Infrastructure

Kentucky lawmakers sent Gov. Matt Bevin a sweeping bill authorizing public-private partnerships, although it prohibits tolls on any state transportation projects that connect with Ohio.

The Federal Transit Administration will distribute $266 million of competitive grants this year for transit infrastructure and environmentally friendly bus projects.

In the Flint, Mich., case, Congress seems to be making clear it will increase its criticism of state and local leaders, but avoid any fiscal or moral responsibility.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport launched a $6 billion, 20-year capital plan; the world’s busiest airport is part of a wave of U.S. airports spending money on infrastructure as traffic booms.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has proposed a $1.4 billion 2017 fiscal budget that spares riders a fare hike.

Private investors in Maryland’s multi-billion dollar Purple Line P3 rail project will finance their share of construction with a federal loan and private-activity bonds.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority could ask voters to approve an additional half cent sales tax in addition to extending one passed in 2008 to fund $120 billion of transportation projects.

Mississippi state senators approve a placeholder measure that keeps a proposed gas tax increase on the table.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority could pursue a portion of its $8 billion expansion plan under terms of a bill Georgia legislators passed shortly before adjourning.

An overhaul of LaGuardia Airport is closer to taking flight after the Port Authority of New York and Jersey Board of Commissioners voted to approve a public-private partnership for the $4 billion project.