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Highway Public-Private Partnership Concessions in the United States

February 16, 2017
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Presentation

Center for Innovative Finance Support

Build America Transportation Investment Center

U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration

Office of Innovative Program Delivery

Presenters

Benjamin Perez
Principal Consultant
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
Ben Perez

Mark Sullivan
Director
Center for Innovative Finance Support
Federal Highway Administration
Mark Sullivan

Patrick DeCorla -Souza
P3 Program Manager,
Build America Bureau & Federal Highway Administration
Patrick DeCorla-Souza

Presentation Overview

  • Introduction and Definitions (Chapters 1 & 2)
  • Federal Role (Chapter 3)
  • Evolution of the U.S. P3 Market (Chapter 4)
  • P3 Stories (Appendix)

This presentation will introduce Chapters 1- 4.

Introduction and Definitions (Chapters 1 and 2)

Purpose

  • Provide U.S. highway experience with highway public-private partnership (P3) concessions since 1992, including:
    • Evolution of the federal role
    • Trends and market developments
    • Case studies of all 28 U.S. P3 highway concession projects that have achieved financial close

U.S. P3 Concessions by Status

U.S. P3 Concessions by Status Map

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Spectrum of Project Delivery Options

Graph - Spectrum of Project Delivery Options

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DBFOM Concession Types

New Build Projects

  • Real Toll Concessions
    • Greenfield Toll Roads
    • Fixed Crossings
    • Priced Managed Lanes
  • Availability Payment Concessions

Existing Toll Roads

  • Long-term Lease Concessions

Typical Toll Concession P3 Structure

Chart - Typical Toll Concession P3 Structure

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Real Toll Concessions

  • Used to develop three types of projects:
    • Greenfield toll roads
    • Fixed crossings
    • Priced managed lanes

Typical Availability P3 Structure

Typical Availability P3 Structure

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Typical Long-term Lease Concession P3 Structure

Chart - Long Term Lease Concession

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Federal Role (Chapter 3)

TE-045

  • 1994: TE-045 - initiative to test and evaluate ideas from states on new financial strategies
    • Matching
    • Toll Credits
    • Advance Construction

GARVEE Bonds

  • 1995: Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE bond)
    • Allows states to leverage future Federal Aid Highway Program receipts in the municipal credit market

TIFIA

  • 1998: Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA)
    • Provides loans, guarantees and lines of credit for qualified revenue-generating projects
    • Covers up to one third of eligible costs
    • Attractive low interest rates tied to U.S. Treasury bonds

Private Activity Bonds

  • 2005: Private Activity Bonds (PABs)
    • Allows private developers of highways and freight transfer facilities to borrow funds in the tax-exempt municipal credit market
    • Total volume of PABs limited to $15 billion

SEP-15

  • Special Experimental Program 15 (SEP-15)
    • An experimental process for FHWA to identify and test new P3 approaches
    • Provides states with the opportunity to gain exceptions from or changes to federal policies or procedures

Other USDOT Support

  • Build America Bureau and FHWA Center for Innovative Finance Support
    • Analytical Tools
    • Educational Materials
    • Research
    • Peer Exchanges
    • Capacity Building
    • Technical Assistance
    • Environmental Streamlining

Evolution of the P3 Market (Chapter 4)

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P3 Concessions in the U.S. by Type

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U.S. P3 Highway Concessions

  • 14 Real Toll Concessions
    • 3 Greenfield Toll Roads
    • 2 Fixed Crossings
    • 9 Priced Managed Lanes
  • 9 Availability Payment Concessions
  • 5 Long-term Lease Concessions

Real Toll Concessions in the U.S.

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Greenfield Toll Road Concessions

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Fixed Crossing Real Toll Concessions

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Managed Lane Toll Concessions

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Availability Payment Concessions

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Long-term Lease Concessions

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Financing P3 Concessions (Chapter 4 contd.)

Financing P3 Concessions

  • Debt
    • Commercial bank debt
    • TIFIA credit program introduced in 1998
    • PABs introduced in 2005
  • Equity
    • Private partner equity
  • Public sector grants

Financing Real Toll Concessions

South Bay Expressway, 2003
$658 million

  • Commercial Debt - 52%
  • TIFIA - 21%
  • Donated Right-of-Way - 7%
  • Private Equity - 20%

First TIFIA loan to a P3 project

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Financing Real Toll Concessions

I-495 Capital Beltway HOT Lanes, 2007
$2.069 billion

  • Public Sector Payment - 24%
  • PAB - 29%
  • TIFIA - 28%
  • Interest - 2%
  • Private Equity - 17%
  • Public Sector Payment - 24%

First P3 project to use PABs

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Financing Availability Payment Concessions

Port of Miami Tunnel, 2009
$1.113 billion

  • Public Sector Payment - 19%
  • Commercial Debt - 31%
  • TIFIA - 31%
  • Milestone Construction Payments - 9%
  • Interest - 3%
  • Private Equity - 7%

Project was "Federalized" in order to use TIFIA financing

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Financing Availability Payment Concessions

Goethals Bridge Replacement, 2013
$1.526 billion

  • Public Sector Payment - 20%
  • PAB - 30%
  • TIFIA - 31%
  • Bond Premium - 0%
  • Milestone Construction Payments - 10%
  • Interest - 2%
  • Private Equity - 7%

First availability payment financing to use TIFIA and PABs

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Financing Availability Payment Concessions

PA Rapid Bridge Replacement Program, 2015
$1.117 billion

  • PAB - 71%
  • Milestone Construction Payments - 23%
  • Interest - 1%
  • Private Equity - 5%

$721 million PAB - the largest PAB issue to date in the U.S.

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Financing Long-Term Lease Concessions

Northwest Parkway, 2008
$726 million

Private Equity - 37%

Commercial Debt - 63%

Typical long-term lease financing package

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Closing

sample project profile

Highway P3 Project Pipeline

  • Transform 66 - Outside the Beltway, VA - $2.5 to 4.0 billion real toll
  • I-55 Managed Lanes, IL - $424 million real toll
  • I-70 East Viaduct, CO - $1 billion availability payment
  • Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Crossing, VA - $6 billion possible P3

Related P3 Project Information

FHWA P3 Toolkit: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/p3/toolkit/

Fact Sheets
  • Ten concise single-sheet discussions of key P3 concepts for a non-technical audience
Primers
  • P3 Concessions for Highway Projects
  • Risk Assessment
  • Value for Money
  • Financial Structuring and Assessment
  • Establishing a P3 Program
Guides
  • How FHWA Reviews P3s
  • Model Toll Concession Contracts
  • Model Availability Payment Contracts
  • P3 Project Financing
  • Risk Assessment
  • Value for Money
  • Benefit-Cost Analysis
Discussion Papers
  • Revenue Risk Sharing
  • Performance Requirements for Design and Construction in P3s
Analytical Tools
  • P3-SCREEN
  • P3-VALUE
Informational Reports
  • Successful Practices for P3s
  • Highway P3 Projects in the U.S

FHWA P3 Training

Introductory

  • Introduction to P3s
    • Overview
    • Project Development
    • Procurement
    • Risk Assessment
    • Value for Money
    • Project Financing
  • Successful P3 Practices and Model Contracts
    • Successful Practices Over Project Life Cycle
    • Model Toll Concession Contracts
    • Model Availability Payment Contracts

Advanced Analysis

  • P3 Project Financing
    • P3 Structuring
    • Finance Viability
    • Financial Models
  • Risk Assessments
    • Risk Identification
    • Risk Analysis and Valuation
    • Risk Allocation
  • Value for Money
    • Public Sector Comparator (PSC)
    • P3 Option
    • Evaluation
  • P3 Benefit-Cost Evaluation
    • Estimating P3 Efficiency Impacts
    • Estimating Public Benefits

Contact Information

Benjamin Perez
Principal Consultant
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
(212) 613-8804
perez@pbworld.com

Mark Sullivan
Director
FHWA Center for Innovative Finance Support
(202) 366-5785
Mark.Sullivan@dot.gov
Website: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/p3/

Patrick DeCorla-Souza
P3 Program Manager
USDOT Build America Bureau
& FHWA Center for Innovative Finance Support
(202) 366-4076
Patrick.DeCorla-Souza@dot.gov
Website: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/p3/

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