Illinois Tollway seeks services for $12 billion capital programme

The Illinois Tollway is seeking firms to provide design, management and other technical services for 22 new contracts associated with the 15-year, US$12 billion capital programme Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future.The contracts will provide for more than $200 million in services over the next five years for new projects including the Elgin O'Hare West Bypass, the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) rebuild and widening and the Tri-State Tollway (I-294)/I-57 Interchange."In August, the Il
May 9, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
The Illinois Tollway is seeking firms to provide design, management and other technical services for 22 new contracts associated with the 15-year, US$12 billion capital programme Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future.

The contracts will provide for more than $200 million in services over the next five years for new projects including the Elgin O’Hare West Bypass, the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) rebuild and widening and the Tri-State Tollway (I-294)/I-57 Interchange.

“In August, the Illinois Tollway Board of Directors approved the Move Illinois programme providing a guide for system improvements over the next 15 years,” said Illinois Tollway executive director Kristi Lafleur. “The contracts advertised today will put the first phase of this new capital programme in motion, so we can deliver some significant improvements for our customers.”

Firms interested in submitting proposals for the professional services contracts can go to the “Doing Business” section on the Tollway’s website %$Linker: External 0 0 0 oLinkExternal www.illinoistollway.com Doing Business false http://illinoistollway.com/ false false%> for more information. Contracts with selected firms will be awarded by the Illinois Tollway board of directors in the next several months, with work starting in early 2012.
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