Several other states have active PPP programs, planning and procurements underway. The most active are Virginia, Oregon, Georgia, Florida and Indiana.
Virginia has one of the longest histories using PPPs, many of which have materialized from unsolicited proposals permitted under its law. VDOT is currently in negotiation of proposals to finance and construct the 56-mile I-95/395 HOT and HOV lanes project from the 14th Street
Bridge to Massaponax as well as HOT lanes on the Capital Beltway (I-495) in Northern Virginia. In February 2006, VDOT issued a Solicitation for Proposals for the development and/or operation of the new U.S. Route 460 between Petersburg and Suffolk. Other current PPP projects include the reconstruction of the I-81 to add dedicated tolled truck (TOT) lanes and other improvements and the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Extension. Proposals submitted for a long-term lease for the Commonwealth's Dulles Toll Road have been suspended pending negotiation of a transfer of the toll road to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) to facilitate financing of the second leg of the Metrorail extension to Dulles Airport. The airport authority may continue to consider private proposals to operate the toll road.
In October 2005 Oregon DOT signed a pre-development agreement for three potential highway concession projects with a consortium headed by Macquarie Infrastructure Group. These projects are at various stages of environmental planning and feasibility analysis. Macquarie has committed to advance almost all the cost of the pre-development work in exchange for exclusive negotiating rights to implement those projects that prove to be feasible.
The Florida Department of Transportation is pursuing concession proposals for the Miami Port Tunnel connecting the Port of Miami's island facilities to the interstate highway system. In May 2006, FDOT short-listed three international teams for a procurement and contract award scheduled in early 2007. The Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority is procuring a concession for a new $200M limited access alignment and interchange at I-275.
Georgia's Department of Transportation is currently proceeding with two major unsolicited proposals received in 2004. The first is a proposed concession for new improvements in the I-75/I-575 Northwest Corridor. The proposed improvements include two design concepts: HOT lanes with variable pricing which will also serve as the guideway for a bus rapid transit (BRT) system, and mandatory truck-only toll lanes. The second proposal is for a concession to develop and operate HOT lanes on GA 400 between Highway 20 and I-85 and on I-285 between I-75 and I-85. Last week Georgia received a new PPP proposal put truck-only toll lanes on portions of western I-285 between I-75 and I-20, and I-20.
The State of Washington is developing administrative rules under its new PPP legislation, modeled after Oregon's. Under its law, no tolls are permitted on a project except by specific approval of the legislature. Separately, the State Transportation Commission issued a tolling study in January 2006 that recommends a statewide tolling and pricing policy as a new funding source and congestion management tool.