Infrastructure

Douglass P. Selby will be the new head of public finance at Hunton & Williams, and John O’Neill will lead the public-private partnership practice group.

Ohio is highlighting the strong, multi-layered backing of its highway bonds as it prepares to sell $231 million to pay for highway capital improvements.

Increased federal funding is needed to help state and local governments improve water and wastewater systems Senate committee members agreed during a hearing on Thursday.

U.S. ports and their private-sector partners plan to spend a whopping $154.8 billion on port-related freight and passenger infrastructure over the next five years, according to a survey by the American Association of Port Authorities.

New Jersey Transit has named former Amtrak chief operating officer William Crosbie as the agency’s new executive director.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Monday creating the Florida Department of Transportation Financing Corp., to issue tax-exempt bonds for agency projects that will include public-private partnerships.

The Maryland Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved a $5.6 billion, 36-year contract with a consortium of companies to design, build, operate and maintain a 16.2 mile light rail line that will link two counties in Maryland as well as connect to Amtrak, MARC and local bus services.

The District of Columbia’s proposed six-year capital improvements plan includes $6.3 billion in infrastructure spending, nearly $4.3 billion of which will be financed with the issuance of municipal bonds.

The first inventory of Texas toll roads is a starting point for future discussions about how to reduce tolling, said an anti-toll Texas lawmaker.

Drivers’ use of toll roads, bridges and tunnels increased by 7% last year, a record-breaking rate of growth that puts tolling usage on pace to double in less than 10 years, according to a report.