Four teams have been shortlisted to vie for the contract for the $1.2 billion rebuild of in northeast Denver.
Five engineering and construction firms, operators and equity investors responded in June to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s for the I-70 project.
The four teams selected to continue on with the process are:
• 5280 Connectors
• Kiewit/Meridian Partners
• Front Range Mobility Group
• I-70 Mile High Partners
The four teams will now be asked to respond to a Request for Proposals for the project, which will be issued this fall, according to CDOT.
A company will be picked in 2016, says CDOT while construction is scheduled to being in 2017.
The first phase of the project calls for adding a tolled, express lane in each direction of I-70 from I-25 to I-225, removing the 50-year-old viaduct between Brighton Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard and lowering the interstate along that stretch. Crews will then build a 4-acre cover over a portion of the lowered interstate.
Monte Whaley: 720-929-0907, mwhaley@denverpost.com or twitter.com/montewhaley
