Infrastructure

Though they may sound as far apart as they ever were on public-financing of a new Pawtucket Red Sox stadium, House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien appear to have found what one calls a "framework" and the other "a pathway" for a possible deal.

He joins the firms infrastructure practice after four years at Squire Patton Boggs.

State authorization for design-build use on a Brooklyn-Queens Expressway work is a door-opener, New York City transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said.

The U.S. infrastructure system looks remarkably backwards to many international eyes, and threatens the economy in the long run, experts said on Wednesday.

Water agencies formed a joint powers authority to oversee construction on the $16.3 billion WaterFix project.

The plan could hinder city operations and provide Washington further motivation to cut funding, Vito Mustaciuolo told City Council members.

Strategies range from flexible pricing structures with taxable and tax-exempt bonds to public-private partnerships.

The municipal industry must broaden its involvement to include the significant cost of infrastructure itself as a consistent element of its analysis and services.

Twenty-two states have not issued any bonds to boost the amount of money available from their clean or drinking water state revolving funds, according to the National Resources Defense Council.

Transportation lobbyists and researchers discussing surface transportation finance during an Infrastructure Week webcast were unanimous in saying that Congress should lift the general prohibition on tolling interstate highways.