The Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation has shortlisted three teams to submit proposals to administer its Major Bridge P3 Initiative, a progressive public-private partnership aimed at speeding upgrades to critical interstate crossings amid an annual $8-billion funding gap.
The program will help address a backlog of large bridge reconstruction and rehabilitation projects by imposing tolls on the upgraded crossings to generate revenue for design, construction and maintenance. Earlier this year, PennDOT announced nine candidate projects for the initiative, several of which include multiple structures. The program was approved by a state oversight board last November.