Ua loaʻa ʻo ACS i kahi ʻaelike, ma o kāna hui ʻo Iridium, e lawe i ka mana o ka ʻae ʻana o ke alanui SH-288 ma Houston (ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa) no kahi kokoke i 900 miliona euros, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma kahi ʻōlelo i hoʻihoʻi ʻia i ka National Securities Market Commission (CNMV).
ʻO ka mea kūikawā, ua hoʻolaha ka hui Sepania i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi 44,65% stake i ka ʻae. Me kēia hoʻonui, loaʻa mai nā kālā waiwai InfraRed Capital Partners, Northleaf Capital Partners a me Star America, ua paʻa ka hui i kēia manawa he 66,27% o ke kapikala i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka papahana a mālama i ka ʻae.
Loaʻa ka hana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻae hoʻokele kūpono, me ka ʻae ʻia o ka Texas Department of Transportation, a me nā hui e hoʻolilo i ka papahana, me ka United States Department of Transportation, i komo i ka papahana kālā o Typhia.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka lōʻihi o kēia ʻae ʻana no 52 mau makahiki ma 2015 e ka Texas Department of Transportation i ka consortium i alakaʻi ʻia e Iridium, kahi consortium kahi e komo pū ai nā hui kūkulu ACS.
Aia kēia ʻaelike i ke kālā, hoʻolālā, kūkulu ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i ʻehā mau ala kaʻa hou ma ka waena o ke alahele a me nā mea e komo ai, ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā alanui a me nā loulou o ke ala nui e kū nei, a me ke komo ʻana i ka halemai i kapa ʻia ʻo Texas Medical. Ke kikowaena.
ʻOi aku ma mua o 160.000 mau kaʻa i kēlā me kēia lā
Ua hōʻike ka hui i ka ʻae ʻana e uhi i kekahi o nā hana hoʻomohala koʻikoʻi ma ka wahi metropolitan ʻo Houston. Ma ka awelika, hele ʻia ke alahele i kēlā me kēia lā e nā kaʻa ʻoi aku ma mua o 160,000, a ma kahi o 14,000 e koho ai e hoʻohana i nā ala kaʻa hou.
E alakaʻi ʻo Iridium i nā wahi o ka hana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻāpana alanui, me ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā mea lawe hou ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka uku uku e hoʻololi ʻia ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka congestion. Lawe ʻia ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana ma o ka 'Free Flow' ʻōnaehana hōʻiliʻili kālā uila, a no ka hana ʻana o nā alahele e hoʻohana ai ia i ka ʻenehana hou loa i ka hoʻokele naʻauao ala.
I kēia manawa, ʻeono mau concessionaires ʻo Iridium ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, me ka waiwai hoʻokele o ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 6.000 miliona euros.
