All six respondents interested in leasing the 78-mile toll road known as Alligator Alley will get the chance to bid on the project.
After reviewing qualifications submitted by the firms, a project selection committee for the Florida Department of Transportation decided Monday that all six that submitted their qualifications should be invited to respond to FDOT’s request for proposals.
The state agency is considering a 50- to 75-year-lease of Alligator Alley — which crosses South Florida from Collier County on the west coast to Broward County on the east coast — to generate a new source of revenue because state transportation funds are in limited supply. This would be Florida’s first lease of an existing toll road.
The RFP and a draft concession agreement are expected to be posted at
Alligator Alley Development Partners, consisting of OHL Concesiones and Carlyle Infrastructure Partners LP; Atlantia SpA, consisting of Atlantia and Autostrade per L’Italia SpA; Vinci Concessions, consisting of Vinci, Cofiroute USA, and Hubbard Construction Co.; A2 Transportation Partners, consisting of Brisa Auto-Estradas de Portugal SA, Companhia de Concessoes Rodoviarias, and JPMorgan IF Acquisitions LLC; Everglades Parkway Partners, consisting of Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte SA and GS Global Infrastructure Partners I LP; and GVI-Lehman Alligator Alley Access Partners, consisting of Global Via Infraestructuras SA, LBI Group Inc., and GVI-Alltech O&M Joint Venture.
The potential leasing effort has been highly controversial so FDOT has scheduled two more public forums, on Sept. 16 and 17, to provide information about the effort and receive public input.
