Today is the last day for architecture and engineering consulting firms to submit proposals for the second phase of the Vision I-980 project, a multiyear effort to reimagine and potentially replace the I-980 highway. The firm chosen this spring by Caltrans, the state’s transportation agency, will develop concrete, actionable ideas for redeveloping the I-980 highway, including detailed design concepts.
The first phase of the project, which lasted two years, was led by WSP and Arup, two engineering companies that had previously worked on projects such as the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia and the Samuel De Champlain Bridge Corridor in Canada.
Other companies were contracted to provide public outreach and equity and justice analysis, including the Urban Strategies Council, RBA Creative, the West Oakland Health Center, and the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project…