Southern Beltway

Three groups have expressed interest in public private partnerships (P3s) with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission over two projects on the Southern Beltway and the northern portion of the Mon Fayette Expressway. The groups are:

1. MVP3 (Mon Valley Public Private Partners)

- HDR Inc./Kimball Corp./Gannett Fleming Inc./Figg Engineering Group, design

The Penn Pike Commission has deferred the response date on their request for concepts/solutions on the completion of the Mon Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway to Jan 15 2009. Questions will be accepted to Dec 17.

The Commission says it is trying to find investors who can make viable projects out of three remaining segments it cannot fund by traditional public sector toll financing or tax-based grants.

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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has issued a Request for Concepts and Solutions to further a public private partnership (P3) to build all or major parts of the uncompleted Mon Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway near Pittsburgh. About 120 people attended an informational session in Harrisburg at a hotel auditorium not far from the Turnpike's head offices Sept 17.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has received federal approval for plans for the second segment of the three segment of the Southern Beltway, southwest of Pittsburgh. The FHWA record of decision approves the planned location and concept of the 2+2 lane toll expressway after alternatives analysis and public hearings. The approved segment is between US22 and I-79, the purple section in the map.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) has scheduled a meeting Sept 17 in Harrisburg for companies interested in what they call a public private partnership (P3) for the remaining three sections of the Mon Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway near Pittsburgh. We think it's a toll concession they have in mind. (see Terminology at bottom)

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission at a meeting today approved a staff proposal to advertise for expressions of interest in a toll concession to build three remaining sections of the connected Mon-Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway projects south of Pittsburgh. They constitute some 83km (51.6 miles) of expressway with a project cost of about $5.2b, the Turnpike says in a statement issued after the meeting.