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With the prospect looming of a federal coastal permit for the Foothill South tollroad in southern Orange County California a native American group has cut a deal with The Toll Roads. David Bedares head of one Juaneno tribe with burial grounds and other tribal interest in parts of the tollroad corridor has signed a settlement agreement under which The Toll Roads will provide $350k compensation in return for acceptance of the tollroad.
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North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) announced its first toll rates - a base toll of 13.5c/mile (8.4c/km) for cars using transponders. The tolling on the Triangle Expressway in the western area of Raleigh is due to begin in December 2010.
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The long running dispute over completing the CA241 Foothill Toll Road with the 26km (16 mile) Foothill South extension goes to the California Coastal Commission Wednesday Feb 6.

A small portion of the Transportation Corridors Agencies tollroad where it meets I-5 comes within the jurisdiction of the Commission because it is within a coastal zone.  read more »

Florida DOT has the America's largest private toll concession on the go with a request for qualifications (RFQ) for investor groups to finance, design, build, operate, maintain and toll a 74km (46 mile) $2.2b highway on the southwest edge of the Jacksonville area. The project involves a long river crossing, 14 interchanges and ten more overpasses. Called the First Coast Outer Beltway (FCOB) the project is a consolidation of two earlier projects:
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There's a potential east-west tollroad of 80km (50 miles) between Palmdale and Victorville in the high desert country just over the mountains north of Los Angeles. A Request for Proposals (RFP) has been issued by the High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Authority, an agency of San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties within whose jurisdiction the proposed corridor lies. The authority was formed about a year ago to develop the highway.
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The local metro plan organization in San Antonio voted 12 to 4 (1 abstaining) Monday (Dec 3) to approve construction of the first toll project in Texas third city. Approved were the business terms for a toll upgrade of US281 and the use of state funds for the project. This is a major victory for mobility because a vociferous and fanatical anti-roads/anti-toll group has been active trying to stop everything.  read more »

A TxDOT letter formally requesting detailed proposals asks Trans Texas Corridor 69 bidders to focus on upgrade to interstate expressway standard of US77 in the far south of corridor. 665 words  read more »

Texas DOT Turnpike division chief Phil Russell says that the Trans Texas Corridor 69 (TTC69) will offer opportunities for both public authority style tolling and private lease concessions. He says the decision announced last week to look first at upgrading existing routes is "no different" from the approach taken on TTC35. The difference of the second TTC, he says, is only in the nature of development along the route.
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The South Bay Expressway (SBE) in the eastern part of the San Diego area opened Monday (Nov 19) after ceremonies the prior Friday. The tollroad 15km (9.3mi) long has had what is described in local reports as "light to moderate" traffic this week. Forecasts have been that average daily traffic will settle early in the range 30k to 40k.
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The Orlando Sentinel quotes top officials of the Orlando Orange County (Toll) Expressway Authority (OOCEA or Orlando Toll) as saying they are working on new plans for the Wekiva Parkway, a $2b 40km (25mi) highway in the northwest of the metro area, which would close the last gap in a belt route and, with a spur, make for the beginnings of an expressway west.

The Sentinel quotes OOCEA chairman and Orlando County mayor Rich Crotty: "Closing the loop is critical." 409 words  read more »

Governor Rod Blagojevich amid lots of hoopla cut the ribbon for the $730m 20km (12.5 mile) extension of the I-355 Tollway in the southwestern part of the greater Chicago area today. Now officially named the Veterans Memorial Tollway the I-355 used to be called the North-South Tollway. There were bicycle rides, walks, a musical tribute to veterans, and of course speeches.
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George Washington, Ho Chi Minh, Charles de Gaulle and Churchill all knew it for war and politics. And for roads Kent Olsen and Michael Schneider of Parsons Brinkerhoff and then Greg Hulsizer with Macquarie at the South Bay Expressway.

Tenacity, sticking at it, staying there fighting, and surviving after your opponents have wearied is often the key to success.
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Three Florida agencies have agreed on a cost sharing plan for the $600m Connector roadways in the Ybor City area between the I-4 and the Selmon Crosstown Expressway in Tampa. The Tampa Hillsborough (Toll) Expressway Authority will contribute $45m to construction costs and Florida's Turnpike Enterprise $80m, while the Florida DOT will put in $475m. 985 words  read more »

Maryland State Highway Administrator (MdSHA) has given contractors the OK to start construction work on the first part of the 30km (18.8mi) long $2.4b InterCounty Connector (ICC) tollroad. The ICC is an east-west connector mainly located in Montgomery County about 10km (6 miles) north of the Beltway (I-495) and about 23km (14 miles) north of the White House.
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Dallas North Tollway Phase 3 extension running from SH121 to US380 will open to traffic Sept 28, North Texas Tollway Authority say. 3+3 main lanes the new pike is 15.5km (9.6mi) long and is costing $264m. Landowners keen to get the road donated 95% of the right of way.

At 93 lane-km (57.6) lane-miles the project cost is $2.85m/lane-km ($4.58m/lane-mile).
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Alabama is moving to accelerate construction of a Southern Bypass around the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville with tolls. URS has been selected to do a traffic and revenue study to assess the feasibility of the proposed tollroad. State governor Bob Riley saidrecently he had told the state DOT he favored the toll financing study. 518 words  read more »

The Illinois Tollway is opening the I-355 South Extension in the southwest of the Chicago area soon - probably in November. The 20km (12.5 miles) of new tollroad is 2x3 lanes and runs from the southern end of the present I-355 North-South Tollway at I-55 (Stevenson Expressway) down to I-80.

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Pennsylvania Turnpike CEO Joe Brimmeier confirmed last week that work will start again on the stalled second segment of the Mon-Fayette Expressway Uniontown to Brownsville. He was delivering on a promise he made to politicians in the Pittsburgh region in July when he was mustering votes for Act 42 which vastly expanded the Turnpike's powers.   read more »

Traffic on the Everett Turnpike just south of Manchester is being rerouted to allow construction of an unusual 3-phase top-down bridge on the mainline to serve a short spur expressway to Manchester Airport. The underpass of the mainline of 2x2 lanes is part of a new trumpet interchange that will serve southbound Everett Turnpike traffic going to and from the airport. Support shafts are drilled, given their cages of rebar and poured with concrete and given caps. 753 words  read more »