Atkins will lead design of a 拢369m Las Vegas freeway project
Atkins has been appointed lead designer on the $559m (拢369m) Nevada urban freeway project in Las Vegas.
The firm will manage all design and engineering services on the project for the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), in what it describes as its 鈥渕ost significant win鈥� to date in North America.
The project will deliver a 3.7 mile corridor through the heart of Las Vegas, developed over three years beginning in 2016.
It will connect high occupancy vehicle lanes on US 95 to I-15 express lanes with a flyover bridge, creating direct access carpool lanes and a new 鈥淣eon Gateway鈥� interchange.
L. Joe Boyer, chief executive of Atkins, North America, said: 鈥淎tkins is tremendously proud to be the lead design firm for this critical project, which has been deemed NDOT鈥檚 most important and ambitious in its history.
鈥淧roject NEON is essential to the progression of Las Vegas鈥� transportation demands and quality of life, given traffic is expected to double for this corridor in the next 20 years.鈥�
鈥淧roject NEON addresses a multitude of corridor deficiencies related to congestion, crash rates, operations, and system linkages,鈥� said NDOT Director Rudy Malfabon. 鈥淚t will dramatically improve traffic congestion in Southern Nevada, while also creating 4,000 high-paying, quality jobs.鈥�
Atkins has already designed many of Nevada鈥檚 roadway projects including ten miles of freeway reconstruction between Robb Drive to Vista Boulevard.
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