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Victoria’s longest road tunnels, to be built as part of the $15.8 billion North East Link, would be extended even further under a private sector bid that has been favoured by the Andrews government.
The Andrews and Morrison governments, which are co-funding the project linking the Metropolitan Ring Road to the Eastern Freesay, have announced their preferred consortium to negotiate the $7-$9 billion contract to build tunnels beneath the Yarra River and Banyule Flats, and interchanges at Manningham Road and Lower Plenty Road in Melbourne’s north-east.
The Spark consortium, led by Milan-based WeBuild (formerly Salini Impregilo), submitted a bid that pitched extending the project’s twin three-lane tunnels, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the bid who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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May 3, 2021
A consortium that bid unsuccessfully on a lucrative state highway project has signaled it intends to press its case against the Maryland Department of Transportation.
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Capital Express Mobility Partners (CEMP) protested the agency s decision to award the multi-billion dollar I-495/I-270 project to a rival, Accelerate Maryland Partners, in March.
That protest was denied after MDOT s contracting officer upheld the agency s process for evaluating the three bids it received.
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On Monday, the agency announced that CEMP has formally appealed that decision to Maryland Transportation Secretary Greg Slater.
The move has potentially significant implications for Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. s top transportation priority, the widening of portions of the two frequently-congested highways and the replacement of the aging American Legion Bridge.
A consortium that failed to win the right to build High Occupancy Toll lanes in Montgomery County has lost its initial protest, Maryland Matters has learned.
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