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Toll/Turnpike Expressway Authority

Drive success for your tolling program with programmatic delivery at every stage: policy, feasibility, financing, civil design, implementation, monitoring and inspection. We help you deliver, operate and optimize toll roads, express lanes and user-fee facilities with confidence.

Christopher Mwalwanda

Market Lead

Christopher Mwalwanda

Christopher Mwalwanda

Market Lead

Christopher Mwalwanda

Better mobility through tolling and alternative funding/ financing options

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Better mobility through tolling and alternative funding/ financing options

Delivering innovative, user-based fee concepts and tolling solutions, guiding clients through every phase of the project life cycle process.

Lifecycle support

Delivering feasibility studies, investment-grade financing, toll technology, operations, monitoring, and construction oversight for P3 projects, express lanes, and turnpike facilities nationwide.

Comprehensive oversight

From construction to ongoing oversight, we bring unmatched experience in designing, delivering, monitoring and inspecting toll facilities nationwide.

Innovative delivery

Focusing on innovative technologies and mobility solutions that can propel your tolling and transportation financing project needs.

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Financial credibility

Combining innovative funding strategies with transparency, we have earned the credibility and trust in support of tolling and transportation finance.

Trusted by agencies, backed by results

$150B

toll financed projects supported across the U.S.

>50%

of toll projects financed nationwide

>60%

of all major toll agencies in the nation work with us

>40%

studies undertaken of express lanes currently in operation

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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road with cars and trucks in both directions.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Expanding roadway capacity on a major corridor

We delivered design and construction support for a 33-kilometer, 12-lane divided highway in Dubai.

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Nighttime road construction with workers on a bridge under bright lights.

Advancing Houston’s growing mobility

To improve safety, expand capacity, and keep Houston’s toll corridors moving, the Harris County Toll Road Authority teamed up with CDM Smith to streamline major upgrades.

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Highway with digital road signs showing lane instructions on I-90. One lane closed, others open. Traffic on road.

Downers Grove, Illinois

Smart corridor transforms travel on I-90

We helped the Illinois Tollway Authority upgrade I-90 with smart traffic technology to cut congestion, improve safety and prepare for the next-generation of connected and autonomous mobility.

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3 factors for a successful P3 procurement

Embarking on a P3 project? Here are 3 factors necessary to create a beneficial experience for all stakeholders.

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By combining analytics with a deep understanding of the tolling landscape, we help toll agencies meet financial goals while continuing to provide safe, reliable and efficient transportation options.

Christopher Mwalwanda

Toll and Revenue Leader

Christopher manages toll feasibility analyses and travel demand modeling for public and private agencies, supporting multiple managed lane feasibility and financing studies.

We know that CDM Smith does excellent work and we do not have many questions on their analysis, they are an industry expert.
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