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... on the Chicago Skyway -- $1.83 billion in up-front payments, and the Indiana Toll Road -- $3.8 billion in up-front payments, that really caught the attention of elected officials. Some saw such deals, referred to now generically as public–private partnerships, as a way to tap value from existing infrastructure.
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... state DOTs (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and to their 13 Canadian provincial counterparts to assess various aspects of PPP decision making, covering: • Criteria used to select PPP projects; • Measures and/or strategies used to protect the public interest; • Level of importance of public concerns related to PPPs; 6 • Tools used by state DOTs to evaluate PPP proposals; and • Information provided to decision makers, including who provides the information.


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