I n October 2013, Governor Kasich announce that Ohio would invest $110 million to repair or replace more than 200 county- and city-owned bridges over the next 3 years. The program was 100% federally funded. ODOT used GARVEE bonds to pay for 80% of the program, and the 20% match was covered by using toll credits, eliminating any local match. ODOT worked collaboratively with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU), which allowed them to bundle the entire program for financing and then break the projects out into smaller bundles of 2–3 bridges per contract. The first 200 bridges were let as D-B contracts. The goal was to replace as many local bridges in poor condition as they could with the $110-million budget and 3-year time frame. The expectation was to deliver safe, quality bridges with a no-nonsense approach to project delivery and construction.
Georgia's Transportation Funding Act of 2015 resulted in an additional $757 million in 2016 and an estimated $824 million in 2017 for GDOT. With that,...
South Carolina began bundling bridges with a pilot program in 2003. That project was a D-B contract, which included 33 bridges at a cost of $20 millio...
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