Infrastructure

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy announced an agreement with Amtrak to complete Hartford line commuter rail service between New Haven and Springfield.

The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority won The Bond Buyer's 14th annual Deal of the Year award Thursday night for its $232 million public-private partnership to bring high-speed Internet to all 120 of the state's counties.

The House passed a multiyear transportation funding bill on Thursday that provides $305 billion over five years.

The National Association of Bond Lawyers is urging tax regulators to liberalize existing safe harbors for longer term management and service contracts and to consider rule changes to facilitate the use of tax-exempt bonds in public-private partnerships financing infrastructure projects.

Motor fuel tax revenues and gambling tax funds owed to local governments in Illinois would begin flowing again under legislation advancing with Gov. Bruce Rauner’s support.

General revenue offsets totaling $70 billion in the five-year highway bill must cover a shortfall in gas tax collections.

Philadelphia International Airport CEO Mark Gale is retiring after six years running the nation’s 12th busiest airport.

The transportation conference committee on Tuesday reported a five-year bill that provides $305 billion of federal funding.

The conference committee on the transportation bill revived a transit funding program aimed at congested urban areas.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is planning a $6.5 billion 2016 spending plan that funds major transportation projects, the agency announced Monday.