Infrastructure

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.

The ratings agency cited growing enplanement counts, expectations of resilience during future economic downturns, and strong management for its upgrade to AA from AA-minus.

Her abrupt suspension of the tolling plan for Lower Manhattan leaves a $15 billion hole in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's capital budget.

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

A $345 million taxable bond deal will support the public-private partnership arrangement that will upgrade the College Park campus district energy system.

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

Observers say the problems of KentuckyWired has lessons for all public-private partnerships.

Moody's Ratings analysts revised the outlook to stable from negative on the expectation that states and locals will fill an $8 billion operations funding gap.

Shailen Bhatt, administrator for the Federal Highway Administration, said his agency is working to play catch up on initiatives as diverse as rebuilding Baltimore's downed bridge and building electric vehicle chargers.

It is not clear how the Metropolitan Transportation Authority would fund its capital plan if the governor puts the brakes on the toll plan for lower Manhattan.