Through a public-private partnership with the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Portsmouth Gateway Group is constructing of the new state Route 823 in Scioto County. Upon its completion, the Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway will be a 16-mile, four-lane limited access highway from U.S. 23 north of Lucasville to U.S. 52 near Sciotoville. The design-build-finance-operate-maintain (DBFOM)
project is the first P3 of its kind endeavored by ODOT, and it’s the state’s largest, modern earthwork project to date. For additional information regarding the P3 procurement by ODOT and the PGG, visit http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/InnovativeDelivery/Pages/PortsmouthDBFOM.aspx.