Infrastructure

"The financial and engineering industries need to align to get the owners to do what it is they need to do to make sure it's a durable asset," said Maria Lehman, immediate past president of ASCE.

Gary Hall, President of the Infrastructure & Public Finance Division at Siebert Williams Shank & Co., joins Bond Buyer Executive Editor Lynne Funk to talk about the importance of the muni industry in financing the country's extensive infrastructure needs -- from ports and airports to bridges and energy solutions.

Water systems will have five years to comply, although the Biden administration estimates only between 6% and 10% of systems will need to treat.

Utah's Seven County Infrastructure Coalition has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court ruling that led to the loss of federal permits for a proposed bond-financed railway that would transport crude oil.

The T&I Committee is holding hearings on another landmark infrastructure bill.

The deal comes amid market inflows and a dearth of high-yield supply, but demand will depend, as always, on the price, investors said.

The state's transportation commission took action to end a comprehensive development agreement for a partially bond-financed toll lane project on State Highway 288.

The eight-year, $1.35 billion property tax levy would have to be approved by the City Council before going to voters in November.

The DOT has made $20.5 billion available to state and local governments, in addition to signing an agreement that expands capacity at the Port of Baltimore following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Municipal bonds on the rise