Balfour Beatty US Joint Venture Awarded $625 Million Design-Build Project for Texas Department of Transportation
05 May 2017 - 12:30AM
Business Wire
Balfour Beatty US has been selected by the Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) to undertake the $625 million Southern
Gateway reconstruction and improvement project as part of a
design-build joint venture with Fluor Corporation. The project is
located along Interstate 35E and U.S. 67 in Dallas, Texas.
The purpose of The Southern Gateway project is to improve
safety, congestion relief, traffic operations, address roadway
deficiencies, and improve system linkage. The project will rebuild
and widen Interstate 35E (I-35E) south of downtown Dallas. The
11-mile project will expand I-35E from four lanes to five lanes in
each direction, and build two reversible, non-toll express lanes in
the center of the corridor. In addition, the project calls for
rebuilding the I-35E/U.S. 67 interchange and widening U.S. 67 from
I-35E to I-20 by adding a third lane in each direction.
“We’re honored to have been selected by TxDOT to deliver this
complex design-build transportation project in partnership with
Fluor,” said Ray Bond, president and chief executive officer of
Balfour Beatty US. “As we near delivery of the $798 million
Horseshoe project for TxDOT in Dallas in partnership with Fluor, we
are pleased for the opportunity to continue our work to help the
state achieve its long-term transportation needs in a fast-growing
metropolitan area.”
TxDOT’s Texas Clear Lanes initiative serves as a major source of
funding for The Southern Gateway project, which is a program that
prioritizes funding for congestion relief projects in Texas’
metropolitan areas. The project will also enhance safety by
rebuilding and smoothing out existing sharp curves, adding
shoulders, and improving entrance and exit ramp movements. The
project will help improve traffic flow for 180,000 motorists per
day in southern Dallas county and is expected to begin in late 2017
with a projected completion date of 2021.
About Balfour Beatty US
Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general
contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build
services for public and private sector clients across the nation.
Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, the company is
the US subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY), a
leading international infrastructure group that finances, develops,
builds and maintains complex building programs focused on social
and commercial buildings, power and utility systems, and
transportation. Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest
building contractors, Balfour Beatty US is the No. 3 Domestic
Building Contractor as ranked by Engineering News-Record. To learn
more, visit www.balfourbeattyus.com and www.bbiius.com.
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