• Delivery Method

  The project remains a P3 with a Design-Build-Finance delivery method. The private sector will be responsible for the design, construction and limited financing during construction, to be repaid by the state after the facility is open to traffic.

• Funding

  The Northwest Corridor total estimated project cost including design-build cost ($598.5 million), administration cost, and right-of-way cost is $834.1 million.

  • The Georgia General Assembly designated $300 million of state motor fuel taxes carried over from previous years to the project;
  • The State has been approved to receive up to $275 million in funding from a low-interest Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan from the federal government;
  • Georgia DOT has programmed $236 million in federal and state motor fuel for preliminary engineering, right of way and construction budget; and
  • The private sector partner will provide 10% of the original design-build cost totaling $59.8 million. This will be repaid by the state at the time of Final Acceptance of the Project.
• Environmental

Selection of Private Sector Partner

On June 23, 2013, the State Board of Transportation (STB) Northwest Express Roadbuilders (NWER) voted to accept the Northwest Express Roadbuilders (NWER) a joint venture of Archer Western and Hubbard Construction as the apparent best value proposer and private sector partner for the Northwest Corridor project.

The project contract with NWER was executed in November 2013, and design and pre-construction activities are underway. Design and pre-construction activities were conducted leading up to the start of project construction. Construction on the Northwest Corridor Express Lanes broke ground in October 2014. The project is anticipated to open to traffic in summer of 2018. Below are links to documents and information related to the Northwest Corridor procurement process.