Public-Private Partnerships Information

In a PPP RTD will retain all assets while shifting much of the risk of providing the projects to the private partner or consortium.  In return, RTD would make lease payments to the private partner, allowing the agency to spread out large upfront costs over a longer period of time, much like a 30-year mortgage versus a 15-year mortgage.






















PPPs have a solid reputation for delivering projects on time and on budget.  The Transportation Expansion (T-REX) Project, which was RTD and the Colorado Department of Transportation's combined light rail and highway expansion project along the southeast I-25 corridor, was delivered as a Design-Build project - a type of PPP. T-REX did, in fact, finish on time and on budget.  

RTD is planning to utilize PPPs to implement many of the FasTracks projects including Denver Union Station, North Metro and I-225 corridors, as well as the East Corridor, Gold Line and commuter rail maintenance facility projects. 

The last three projects have been collectively accepted by the FTA as part of its Public-Private Partnership Pilot Program (Penta-P).  The Penta-P will allow RTD to partner with a private company or consortium to Design-Build-Operate-Maintain-
Finance the East Corridor, Gold Line and commuter rail maintenance facility projects under a single contract. 

For more information on the East Corridor, Gold Line and commuter rail maintenance facility projects, please click here.