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JTA signs $49 million contract for Skyway replacement

This is one of the vehicles being tested for the Skyway replacement.
Jacksonville Daily Record
This is one of the vehicles being tested for the Skyway replacement.

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority signed a contract for more than $49 million with Balfour Beatty LLC — Vision 2 Reality Team to bring autonomous vehicles to Bay Street Downtown.

The JTA board voted 5-0 on Jan. 27 to allow CEO Nathaniel Ford to execute the deal for design-build services for the first phase of the proposed Skyway modernization called the Ultimate Urban Circulator.

The $49.04 million contract is about $5.02 million more than the $44 million budget JTA gave the U.S. Department of Transportation in a grant application in May 2020 for what is called the Bay Street Innovation Corridor.

Read the rest of this story at WJCT News partner the Jacksonville Daily Record.