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RCTC committee approves Phase 1 progressive design‑build contract for I‑15 express lanes southern extension
Summary
The Western Riverside County Program & Projects Committee authorized staff to award a Phase 1 progressive design‑build contract for the I‑15 Express Lanes southern extension, approve related tolling and city MOUs, and move forward with negotiations on the Caltrans toll facility agreement. The item passed by roll call.
The Western Riverside County Program & Projects Committee voted to authorize staff to award the Phase 1 progressive design‑build contract for the I‑15 Express Lanes southern extension and to proceed with a set of related agreements needed to advance preliminary design and financing.
Project manager Jeff Dietzler told the committee the procurement produced a preferred proposer, SC Constructors, and that staff is seeking authorization to award a Phase 1 contract to begin preliminary design work. “Today is a big day,” Dietzler said, and summarized that Phase 1 work would include developing a preliminary design, an open‑book cost validation and negotiation toward a guaranteed maximum price (GMP), and coordination on toll integration and city encroachment permits.
The nut graf: The committee approved staff’s recommendation to authorize a Phase 1 PDB contract with a negotiated contract price of about $38,500,000, a future design‑option authorization of roughly $11,600,000, and contingencies that together place the project’s Phase 1 not‑to‑exceed…
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