Infrastructure

Texas Central Rail has dropped eminent domain lawsuits due to “positive dialogue” with many landowners.

Chicago is stepping up a long-stalled effort to establish an express rail service from downtown Chicago to O'Hare International Airport, its mayor said.

Expanding the use of private activity bonds to more projects could be essential part of President Trump’s infrastructure program.

Companion bills introduced in the House and Senate would allow state and local governments to issue up to $5 billion of private activity bonds to finance the repair or construction of public buildings under public-private partnership arrangements.

Tax-exempt municipal bonds are critical to any infrastructure plan, a county official representing the National Association of Counties said at a hearing held by a Senate committee on Wednesday.

President Trump, in promising massive transportation investments, did not mention what the fiscal impact would be on interest rates. Nor did he discuss the critical role of local and state governments in financing the nation’s public infrastructure.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has begun a request for proposals process for a train connection to LaGuardia Airport.

California Republicans have asked the Trump administration to block federal aid to the state's high speed rail project.

Projects in South Carolina’s $5 billion infrastructure request includes interstate highway upgrades and harbor dredging.

DALLAS – President Trump’s infrastructure proposal’s reliance on public-private partnerships to rebuild America’s crumbling highways would provide limited benefits to urban areas while leaving rural states out of the mix, according to a coalition of truckers and shippers opposed to tolls on interstate highways.