Infrastructure

Development of a new multiyear highway bill with more funding for state transportation projects is main focus of a key Senate committee.

Connecticut needs a secure transportation lockbox that all funds raised for transportation is spent on that, said Gov. Dannel Malloy on the cusp of his second term.

Work is officially under way on California's $68 billion high speed passenger rail project funded with $10 billion of voter-approved state bonds

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the MBTA chose \Peebles Corp. of Miami to develop the $330 million Massachusetts Turnpike air rights project.

Congress needs to preserve the tax exemption of municipal bonds if it's serious about supporting infrastructure, National Governors Association vice president and Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said.

MBTA completes its funding for a $2.3 billion light rail project in Boston with a $996 million federal grant.

States will seek ways in 2015 to enhance existing revenue streams or create new ones to fund critical transportation projects, Wells Fargo says.

Los Angeles World Airport officials said enplanements at LA/Ontario International Airport grew in 2014, a year Los Angeles spent battling Ontario city officials who want control of the Inland Empire airfield.

The Texas Department of Transportation is investing in transportation projects along its 367-mile coast in anticipation of increased trade through an expanded Panama Canal and exports of natural gas amid mixed economic indicators.

Missouri's proposed $2 billion upgrade of I-70 could be funded by tolling the 200-mile link between Kansas City and St. Louis.