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Texas & Louisiana's 2014 Owner of the Year: TxDOT

2014 Owner of the Year: TxDOT Tackles Texas Infrastructure Woes — Overachiever: Work on the $2.5-billion North Tarrant Express, which upgrades I-820 and SH Texas 121/183 in Tarrant County, is slated to be complete by the end of the year, six months ahead of schedule.

Photo courtesy of the Texas Dept. of Transportation

For TxDOT, such long-term contracts, common with P3s, are another incentive to build effective ties with contractors and developers. That, in turn, is an investment that may well pay off beyond the borders of the Lone Star State.

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C.J. Schexnayder is the Editor of ENR California and ENR Northwest. He has contributed to ENR's coverage of the construction industry for more than a decade. His work has focused on major projects, industry trends and emerging technology. He previously was the South America correspondent for the magazine based in Lima, Peru. During that time, he covered numerous large-scale infrastructure projects across the region including the Third Lane Expansion of the Panama Canal. In addition, CJ has been an award-winning newspaper reporter in Southern California, Texas and Louisiana.