Road-builder named for metro Atlanta toll project

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The team still has to make it through final negotiations to sign the contract this fall.

Northwest Express Roadbuilders includes Archer-Western Contractors, of Atlanta, Hubbard Construction Company of Winter Park, Fla., and the engineering firm Parsons Transportation Group of Pasadena, Calif. They bid $599 million for their portion of the work, shaving perhaps $100 million off the DOT’s estimated project cost. The total cost of the remaining work on the project is now estimated at $840 million.

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