The company has already served in the role for 25 years and the new contract is for another five years.
As an extension of FTE staff, Atkins will continue to provide technical and professional personnel to deliver FTE’s aggressive capacity improvement and modernisation programme. Specific services include production tasks such as planning, conceptual engineering and programme as well as toll operations, and work in support of bond requirements. Atkins’ Matt Lamb will continue as program director.
With Atkins support, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise has grown to have a 460-mile toll system—the largest in the state of Florida and the fourth largest in the USA. On average, 1.8 million motorists use Florida’s Turnpike each day. In recent years, Atkins has supported FTE by delivering more than 140 miles of expansion projects, implementing the SunPass electronic toll-collection system statewide and initiating open road tolling (ORT).
The next major FTE improvement programmes that Atkins will support include the widening and upgrading of the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike (HEFT) in Miami/Dade County and the Veterans Expressway in West Central Florida.
“All of us are extremely pleased to once again be selected as FTE’s GEC,” said Atkins’ transportation president Barry Schulz. “We truly value our long-standing relationship with FTE, and we look forward to working together to assure that Turnpike customers continue to get the the most value for their toll money. It is an honour to work for one of the safest, most customer-centric and progressive toll agencies in the world.”
Atkins has served as programme manager or GEC for more than 30 toll agencies across the USA and has provided toll-related services for capital improvements exceeding US$25bn (£16bn).
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