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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
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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.