Infrastructure

Chicago and the major airlines that operate at O’Hare International Airport have agreed to a $1.3 billion plan that paves the way for construction of a new runway that would complete the long-planned parallel reconfiguration of runways.

The Connecticut Bond Commission approved $17.5 million in state funding for the design, engineering and construction of a rail yard on the Metro-North Railroad Danbury branch line in Norwalk.

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is scheduled to deliver her annual budget address with jobs, economic development and truck tolls her expected focus.

Voters in Portland, Ore., will decide May 17 on the city's proposed four-year, 10 cent per gallon gasoline tax.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit expects savings of $47 million or about 9% on a $483 million advance refunding of 2008 bonds.

Texas will spend $1.3 billion on 14 highway projects aimed at reducing traffic congestion in five cities.

Unused sick time among Greater Boston transit employees amounts to a perk of up to $49 million, according to a Pioneer Institute report.

Three months after its board approved a five-year, $29 billion capital program request, officials from New York's MTA are still fielding questions about the uncertainty of funding.

Missouri’s transportation chief warned lawmakers that state lacks funds to rebuild aging roads and bridges.

The Highway Trust Fund will remain solvent through 2020 with a $70 billion general fund transfer but the revenue shortfall won’t go away, CBO said.