Project will help add capacity, improve travel time reliability and
enhance safety
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has been selected by Florida’s
Turnpike Enterprise to provide design services to widen over nine miles
of the Sawgrass Expressway in South Florida, from six to ten lanes,
incorporating two express lanes in each direction of traffic. Jacobs
will also design the reconstruction and rehabilitation of three
interchanges, a project with an estimated construction value of $125
million, according to Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise.
The project objectives are to add capacity, improve travel time
reliability, enhance safety and provide long-term mobility options for
commuters and visitors in South Florida. Operational, capacity and
safety enhancements at the interchanges include designing diamond and
diverging diamond interchanges (DDIs).
“Jacobs has served as the operations and maintenance consultant to
Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise for 25 years,” said Jacobs President
Buildings & Infrastructure Bob Pragada. “By combining past experience
with our interchange design expertise, our goal is to assist Florida’s
Turnpike Enterprise in fulfilling its pledge to provide high value
transportation options to its patrons while meeting and exceeding
project objectives.”
Jacobs is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of
full-spectrum technical, professional and construction services for
industrial, commercial and government organizations globally. The
company employs over 54,000 people and operates in more than 25
countries around the world. For more information, visit www.jacobs.com.
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statements made herein.
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Source: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.