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GOING FULL CIRCLE
| 题名： | GOING FULL CIRCLE |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | Brian W. Budzynski |
| 摘要： | IN DECEMBER 2012, THE NORTH CAROLINA TURNPIKE AUTHORITY (NCTA) OPENED THE SIX-LANE, 18.8-MILE TRIANGLE EXPRESSWAY.The state's first modern, all-electronic toll road, it immediately improved travel times in the region of Research Triangle Park and the outlying suburbs of Raleigh. It was also the largest transportation infrastructure project in North Carolina history at $1 billion-until now. The NCTA, after a years-long effort, is now underway on a $2.2 billion, two-phase project to extend the Triangle Expressway even farther-28.8 miles, from the N.C. 55 Bypass to I-87-and complete the 540 Outer Loop around Raleigh. Phase I will run between the N.C. 55 Bypass and I-40 near the Wake/Johnston County line. Phase 2, between I-40 and I-87, is projected to be awarded shortly after the completion of Phase 1. The $1.3 billion Phase 1 effort is largely financed by a $500 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan, in addition to toll revenue bonds ($430 million). Bond anticipation notes ($300 million) were then issued, leveraging the TIFIA loan as collateral. The push toward construction, which opened in November 2019, was the result of a multiagency coordination that created a unique and workable timetable that both accelerated project expectations and opened the floodgates to competitive bidding and procurement."You can't place a 30-mile expresssway in an urbanizing environment without having a bunch of challenges." So said Roy Bruce, senior transportation project manager for H.W. Lochner. Bruce's team led National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) efforts. "We completed a Section 6002 Interagency Plan at the beginning of the NEPA process to guide participation and streamline processes to make sure all concerns were brought to light early and thus addressed. This helped to keep agencies actively engaged throughout." |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | Roads & bridges |
| 卷： | 59 |
| 期： | 4 |
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