Infrastructure

Virginia has the environmental clearance to go ahead with a highway project originally earmarked for P3 funding.

Three months after ordering a shutdown of most New Jersey road and transit projects, Republican Gov. Chris Christie and leaders of the legislature’s Democratic majorities forged an agreement to fund the state’s Transportation Trust Fund through a gas tax hike.

Charleston County, S.C., officials cite low state road funding in asking voters for sales tax increase.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is plotting a return to its transportation roots, though unraveling its real estate tangle may be difficult.

The House passed its Water Resources Development Act, which would authorize $170 million to help address Flint, Mich.’s drinking water crisis.

The Internal Revenue Service has informally advised the Baker Correctional Development Corp. in Florida that $45 million of first mortgage revenue bonds it issued in 2008 are taxable.

DALLAS – The Texas A&M Transportation Institute will look into the feasibility of an eight-mile aerial tramway system in Austin known as the Wire that would move passengers high above the city’s often gridlocked roadways.

The DC Water and Sewer Authority closed on a historic deal Thursday, issuing the nation's first Environmental Impact Bond to fund the initial green infrastructure project in its DC Clean Rivers Project.

The Senate on Wednesday passed a continuing resolution that would keep the federal government running through Dec. 9, preventing a government shutdown on Oct. 1.

Infrastructure projects in the U.S. are plagued by long pre-construction periods, an under-utilization of the public-private partnership financing model, and an inability to both gain support and access capital, a panel of market participants said this week.