Caitlin Devitt

The use of unregistered municipal advisors in the public-private partnership sector can lead to unnecessarily expensive deals for cities and states, said SEC's Dave Sanchez.

Cities and states should carefully review the joint federal proposal and flag anything that may create a market problem, said the SEC's Dave Sanchez.

The Canadian finance official says local governments in the U.S. and Canada face similar challenges but also can learn from each other.

Infrastructure projects no longer have to be included in a state's transportation plan to be eligible for a TIFIA loan.

It's one of the most controversial uses of tax-exempt debt, but repeated legislative efforts to eliminate it have failed.

Recognizing the formidable construction challenges, the White House has created a Nuclear Power Project Management and Delivery working group "to help identify opportunities to proactively mitigate sources of cost and schedule overrun risk."

Fifteen years after a $9.9 billion bond issue that was to finance a substantial portion of a new high-speed rail line across California, the proposal "has become one of the most troubled megaprojects in the nation," said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo.

The Senate WRDA measure asks the Army Corps to report on best practices and lessons learned with its 10-year-old pilot P3 program.

A pair of muni market experts propose cities and towns borrow through state-based, credit-enhanced bond banks to make the market more efficient.

As EVs and fuel-efficient cars become more common, states and Congress are eying alternative revenues like road user charges.

Local rainfall standards, which affect the design of everything from roads to bridges and stormwater systems, offer a clue whether a city or state is taking infrastructure resilience seriously. Outdated standards remain in many areas, like in the Pacific Northwest.

A strong project pipeline has P3 advocates hopeful for the future, despite some lackluster recent numbers.

The measure "sets the table for a likely big tax bill next Congress," said Charles Samuels of Mintz Levin.

"This bipartisan FAA reauthorization bill is the product of endless hours of negotiation and debate and will transform several aspects of flying in the years to come," said Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn.

"It's getting frantic out there," when it comes to competitive grants and drumming up local matches, said William Murdock, executive director of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, speaking at a local government event during Infrastructure Week in Washington, D.C.

The ASCE in a report analyzing future infrastructure needs says it will take a mix of public and private funds to narrow the funding gap.

The nation's 3,300 airports face $151 billion in infrastructure needs over the next five years, according to the 2023 U.S. Airport Infrastructure Needs Report.

The approval clears the way for groundbreaking on a bridge that the two states have been trying to replace for 12 years.

Even as Florida advances a pair of bills expanding the state's already broad public-private partnership authority, the P3 message from the state's debt office appears less than enthusiastic.

"One big challenge is the amount of advocates that we've had in Congress that will be retiring or no longer running for re-election," said SIFMA's Leslie Norwood.