Skip to main content

Ferrovial picks up more North Tarrant Express work in Texas

Ferrovial, through a consortium led by its toll road subsidiary Cintra Infraestructuras, will build and operate an extension to the North Tarrant Express in Texas. Ferrovial Agroman will be in charge of designing and building the 11km road, known as segment 3C in a deal worth US$910 million. The consortium, NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3, includes the Meridiam fund and APG, a specialised pension fund management firm. It runs from Heritage Trace Parkway, north of US 81/287, to Eagle Parkway in Denton
August 23, 2019 Read time: 2 mins

Ferrovial, through a consortium led by its toll road subsidiary Cintra Infraestructuras, will build and operate an extension to the North Tarrant Express in Texas.

Ferrovial Agroman will be in charge of designing and building the 11km road, known as segment 3C in a deal worth US$910 million. The consortium, NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3, includes the Meridiam fund and APG, a specialised pension fund management firm.

It runs from Heritage Trace Parkway, north of US 81/287, to Eagle Parkway in Denton County. Existing lanes will be upgraded and will continue to be toll-free, while two tolled managed lanes each way will be built, as well as on-ramps.

Construction is already under way and the road is expected to be open to traffic by the end of 2023 with the concession expiring in 2061.

The project, which has just achieved financial closure, will be financed through a combination of equity contributions by the partners to around $160 million and the issuance of a private activity bond (PAB) of $750 million.

This is the fourth managed lanes project to be operated by Cintra in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, one of the fastest-growing areas of the US, noted Ferrovial.

Ferrovial already operates the LBJ Express, the North Tarrant Express and NTE 35W, which is an extension of the NTE (segments 3A & 3B).

Ferrovial, through subsidiary Cintra, manages around 1,470km of toll roads in 24 concessions in Canada, the US, Europe, Australia and Colombia.

Related Content

  • Upgrades underway for Tarrant tollway in Texas
    September 20, 2013
    Financing has been found to fund construction work on the North Tarrant Express (NTE) in Texas. The public-private partnership project for Segment 3A of the route will be carried out by NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC (NTEMP3). The rebuilding of the I-35W road close to Fort Worth will help reduce traffic congestion on the route at peak periods. The public-private partnership has been agreed between NTEMP3, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the North Central Texas Council of Governments
  • Consortium wins Texas highway project near Dallas
    March 6, 2013
    A major new highway project that will improve transport links to Dallas, Texas, has been won by a consortium. The US$1.37 billion project will be handled by a consortium led by Cintra Infraestructuras and also including Dallas Police and Fire Pension System and French fund, Meridiam Infrastructure. The Texas Transport Department awarded the contract, which is for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of the North Tarrant Express expansion project. The contract is valid for 43 years
  • Texas highway construction project underway
    January 4, 2024
    A US$414 million Texas highway construction project is now underway.
  • Texas highway loan stars revealed
    April 27, 2012
    A loan of US$415million from the US government’s Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act programme will help meet the cost of building toll lanes and rebuilding existing lanes at the Interstate 35 highway (I-35W) near Fort Worth, Texas. The works are part of the $2.5billion North Tarrant Express project, which is currently under construction in the northeastern part of Tarrant County, Texas. A consortium of companies led by Spanish toll road developer Cintra, NTE Mobility Partners is behind