Atkins is working on major deals for Texas and Florida

Atkins is working on major contracts in Texas and Florida for tolling and design and build services respectively. In Texas the Department of Transportation (TxDOT) reselected Atkins as its state-wide prime consultant for toll-plaza planning, development, and implementation. Under the terms of the five-year, $10 million contract, Atkins is providing planning, development, infrastructure design and coordination, and construction oversight services, as well as system installation, integration, and testing serv
March 10, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
RSS3005 Atkins is working on major contracts in Texas and Florida for tolling and design and build services respectively. In 3499 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) reselected Atkins as its state-wide prime consultant for toll-plaza planning, development, and implementation. Under the terms of the five-year, $10 million contract, Atkins is providing planning, development, infrastructure design and coordination, and construction oversight services, as well as system installation, integration, and testing services for TxDOT toll and managed-lane facilities throughout Texas. TxDOT currently operates more than 165 centreline km of toll roads in the state. In January 2013, all toll collections on Texas roadways were converted to an all-electronic system.

TxDOT intends to collect toll revenue using the open-road process, and to reduce costs using proven technical applications and efficient maintenance processes. Atkins is currently supporting eight toll-related projects in various phases of development and implementation in Texas, with another eight scheduled and more anticipated. The firm Atkins is with TxDOT to design and integrate tolling for such projects as State Highway 99 Segments E, F1, F2, and G, the I-35E Managed Lanes project northwest of Dallas, the I-30 tolled managed lanes west of Dallas, the DFW Connector Project north of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and the SH 183 Managed Lanes project northwest of Dallas.

Meanwhile 2697 Florida Department of Transportation awarded design-build contract to Atkins and Prince Contracting for the I-75 widening project in Pasco County. This section of work runs from north of County Road 54 to north of State Road 52. The project also calls for the reconstruction of the SR 52/I-75 interchange and for improvements to SR 52. Atkins’ partner in the project is Prince Contracting. Atkins will serve as prime project designer and will provide a broad range of engineering and design services related to roadways, structures, landscaping, drainage, environmental permitting, public involvement, surveying, and intelligent traffic systems. The project, which is expected to increase traffic flow, accommodate area growth, and improve safety, involves adding one lane in each direction on I-75, resurfacing the existing lanes of I-75, reconstructing the SR 52/I-75 interchange to provide a new loop ramp for westbound SR 52 traffic onto southbound I-75. All released-for-construction (RFC) plans are expected to be complete by the summer of 2014; all project-related structures are expected to be complete by the fall of 2016.
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