Infrastructure

The president-elect takes a much more expansively realistic view on the synergistic relationship between infrastructure investment and the middle class.

Sources see ways to get more investment in infrastructure with municipal bond provisions, but bipartisanship will be essential.

They cite coalition building, learning from past mistakes, project planning and effective outreach during the pandemic.

Fitch Ratings upgraded bonds supporting the Maryland light-rail transit project after the sides reached an agreement that protects bondholders.

The commuter rail that runs between San Jose and San Francisco benefitted from a criteria revision on not-for-profit transportation infrastructure.

Several factors have combined to position an innovative approach — the public-private partnership, or P3 model — as a crucial emerging tool for public entities nationwide.

The state will use a public-private partnership to replace the 68-year-old Interstate 10 bridge over the Calcasieu River between Westlake and Lake Charles.

The toll road operator parters with three international investors to sell half of its U.S. express lane assets in Northern Virginia while eyeing additional highway projects around nation's capital, including a Maryland P3.

Its $17 billion operating plan projects $4.5 billion in Washington assistance next year while sidestepping — for now — doomsday service cuts and layoffs.

AAPA contends Congress should provide aid to ports as the industry has been hammered by COVID-19.