GDOT Accepts PPI Proposal on I-285 Truck Only Lanes for Further Consideration, Window Open for Competing Proposals

ATLANTA, July 1, 2006 – The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it will further consider a Public-Private Initiative (PPI) proposal from consortium I-285 Northwest TOT Team which includes the firms of Goldman Sachs & Co., McGuireWoods, LLP and Post, Buckely, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc.

The proposal seeks to add Truck Only Toll (TOT) Lanes to the west wall of I-285 from the I-75 interchange to I-20 west, extending out to Thornton Road. The Georgia DOT decided to allow further consideration of the proposal on June 16, 2006. According to Georgia DOT PPI procedures, all PPI proposals must past a pre-screening and in-depth review to determine if the proposal meets submission requirements and has merit for further consideration.

The Department received this fourth PPI proposal on May 18, 2006 and has made non-proprietary portions of the proposal available on its website at www.dot.state.ga.us/ppi.

Firms desiring to submit competing proposals must send a Letter of Intent to Submit by July 31, 2006 and a completed Competing Proposal must be sent to the Georgia Department of Transportation by October 30, 2006.

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