CHARLOTTE, NC – The Lane Construction Corporation, a U.S. subsidiary of Webuild Group, announced today that it has been determined the preferred team to design and construct a $582M modified phased design-build (MPDB) contract for a key portion of the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) Moving I‑4 Forward program, a strategic effort aimed at improving safety and travel reliability along one of Central Florida’s most important transportation corridors.
Moving I‑4 Forward is accelerating major transportation improvements 10 to 20 years ahead of earlier schedules, helping the region prepare for long‑term population and economic growth. The program is currently part of the largest infrastructure initiative underway in Florida.
As Florida continues to experience rapid growth, FDOT is actively addressing the state’s evolving infrastructure needs. Through the Moving Florida Forward Infrastructure Initiative, FDOT is accelerating a series of projects in Central Florida to add two new Express Lanes in each direction along Interstate 4 (I-4) from west of U.S. 27 in Polk County to east of World Center Drive, State Road (S.R.) 536 in Orange County.
Benefits of the Moving I-4 Forward program will include:
- Improved travel times by reducing congestion.
- Increased safety and connectivity.
- Enhanced quality of life for the community.
- Strengthened infrastructure for future growth.
The newly awarded contract for Moving I-4 Forward Project 2 reconstructs and widens a 3.1-mile stretch of Interstate 4 from east of County Road 532 to west of World Drive in Osceola County. The project will reconfigure the State Road 429 interchange and provide new ramps to and from SR 538 Poinciana Parkway, all of which play a central role in regional transportation.
As part of this work, Lane will build two new express lanes in each direction along I-4, and new direct connectors between I‑4 and SR 429 / SR 538 to create smoother, safer movements for both general‑use and express‑lane traffic. The final configuration will expand the roadway to four general‑use lanes and two express lanes in each direction, a change expected to ease congestion during peak travel times.
In addition to interstate improvements, the project includes widening Old Lake Wilson Road from two to four lanes, adding sidewalks and bicycle lanes on both sides to promote connectivity and safety.
Florida has long been a core market for Lane, where the company has steadily expanded its footprint for more than three decades. Lane has since delivered many of Florida’s most recognized infrastructure projects and continues to maintain a strong pipeline of work statewide. The company is actively advancing multiple FDOT projects along the critical I-4 corridor such as the I‑4/SR 33 interchange in Polk County, the I‑4/SR 535 and I‑4/Sand Lake Road interchanges in Orange County, and the I‑275/I‑4 in Tampa, underscoring its longstanding role in improving the state’s busiest highways. Just last month, Lane accelerated construction on Florida’s Turnpike/State Road 91 in Minneola to open a third southbound lane nearly three years ahead of schedule.
About Lane Construction
The Lane Construction Corporation is one of America’s leading construction companies, specializing in large, complex civil infrastructure. For over 135 years, it has contributed to the development of the country’s transportation systems including the Interstate Highway System and a vast network of roads, bridges, airports, metros and railways. Lane specializes in mobility, tunneling, and water resources to address sustainable development and climate change adaptation challenges. It is also a pioneer in project delivery methods and the use of design-build and public-private partnerships. Lane projects include the I-275/SR 60 Westshore Interchange in Florida; the Palisades Tunnel project in New Jersey; the 495 NEXT project in Virginia; and the Kansas City Levees project in Missouri. Based in Charlotte, NC, it is wholly owned by Webuild, a global infrastructure group. For more information, visit www.laneconstruct.com.
About Webuild Group
Webuild is a global leader in the construction of large, complex infrastructure, with a focus on sustainable mobility, hydropower, water treatment and supply, and green buildings. It has long been recognised as the world’s top contractor in the water infrastructure sector. Active in approximately 50 countries, the Group employs some 95,000 people directly and indirectly of over 125 nationalities. With 120 years of history and over 3,700 completed projects, Webuild boasts a track record that includes 13,686 kilometres of railways, 895 kilometres of metros, 82,708 kilometres of roads and highways, 1,023 kilometres of bridges and viaducts, 3,466 kilometres of tunnels, and 320 dams and hydropower plants. Among its most iconic delivered projects are the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the expansion of the Panama Canal, the Long Beach International Gateway in the United States, the Second Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey, the Riachuelo environmental restoration system in Argentina, and new metro lines in cities such as Copenhagen, Paris, Rome, Milan, Naples, Doha, Thessaloniki, and Riyadh. Among those under construction are strategic public works in Italy, such as the New Genoa Breakwater, the Brenner Base Tunnel, the Pedemontana Lombarda Highway, Rome Metro’s Line C, sections of high-speed and/or high-capacity railways between Genoa and Milan, Verona and Padua, Naples and Bari, and Palermo, Catania and Messina. Abroad, there is the Snowy 2.0 hydropower scheme in Australia and key sections of the Grand Paris Express in France. As of December 31, 2025, the Group reported total revenues of €13.6 billion and a total order backlog of €58.4 billion, with over 95% of the construction backlog aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Webuild is headquartered in Italy and subject to the direction and coordination of Salini Costruttori S.p.A. Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange (WBD; WBD.MI; WBD:IM), its stock is included in the MIB ESG index of Italy’s leading blue-chip companies for ESG practices. For more information, visit www.webuildgroup.com.