferrovial, challenged several aspects of the Maryland Dept. of Transportation selection process for the public-private partnership’s predevelopment phase. The challenge included Transurban/Macquarie's abillity to substitute itself as the team's lead contractor following the withdrawal of Archer Western after proposers were shortlisted in July 2020.