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Judge Gives Cintra Bid Protest of $9B Md. P3 Project Award New Life

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Maryland court ruling may force state to reconsider contract award protest on $9B P3 highway expansion in D.C. suburbs, with unclear impact on project schedule.

March 21, 2022
Jim Parsons - Engineering News-Record

The Maryland Dept. of Transportation will have to reconsider a protest lodged by the losing bidder for the initial phase of its $9-billion Express Lanes project, according to a Feb. 17 state circuit court judge's ruing. The decision likely stalls the state's ambitious plan to add capacity along portions of the I-495/Beltway and I-270 west of Washington, DC, using a progressive public-partnership.

Reprinted courtesy of Jim Parsons, Engineering News-Record

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