Key Development Milestones
March 2004
Fluor submits proposal to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to develop, finance, design and construct an HOV/Bus/HOT lanes system in the I-95/395 corridor.January 2005
On January 20, Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) approves High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes concept and commissions advisory plan to review competing proposals.December 2005
CTB directs VDOT commissioner to proceed with negotiations with Fluor-Transurban.October 2006
On October 24, VDOT signs an interim agreement with Fluor-Transurban to develop a 56-mile HOV/Bus/HOT lanes system from the Pentagon-area in Arlington County to Massaponax in Spotsylvania County.Virginia Transportation Secretary Pierce Homer establishes Transit Advisory Committee to facilitate continued communication between the project and local transit agencies.
November 2006
VDOT requests project be split into two phases for the purpose of the federal environmental review, as construction is much less complex in the north where HOV lanes already exist.Preliminary engineering and traffic modeling begins; VDOT initiates environmental review process for the northern section of the project.