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Award: Florida Interstate 4 Improvement Program
Value: 582 million dollars
Location: Polk County and Orange County, Florida
Customer: Florida DOT
Lane Construction has secured a lead role in a major Florida infrastructure project along Interstate 4.
The infrastructure builder was named the preferred team to design and build a $582 million segment of the Florida DOT’s Moving I-4 Forward program, according to an April 9 announcement.
The builder’s Work segment, Project 2is one of six phases of the Moving I-4 Forward program. As part of the Project 2 scope of work, Lane:
- Reconstructs and widens a 3.1-mile stretch of Interstate 4 from east of County Road 532 to west of World Drive in Osceola County.
- Reconfigure the State Highway 429 Interchange.
- Provide new ramps to it from State Highway 538, also known as Poinciana Parkway.
Lane’s work will build two new express lanes in each direction along I-4, which stretches across the state from Tampa to Daytona Beach.
The work aims to create smoother and safer movements for both general purpose and expressway traffic. Meanwhile, the final configuration will widen the interstate to four general use lanes and two express lanes in each direction.
Lane, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a subsidiary of Italian industrial firm WeBuild Group.
Moving I-4 Forward is part of the larger Moving Florida Forward Infrastructure initiative, the largest ongoing infrastructure program in the Sunshine State, according to the news release.
The Moving I-4 Forward contract, facilitated by FDOT, is a modified phased design-build project. According to the agency, this method differs from a typical design-build contract because, instead of awarding the design contract to one firm, FDOT will choose three firms based on experience to develop a cost-effective, collaborative plan.
Lane considers Florida a core market, according to the announcement, and the infrastructure builder has won other work on I-4 across the state. Interstate projects include Route 33 interchange in Polk County, the Route 535 i Sand Lake Road interchanges in Orange County, and the I-275 Interchange in Tampa.
In addition, Lane also won a design-build contract worth $238 million improve I-75 in Marion County last august
