Infrastructure

The authority was tapped to help facilitate funding from the state’s $125 million Library Construction Act.

Although the funding would not directly fund capital projects that are financed by bond issuances, the money would provide a new level of assurance for port authorities that projects which are fundamental to their continued operation will be completed expeditiously.

G. Scott Rafshoon, a veteran expert in P3s, has been hired as a partner in Squire Patton Boggs’ Atlanta office.

Kim Slaughter, a national senior transportation consultant at HNTB, examines the importance of managing mass transit customer expectations. Andrew Coen and Paul Burton host.

The authority is slated to issue $41.9 million of revenue refunding bonds in a competitive deal Thursday.

The California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank agreed to issue $3.25 billion for the proposed line linking Vegas and Victorville, California.

Critics fear the contracting provision is so draconian it could backfire on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's $51.5 billion program.

The expiration of a federal highway bill could provide a catalyst for expanding bonds, according to former Senate Finance Committee tax counsel, Ryan Abraham.

Fitch Ratings affirmed Denver International Airport after the collapse of a public-private partnership to remodel the main terminal.

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is in the ninth year of a 15-year, $14 billion capital program.