WeBuild Fuels Florida Transformation: Lane Completes I-275 Upgrade Amid Nationwide Road Expansion

WeBuild Fuels Florida Transformation: Lane Completes I-275 Upgrade Amid Nationwide Road Expansion

(IN BRIEF) The Webuild Group’s U.S. subsidiary, Lane, has finalized the I-275 Section 7 Phase 1 project in Florida, an initiative designed to meet the escalating traffic demands in the Tampa Bay region. The project involved broadening highway lanes and integrating advanced signalling and lighting systems to significantly boost road safety and visibility. With the addition of eco-sustainable designs and innovative materials, together with backup systems for critical monitoring cameras, the project ensures continuous functionality even in adverse weather conditions. Lane is also engaged in several concurrent projects in Florida, such as upgrades at the Westshore Interchange and road enhancements in Seminole and Orange Counties, aimed at optimizing some of the area’s busiest road junctions and improving emergency lanes. In parallel, Webuild Group is actively modernizing road infrastructure nationwide with projects across Virginia, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., and South Carolina. Through these strategic projects, the company seeks not only to accommodate future traffic demands but also to enhance safety, emergency preparedness, and overall efficiency of the U.S. road network.

(PRESS RELEASE) MILAN, 10-Apr-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to renewing the U.S. infrastructure network, Lane, operating under Webuild’s U.S. subsidiary, has successfully completed the I-275 Section 7 Phase 1 project in Florida. This essential work on Interstate 275 in the Tampa Bay area involved widening highway lanes and installing state-of-the-art signalling and lighting systems to enhance visibility and safety from the I-4 interchange to north of Hillsborough Avenue. The project also integrated eco-sustainable design principles and innovative materials, along with backup generators for monitoring cameras to guarantee uninterrupted operation in extreme weather conditions.

Lane continues to play a key role in revitalizing Florida’s road network. Alongside the finished project on I-275, Lane is undertaking several other initiatives in the region. These include upgrades at the Westshore Interchange, intended to strengthen one of the area’s busiest junctions and bolster emergency lane functionality during severe weather, as well as additional improvement projects in Seminole County and enhancements within Orange County.

Beyond Florida, the Webuild Group, with a robust portfolio of approximately 82,600 km of roads and highways constructed globally, is spearheading major infrastructure projects across the U.S. These include the Newport News segment of the I-64 Hampton Roads Express Lanes (HREL) project in Virginia, improvement works in Wake County, North Carolina, and ongoing projects in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, alongside the replacement and modernization of the I-20 Bridge over the Wateree River in Kershaw County, South Carolina. These projects collectively underscore Lane’s integral role in upgrading road networks, ensuring safer mobility, and supporting emergency response during critical weather events.

Webuild is a global leader in the design and construction of large, complex infrastructure projects in sustainable mobility, hydropower, water treatment, and green buildings. A recognized leader in the water sector, it works in approximately 50 countries with over 92,000
people of 125 different nationalities. The Group boasts nearly 120 years of applied engineering on more than 3,700 completed projects, with a track record of 13,648 kilometres of railways, 891 kilometres of metro lines, 82,577 kilometres of roads and highways, 1,022
kilometres of bridges and viaducts, 3,462 kilometres of tunnels, and 318 dams and hydropower plants. Among its most famous projects: the expansion of the Panama Canal, the Long Beach International Gateway bridge in California, the Third Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey,
the Sydney Metro Northwest skytrain viaduct and bridge, the Kingdom Centre skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and numerous metro lines in Copenhagen, Paris, Rome, Milan, Naples, Doha, Thessaloniki, and Riyadh. Among the main ongoing projects, the following stand out: the New Genoa Breakwater, the Brenner Base Tunnel, Line C of Rome’s metro network, the high-capacity railways between Genoa and Milan, the high-speed railway between Naples and Bari, the Palermo-Catania-Messina high-capacity railway, the Snowy 2.0 hydropower scheme in Australia, and the Trojena dam network in Saudi Arabia. As of December 31, 2024, the Webuild Group
registered total revenues for €12 billion and a total backlog of €63 billion, with more than 90% of its construction backlog related to projects linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Webuild, subject to the direction and coordination of Salini Costruttori S.p.A., is headquartered in Italy, is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana (WBD; WBD.MI; WBD:IM), and since 2021, it is included in the MIB ESG index of the Italian blue-chip companies with the best ESG practices.

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