Request for Information, deadline 14th January, 2005 to seek statements of interest for the design, construction, improvement, maintenance and/or operation of a second Midtown tunnel under the Elizabeth River and approach roads between Portsmouth and Norfolk. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will consider responses and determine whether to solicit conceptual proposals.The proposed Midtown Tunnel Corridor Project is located between the Interchange of Martin Luther King (Route 58) and western freeways in Portsmouth and Brambleton Avenue in Norfolk. The new crossing would carry a 4-lane tunnel. The existing Midtown tunnel (1,280 m) opened in 1962. Contact Virginia Department of Transportation, Daniele J. Noland, Project Manager, Innovative Project Delivery Division, 1401 East Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23219. Visit www.virginiadot.org/business/resources/rfi-mtcp.pdf 46/04.Solicitation for conceptual proposals, deadline 29th September, 2008 for improvements to the Downtown tunnel, the Midtown tunnel and the Martin Luther King (MLK) freeway extension between Norfolk and Portsmouth in the Hampton Roads area, as part of a plan to make an estimated USD1 billion. The project is comprised of a new two-lane tunnel under the Elizabeth river parallel to the existing Midtown tunnel, maintenance and safety improvements to the existing Midtown tunnel, minor modifications to the interchange at Brambleton/Hampton Boulevard in Norfolk, maintenance and safety improvements to the existing Downtown tunnel, and extending the MLK from LondonBoulevard to Interstate 264 (I-264), with an interchange at High Street. The project includes the financing, design, construction, operation and maintenance. The entire project will be financed through tolls through a public-private partnership. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will award a contract by 2010 and complete construction by 2015. Visit www.virginiadot.org/projects/hamptonroads/downtown_tunnel-midtown_tunnel-mlk_extension.asp 25/08.