Parsons Team Selected for $1.9 Billion Louisville Freeway/Bridge Project; Project Includes Relocation of I-64/I-71/I-65 Interchange and Two New Ohio River Bridges.Business Editors PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2003 The Indiana Department of Transportation The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of Indiana charged with maintaining and regulating transportation and transportation related infrastructure such as state owned airports, state highways and state owned canals or railroads, (INDOT INDOT Indiana Department of Transportation ) and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (also mistakenly known as the Kentucky Department of Transportation) is Kentucky's state-funded department charged with building and maintaining U.S. highways and Kentucky state highways, as well as regulating other transportation related issues. (KYTC) have selected a Parsons team to provide General Engineering Consultant (GEC) services for the $1.9 billion Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project This article or section contains information about a bridge currently under construction. It may contain information of a speculative nature, and the content may change as construction progresses or new information becomes available. . The Community Transportation Solutions (CTS (1) (Clear To Send) The RS-232 signal sent from the receiving station to the transmitting station that indicates it is ready to accept data. Contrast with RTS. (2) (Common Type System) The data typing used in . ) team includes Parsons, Beam Longest and Neff, and HMB HMB, n.pr See hydroxymethyl buty-rate. Professional Engineers. The Parsons team will manage the design and construction of two new bridges over the Ohio River and the relocation of the downtown I-64/I-71/I-65 "Spaghetti Junction" interchange complex over the next 10-15 years. Parsons was also the managing partner of the CTS team that recently completed the initial phase of the project including the draft and final environmental impact statements (EIS). "CTS is the consultant who prepared the Ohio River Bridges EIS documents and has intimate knowledge of the project, which will ensure project continuity," INDOT Commissioner J. Bryan Nichol said. "Although the parent firm is the same, a new team lead by a new project manager will bring a fresh approach to managing the GEC." "Kentucky views public involvement and communication as one of the keys to the successful development of the Ohio River Bridges," said KYTC Secretary James C. Codell, III. "CTS has a solid demonstrated record with its work on the EIS. This new project management team promises to build on the successes of that process, which will enable us to move this major project forward smoothly," adds Codell. It is anticipated that the Record of Decision, the final step in the environmental study phase, will be approved by the Federal Highway Administration The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," The Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway later this summer, allowing the design and construction to proceed. Parsons, a leader in many diversified markets, such as facilities, industrial processes, communications, infrastructure, transportation, water, advanced technology, environmental and planning, provides technical and management solutions to private industrial customers worldwide as well as federal, regional and local government agencies. For more about Parsons, please visit us at www.parsons.com. |
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