Infrastructure

Congress approved a continuing resolution to keep federal programs and services funded through April 28, 2017 and a water bill, both of which would provide $170 million for Flint, Mich., and other localities with contaminated water.

A new $7.3 billion 2017 spending plan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey maintains debt service levels while also investing in major capital projects.

Facing pressure from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, officials from New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority are targeting an opening of the long-delayed Second Avenue subway line by the end of the month.

New Jersey lawmakers are pitching a proposal to allow the state’s Transportation Trust Fund to sell bonds directly to its $73 billion pension system.

Flint, Mich., and other cities with contaminated water supplies would get $170 million of federal aid under a water bill and continuing resolution passed by the House on Thursday.

A Michigan infrastructure trade group has launched a campaign to help residents and lawmakers understand the scale of state underfunding for roads and transportation.

A House panel approved $834 million for a new FBI headquarters that will be financed as public-private partnership.

The Honolulu agency that oversees Oahu’s troubled multi-billion dollar elevated rail transit system gets a reprieve from a federal agency on its plans to fill a shortfall up to $2.3 billion.

Federal civil rights investigation will delay Colorado’s proposed $1.7 billion P3 highway expansion project.

More federal transportation funding is needed to eliminate constraints caused by inadequate national freight network, officials warned.