RIDOT selects tolling program Contractor

The 7642 Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has awarded 81 Kapsch Traffic Com IVHS the contract to design and build the all-electronic tolling facilities and associated infrastructure for Rhode Island's truck-only tolling program. The company will also operate and maintain all the tolling facilities.

The truck-only tolling program will help fund the reconstruction of deficient bridges throughout Rhode Island. It is a vital component of the 10-year RhodeWorks program, an infrastructure improvement program designed to bring Rhode Island's roads and bridges into a state of good repair, create thousands of jobs and spur numerous economic development opportunities.

The US$68.9 million contract includes a two-year construction and installation phase and an initial operations and maintenance term of 10 years with an option for two five-year extensions. It also includes systems development, including communications infrastructure, computer hardware and software, roadside infrastructure including construction of the tolling gantries and operations and maintenance over the 10-year period.

Construction of the tolling facilities will be ongoing through the end of 2018, with tolling locations coming online as they are built. The first two tolling locations will be built along I-95 in southern Rhode Island, and are expected to be operational and collecting revenue by the end of 2017.