PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP NEWS AGREGATOR: Upcoming stories

Environmental Groups Picket Toll Highway

anxora — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:29:00 GMT

Environmentalists have raised concern over the ecological and economic sustainability of the St. Petersburg Western High-Speed Diameter, Russia’s first toll road which is due to be completed by 2012.

Read more... | Original story | Votes so far: 1 / 0

Penn Pike meeting on toll concessions for $5.2 billion Mon Fayette/Southern Beltway projects

anxora — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:29:00 GMT

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) has scheduled a meeting Sept 17 in Harrisburg for companies interested in what they call a public private partnership (P3) for the remaining three sections of the Mon Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway near Pittsburgh. We think it's a toll concession they have in mind. (see Terminology at bottom)

Read more... | Original story | Votes so far: 1 / 0

Transurban profits flow despite fuel cost

anxora — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:29:00 GMT

RECORD petrol prices have not damaged Australian toll-road revenue after figures from operator Transurban revealed a jump in coffers for the June quarter. Toll and fee revenue from the road company's largest asset, Melbourne's CityLink road, jumped 9.7 per cent to $94.1 million for the quarter while traffic over the last financial year delivered $362.8 million.

Read more... | Original story | Votes so far: 1 / 0

Eight in bidding for Alligator Alley lease in Florida

anxora — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:29:00 GMT

Eight firms submitted qualifications in the first stage of a longterm lease of the 125km (78 mile) I-75 east-west tollroad from the Miami area to Naples Florida.

Read more... | Original story | Votes so far: 1 / 0

Jackson Mississippi parkway strong development concession - state's CFO and dep-ED

anxora — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:29:00 GMT

Brenda Znachko, chief financial officer and deputy exec-director at Mississippi DOT says the Jackson Airport Parkway is a financially "strong" project. She says a traffic and revenue study by URS is being finalized, and will be released at an industry workshop, compulsory for bidders, in Jackson July 1.

Read more... | Original story | Votes so far: 1 / 0

PA Gov Rendell accepts that legislature won't consider enabling legislation for Turnpike lease until

anxora — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:29:00 GMT

Pennsylvania Governor Rendell has accepted that the state legislature won't consider enabling legislation in time to accept the legally binding Abertis-Citi bid of $12.8b which expires June 20. He told reporters yesterday: "There isn't enough time (this month) to have the General Assembly review the Turnpike lease."

Read more... | Original story | Votes so far: 1 / 0

Public-private ventures may save state cash on roads, bridges, airports

anxora — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:29:00 GMT

The private sector has more than $400 billion in the pipeline to be invested in planned and existing roads, bridges, airports and other infrastructure. Michigan, officials say, needs to start planning for ways to take advantage of that money.

Read more... | Original story | Votes so far: 1 / 0

Jackson Mississippi Airport Parkway - call for toll concession developer

anxora — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:29:00 GMT

Mississippi DOT is looking for investor groups to develop a new highspeed toll link between downtown Jackson and the Airport - 20km (12 miles) of expressway including a major new bridge over the Pearl River. The project which goes back nearly two decades has also been known as the Airport Parkway and MS25 Connectors because a lot of the expected traffic will come from north and east of the Airport - Flowood, Perl, Brandon and the Ross Barnette lake.

Read more... | Original story | Votes so far: 1 / 0

Macquarie 'eyeing up a buy'

anxora — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:29:00 GMT

At the release of its annual results earlier this month, Australia's biggest investment bank reiterated that it held $3 billion in excess balance sheet liquidity as a buffer for "volatility, growth and strategic flexibility".

Read more... | Original story | Votes so far: 1 / 0

IFC Advises Montenegro on Public-private Partnership for New Motorway

anxora — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:29:00 GMT

Podgorica, Montenegro, May 2008— International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, today signed an agreement with Montenegro’s Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs, and Telecommunications to provide advisory services on structuring and implementing a public-private partnership for the Bar-Boljare Motorway to help improve transportation. IFC will serve as lead advisor to the ministry, helping attract developers for the new road.

Read more... | Original story | Votes so far: 1 / 0