Infrastructure

Some worry that governments will use new infrastructure funds for generic, shovel-ready projects, or even tax cuts, instead of collaborative plans that could transform regions.

The bulk of the first tranches of the $15 billion of IIJA funds will likely be used to figure out where lead lines are located, so states and water systems can determine the scope of the problem.

California has received the most, at $9.7 billion, followed by New York. Transportation is the top spending category nationally followed by climate, energy and environment.

Rising construction costs coupled with the Great Resignation means New Orleans is receiving fewer bids on its RFPs, Mayor LaToya Cantrell said.

Toll roads could see a negative impact if elevated fuel prices linger for three years or longer, but mass transit would benefit, says S&P Global Ratings in a report.

Affluent, urban communities enjoy a natural edge when it comes to competing with their less-resourced rural peers for the new infrastructure funds.

Referring to the $105 billion California high-speed rail plan, transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the administration continues “to want that project, as we want any project, to succeed.”

China accounts for more than half of the port's two-way container trade.

The nomination to the bistate agency comes as the long-stalled project could see its first infusion of federal funds.

A national high-speed rail coalition penned a letter to the state's Democratic leaders saying allocating bond funds for the state's high-speed rail project would encourage federal support.