WGI Wins $55 Million Contract to Operate and Maintain Austin Toll Turnpikes.

Washington Group International Inc. says it secured a $55 million contract to operate and maintain Central Texas Turnpike Projects.

The Texas Department of Transportation awarded the four-year contract to Washington Group International Inc., based in Boise, Idaho. The contract runs from 2005 through 2009 and has two three-year extension options.

The Central Texas Turnpike Project covered is a $3.6 billion, 65-mile of toll roads being built in Austin. The project consists of the MoPac Expressway extension, State Highway 45 North and the northern segment of State Highway 130. The final phase of the project will be open in December 2007. These tolls are not freeway tolls, but they will be the first of many Tolls in the Austin Area. Texas Toll Party seeks to stop all Freeway Tolls.

Washington Group International Press Release is Here