Infrastructure

This week to see first House and Senate committee hearings in five years on sustainable options for the Highway Trust Fund.

A coalition of environmental groups wants the Federal Highway Administration to withdraw its support for the controversial Illiana Corridor toll road.

Idaho officials reassured investors about uncertainty surrounding federal funding for the state's multi-year highway construction program in a net road show ahead of the state's plans to price $157.5 million in grant and revenue anticipation refunding bonds on June 15.

Sponsors say a newly introduced measure to slash the federal gasoline tax would give the states flexibility in transportation funding.

Los Angeles officials unveiled the results of a three-year, $230 million renovation of Los Angeles International Airport’s Terminal 5 June 10.

A federal judge denied requests by two Florida counties seeking to block the issuance of $1.75 billion in private activity bonds for a private passenger train project.

The Alaska Railroad Corp. received a one-notch downgrade to A from Standard & Poor’s on capital grant receipts bonds while Moody’s Investors Service affirmed its A3 rating ahead of plans to price $96.6 million on July 21.

Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said he would like to see a revival of the Build America Bond program included in a long-term highway bill.

Focus on a controversial, stand-still federal transportation appropriations bill shifts to the Senate after narrow House passage.

House Democrats and a conservation think tank line up to oppose a transportation appropriations bill that freezes highway funding.