Infrastructure

New Jersey legislative leaders are pitching a new proposal to revive the expired Transportation Trust Fund for statewide road and rail projects.

New York City officials are pressing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to halt an ongoing design competition for a new Manhattan bus terminal and create a more “transparent” process.

The Republican 2016 party platform calls for an end to 30 years of federal funding for public transit.

The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority has tapped Jeff Theobald of Ports America Outer Harbor in California to replace recently departed executive director James T. McDermott, Jr.

Chicago plans to sell up to $3.5 billion of O’Hare International Airport debt later this year to generate refunding savings and fund a new runway and gate expansion.

Two Senators have introduced a companion bill to a measure in the House that would permanently raise the annual issuer limit for issuers of bank-qualified bonds to $30 million from $10 million.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has set up a Build America Bureau that will combine bond, loan and grant programs to facilitate the development of transportation infrastructure projects throughout the country.

Strong infrastructure investment could greatly benefit the U.S. Here are numerous examples over 10 key areas.

DALLAS -- Opponents of a privately financed, $10 billion high-speed rail system in Texas scored a victory when the federal Surface Transportation Board declined to take jurisdiction over the proposed project.

Republicans delegates adopted a 2016 platform at their national convention in Cleveland that supports statehood for Puerto Rico, but not for the District of Columbia. The GOP also wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service, overhaul the federal tax code, and expand the use of P3s for infrastructure projects.